Safety Methodologies Intern validating autonomous-truck safety using simulation, real-world data, and crash modeling. Supporting Waabi’s Physical AI platform for commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis.
Responsibilities
Support the development and implementation of safety methodologies underpinning driverless readiness decisions
Quantitatively validate the safety of Waabi’s autonomous trucking solution using a realistic simulator and real-world data
Develop Python scripts and tools to calculate quantitative metrics and visualize complex data for collision assessment
Support optimization of data pipelines and automated assessment workflows used for safety validation
Explore large crash databases and apply multivariate modeling techniques to predict collision-related metrics
Conduct A/B testing on collision models using metrics developed within the broader safety framework
Collaborate with the safety team to integrate developed models into safety evaluation pipelines
Generate actionable insights for the Safety team
Requirements
Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field
Experience identifying and handling missing values, anomalies, and outliers in large-scale, real-world datasets
Solid foundation in regression, classification, and hypothesis testing, with the ability to surface patterns in large-scale tabular data
AI-native — uses AI tooling to rapidly experiment, prototype, and harden code, and can rigorously validate the results
Strong Python scripting skills, including hands-on experience with data manipulation libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy)
Able to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and accurately
Collaborative team player who works effectively across functional boundaries
Genuinely excited about self-driving technology and drawn to solving hard, unsolved problems
Most up-to-date academic transcripts must be submitted alongside the resume for internship/co-op consideration
Bonus/nice to have: Previous internship or academic experience in robotics, automotive, or data science
Bonus/nice to have: Experience with SQL or other data mining tools
Bonus/nice to have: Experience creating data visualizations or dashboards
Benefits
Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office)
Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events
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