# 2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Data Science at Waymo

- Company: Waymo
- What the company does: Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—makes it safe and easy for people & things to get around with autonomous vehicles. Take a ride now. Backed by Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://waymo.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Internship
- Location: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-22
- Apply by: 2026-11-06
- Apply: https://careers.withwaymo.com/jobs?gh_jid=8221956
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/waymo-2027-summer-intern-phd-data-science/

## About the role

The Data Science team works on a wide variety of evaluation and modeling problems, including safety evaluation, the simulation technology, driving quality and rider experience. This role works with a variety of teams across the company to inject data science rigor and perspective, and to influence development direction in many of the critical systems in self-driving technology and fleet operations. As a Data Science intern, you may join one of these Data Science Subteams:

## What they're looking for

- Pursuing PhD in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computational Social Science)
- Proficiency in programming with Python (or R), including data manipulation, wrangling, and visualization
- Strong statistical theory foundation

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