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Senior Safety Researcher, Computational Behavior Modeling

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experi

Company

Waymo

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

Status

Open

Posted

2026-05-13T18:58:23+00:00

Waymo's safety team in London seeks a senior researcher to lead computational modeling of how road users think and behave. The work covers new metrics and models for Waymo's safety evaluation methods, productionizing them in its simulation infrastructure with the Simulation and AI Foundations teams, and joint research with academic partners. Publication is expected. The posting asks for a doctorate combining computational modeling with cognitive or behavioral science, five-plus years' experience and a strong publication record. Active inference, world models and traffic safety research are preferred.