Overview
Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that
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Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.
With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai
You will... Be part of a team of multidisciplinary Research Scientists and Engineers using an AI-first approach to enable safe self-driving at scale. Lead or Contribute to an AI research project, pushing the frontiers of the field by developing new algorithms for Autonomous Vehicle (AV). This includes topics such as perception, prediction, motion planning, controls, simulation, mapping, localization, core AI, etc. Design, implement, train, and optimize novel algorithms on self-driving vehicles and various production systems. Be encouraged to submit and publish work externally at top machine learning, computer vision, and robotics conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, etc.), post to our company blog.
Qualifications: Pursuing PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study. Demonstrated research/software engineering experience: through previous internships, work experience, coding competitions, and/or research projects and papers. At least one publication in top Machine Learning, Computer Vision, or Robotics conferences. Strong quantitative background and coursework in or working knowledge of linear algebra, calculus, and probability. Proficient in reading and coding in Python and/or C++.. Open-minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others. Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.
Application Instructions: To be considered for an internship/co-op, please add your most up to date academic transcripts alongside with your resume for further review.
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