Safety Methodologies Internship/Co-op 2027

The role

This intern will help build the frameworks behind driverless readiness decisions. The work includes quantitatively validating the safety of an autonomous trucking solution using a simulator and real-world data.

What you will do

• Develop Python scripts and tools to calculate quantitative metrics and visualize data for collision assessment.
• Support optimization of data pipelines and automated assessment workflows for safety validation.
• Explore large crash databases and apply multivariate modeling to predict collision-related metrics.
• Conduct A/B testing on collision models using metrics you develop.
• Collaborate with the safety team to integrate your models into safety evaluation pipelines.

Required qualifications

• 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.
• AI-native: uses AI tooling to experiment, prototype and harden code, and can validate results rigorously.
• Strong Python scripting skills, including data manipulation libraries such as Pandas and 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 solving hard, unsolved problems.

Nice to have

• Previous internship or academic experience in robotics, automotive or data science.
• Experience with SQL or other data mining tools.
• Experience creating data visualizations or dashboards.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package
• Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office)
• Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events

Before you apply

• Submit your most up-to-date academic transcripts along with your resume.

About the company

Waabi, founded by Raquel Urtasun, is a Physical AI company building technology for commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. It is an equal opportunity employer with offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas and Pittsburgh.