Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Waabi is a leader in Physical AI, focused on transforming autonomous transportation. As a research scientist, you will develop new AI technologies for fully driverless trucks and contribute to Waabi's vision of a unified AI system, working on diverse self-driving challenges and innovative solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead and contribute to AI research projects, pushing the frontiers of the field by developing new algorithms for our autonomy system and state-of-the-art simulator
- Work on a diverse set of problems related to self-driving, such as perception, motion forecasting, controls, sensor simulation, scenario generation, behavior modeling, mapping, localization, intelligent data mining & analysis, and safe deployment
- Develop innovative solutions to problems by leveraging the latest advances in AI, including transformers, foundational models, LLMs/VLMs, generative modeling, imitation/reinforcement learning, inverse rendering, etc
- Support deploying solutions to our production systems, collaborating closely with platform teams to ensure seamless integration of research findings into production systems
- Stay up-to-date and advance beyond the state-of-the-art in artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, and self-driving technologies
- Champion engineering excellence, ensuring high-quality, well structured and tested code
- Submit and publish work externally at top machine learning, computer vision, and robotics conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, etc.) and post to our company blog
Skills
- Masters/PhD degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study. Exceptional Bachelor's students will also be considered
- Demonstrated research experience through previous internships, work experience, research projects, and papers at top conferences
- Strong quantitative background and coursework in or working knowledge of linear algebra, calculus, and probability
- Proficient in reading and coding in Python
- Open-minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others
- Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions
- Previous experience in self-driving technology
- Experience in shipping machine learning features/models into production
- Proven track record of mentoring junior researchers or engineers
- Proficiency in Pytorch, Rust, C++ and/or CUDA
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity awards.
- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
- Unlimited Vacation.
- Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
- Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
- Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
Company Overview
Waabi develops autonomous driving technology and physical artificial intelligence systems for the transportation sector. It was founded in 2021, and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://waabi.ai.Company H1B Sponsorship
Waabi has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 8 in 2025, 6 in 2024, 6 in 2023, 4 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.