2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Safety Research, Human Behavior Analytics
Waymo, Mountain View, CA +1
What you will do
- Survey the state-of-the-art in digital neuroscience / cognitive science and mechanistic interpretability
- Develop models able to represent some select aspects of human driving behavior not typically accounted for by existing data-driven ML models (e.g., collision avoidance, road user interaction or visual behavior)
- Explore and demonstrate different ways in which the internal mechanisms of these models can be interpreted and explained
What you need
- A strong research background and expertise in cognitive science and / or neuroscience
- Expertise in contemporary AI and machine learning
- Strong documented computational skills (math and coding)
- This role is specifically designed for current PhD candidates; applicants must be actively enrolled in a PhD program
We prefer
- Specific experience from research on mechanistic interpretability