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2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Product Data Science
Job details
- Pay
- $85.00 an hour
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Internship
- Level
- Internship
- Education
- PhD
- Posted
- Sep 18, 2026
- Last confirmed open
- Oct 24, 2026
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About this role
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes.
The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
Waymo’s Product Data Science team works cross-functionally with Engineering, Product and Operations to help the company make the most informed decisions using data. Our team collaborates on high-impact projects across the company — from driving quality and operational efficiency to market analysis and rider satisfaction scores — we help to safely and efficiently scale the Waymo Driver.
We are data-driven, curious, open-minded, and adapt quickly to new information.
Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: applying your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your skill-set. Interns are an important part of our culture and our recruiting pipeline.
Join us at Waymo for a fun and rewarding internship!
You will:
- Improve causal, predictive pricing models through additional feature granularity, properly regularized
- Improve pricing models through enhanced time series estimation
- Improve the quantification of loss resulting from pricing model mispredictions
You have:
- Currently enrolled in a PhD program
- Causal inference and/or econometrics expertise
- Predictive modeling experience
- Experience in Python and SQL
We prefer:
- Working with Causal Machine Learning approaches (e.g. Double Machine Learning)
- Previous experience at ride-hailing or marketplace companies
Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.
The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
Hourly Masters Pay
$70 — $70 USD
The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
Hourly PhD Pay
$85 — $85 USD