Director – Perception Research

Director – Perception Research

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience managing medium-size teams
• 8+ years experience in deep learning research and productionisation

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team to build large-scale perception foundation models, powering many offboard and onboard applications for the Waymo Driver
• Set the technical direction for the team, develop the execution strategies, and align individual efforts with the overall strategies
• Develop a collaborative relationship with cross-functional teams across Waymo, including perception, simulation, and ML infrastructure
• Establish an inclusive culture for the team, enabling research innovations and delivering impactful results

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong background in perception related domains, such as Transformer networks, model scaling, self-supervised learning
• Good knowledge of LLMs/VLMs