Senior Staff Data Scientist, Perception
Core
Define and own the multi-year strategy for dataset size, composition, and collection methods for Waymo's Perception model training and evaluation.
Role type
Senior Staff Data Scientist (Perception Strategy & Data Infrastructure)
Builds
Data collection strategies, evaluation frameworks, and data-driven best practices for autonomous driving perception systems.
Domain
Autonomous driving / Perception systems / Data Science
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Statistics, Machine Learning, Python, SQL, Database querying, Statistical analysis, Data strategy, Experimental design, Causal inference, Cross-functional leadership
Preferred skills
Large-scale dataset analysis, Building data science functions from scratch, Mentoring teams, Organizational adoption of new methods
Technologies
Python, SQL, R
Responsibilities
Define dataset size and composition strategies; Drive design of frameworks to estimate data needs; Refine strategies for Perception evaluation datasets; Analyze data sources to identify gaps and biases; Establish data-driven best practices for dataset design; Build a small team to establish the Data Science function's impact.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC transitioning to team leadership