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Position: Senior / Staff Applied Scientist
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 powers 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.(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..ai
At Waabi, we are building the next generation of autonomous driving technology, leveraging a revolutionary approach to Physical AI. Central to our success is the ability to monitor and report on the performance of our software, platform and fleet with rigor and reliability.
You will…
- Design scalable production frameworks for autonomy evaluation. You will apply statistically rigorous methodologies to challenges such as sampling evaluation sets to ensure comprehensive Operational Design Domain coverage.
- Design and implement methodologies to systematically measure and monitor the performance, fidelity and reliability of the evaluation infrastructure itself, ensuring our testing ecosystem remains a highly trusted source of truth.
- Directly prototype complex deep‑dive analyses, write production‑quality evaluation code and build the sophisticated tools and dashboards that synthesize our progress for technical and executive leadership.
- Act as a key partner to Safety and Autonomy teams, ensuring that our automated reporting faithfully captures the technical intent and requirements of our system.
- Develop advanced analytical models to help correlate closed‑loop simulation performance with real‑world driving outcomes, quantifying the fidelity and predictive power of our evaluation metrics.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and collaborative partner, elevating the analytical bar of the team through code reviews, methodological guidance and helping to define best practices for end‑to‑end data science workflows.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 6+ years of professional experience in an applied data science, advanced analytics or machine‑learning role, with a track record of driving end‑to‑end projects.
- MS/PhD or equivalent experience in a highly quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics or Robotics.
- Strong command of Python and SQL for data analysis and prototyping.
- Expertise in statistical methods, including hypothesis testing, A/B testing on complex systems, sampling methodologies and statistical modeling.
- Experience working with internal cross‑functional partners/stakeholders.
- Open‑minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others.
- Passionate about self‑driving technologies, solving hard problems and creating innovative solutions.
Bonus / Nice to have
- Experience in the Autonomous Vehicle or Robotics industry.
- Familiarity with Systems Verification and Validation.
- Experience with large‑scale databases and analytics.
- Experience with workflow automation/orchestration frameworks.
Salary & benefits
The US yearly salary range for this role is: $146,000 – $280,000 USD in addition to competitive perks and benefits. Waabi (US) Inc.’s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Company’s compensation practices. The salary base range is reflective of the minimum and maximum target for new‑hire salaries for the position across all US locations.
Note:
The Company provides additional compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus.
Perks & 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 and virtually.
- As we grow, this list continues to evolve!
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