Embedded Automotive Platforms, Staff Software Engineer

• Join Wayve as a Staff Software Engineer in the Embedded Automotive Platforms group, working hybrid from London. • Build the software that connects Wayve's AI Driver to vehicles and their onboard systems. • Develop the platform adaptation and integration layers that let AI capabilities run reliably across different vehicles, hardware platforms and programmes. • Work across Wayve's internal fleets and customer programmes, alongside teams in autonomy, hardware, product and vehicle engineering. • Own significant technical work from design through integration and validation, and help shape how EAP software is structured. • Contribute to the technology behind a mapless, hardware-agnostic AI platform for autonomous driving.

• Hold a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Automotive Engineering or a related discipline, or have equivalent practical experience. • Bring strong experience in modern C++ with a track record of delivering production-quality software. • Show experience developing embedded or systems software, ideally on Nvidia and Qualcomm platforms with Linux/QNX. • Know Linux-based platforms well. • Use system architecture skills to design software components, APIs and interfaces for complex systems. • Apply strong software quality practices, including testing, debugging, code review and maintainability. • Diagnose problems across component and system boundaries. • Communicate clearly and work with technical partners to clarify requirements in ambiguous situations.

• Bring experience in autonomous driving, automotive, robotics or another real-time, safety-related domain. • Know vehicle software, middleware, sensors, actuators or vehicle communication protocols. • Show experience integrating machine-learning inference or other compute-intensive workloads on embedded hardware. • Understand AV stack components such as navigation, state estimation or driver-interaction systems. • Use simulation, hardware-in-the-loop or vehicle testing, and know automotive processes such as ASPICE.

• Design, build and maintain embedded software that integrates Wayve's AI Driver with vehicle platforms and onboard systems. • Develop and evolve interfaces between AI capabilities, vehicle software and platform-specific components. • Work across inference integration, vehicle data, navigation, localisation, odometry, driver interaction and motion control interfaces. • Collaborate with engineers across autonomy, hardware, vehicle programmes and product to resolve integration issues. • Take features from technical design through implementation, testing, vehicle integration and release. • Diagnose and resolve issues using simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, vehicle testing, logs and performance data. • Contribute to architecture and engineering practices that support reuse across vehicle platforms and programmes. • Review designs and code, and help raise engineering standards across the team.

Wayve is one of the most exciting AI companies in the UK right now. They are tackling one of the hardest problems in technology, teaching machines to drive, and they are doing it with an approach that the rest of the industry is now converging towards. Backed by SoftBank, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Uber, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Stellantis, Wayve has raised $2.8 billion in total funding and reached a valuation of $8.6 billion. With over 1,000 employees across London, Silicon Valley, Vancouver, Leonberg, Herzliya, and Tokyo, Wayve is scaling fast while keeping its London HQ at the centre. What stands out on Glassdoor (4.4/5 from 112+ reviews) is how consistently employees praise the culture, the calibre of colleagues, and the quality of the technical work. People describe it as some of the most interesting work of their careers. Wayve also offers an on-site chef, private healthcare, competitive pay with equity, and a genuine learning environment where you work alongside world-class ML researchers and engineers. That said, some reviews flag that the pace can be intense and that working across global time zones can stretch working hours. If you are an engineer, researcher, or operator who wants to work on genuinely frontier technology with real-world impact, and you thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven environments, Wayve is a rare opportunity.

• Work hybrid from Wayve's London office, with core hours and time spent remotely. • Receive meaningful equity and share in Wayve's long-term success. • Benefit from salaries benchmarked against the market annually. • Get hands-on time in vehicle workshops and labs. • Use learning and development budgets for training, conferences and growth. • Take enhanced maternity and paternity leave. • Access health insurance, dental, pension, therapists, wellbeing partnerships and team socials. • Receive relocation support where applicable.

Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving, using an end-to-end AI approach that lets vehicles learn from real-world experience. Its mapless, hardware-agnostic platform integrates with global OEM partners and supports automation from L2+ through to L4. Wayve has hubs in London, Sunnyvale, Yokohama, Herzliya, Vancouver and Leonberg.