Waymo Machine Learning Engineer jobs
39 open US ML engineer reqs, with mid-level base posted at $175K–$215K.
The Machine Learning Engineer role
Waymo ML engineers build the perception, prediction and planning, simulation and foundation-model (VLM, LLM and world model) systems behind the Waymo Driver. Hiring is req by req through Greenhouse with rolling applications, and early-career talent mostly enters through summer internships.
No separate ML ladder — MLEs sit in the Software Engineering job group (job levels 4–6 on mid-level reqs) across Perception, Planner, Simulation, Marketplace, Foundation Models and Mapping, with a separate Research Scientist track; no AI Engineer or Applied AI title.
Waymo ML engineer salary
Base: $175,000–$215,000 posted on the Machine Learning Engineer, Driver Refinement & Validation (Perception) req (first published Sep 18, 2026, job level 4–5), matching five other L4–L5 reqs; the L5–L6 Simulation Realism req posts $213,000–$263,000. All-in: no figure — levels.fyi’s Waymo MLE page pools all levels (25th–75th $300k–$494k on n=11), and the L4 average of $329k rests on six samples.
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