Senior Safety Researcher, Computational Behavior Modeling
Core
Develop computational models and metrics of road user cognition and behavior to evaluate Waymo's autonomous driving safety.
Role type
Senior IC computational behavior modeling researcher
Builds
Computational models and metrics for safety evaluation methodologies
Domain
Autonomous driving + cognitive science + behavioral science
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
computational modeling, mathematical modeling, cognitive science, behavioral science, coding, statistical analysis
Preferred skills
active inference-based modeling, modern AI-based modeling (world models, learning paradigms), traffic safety research
Technologies
simulation infrastructure
Responsibilities
Research and develop metrics and computational models of road user cognition and behavior; Productionize behavioral metrics/models in simulation infrastructure; Collaborate with Simulation and AI Foundations teams; Publish work in scientific journals and conferences
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC