Engineering Manager, Platform Integration, Robot Software

• Join Wayve as an Engineering Manager, working hybrid from London. • Lead the Platform Integration team within Robot Software, which brings together the software and interfaces that let Wayve's AI Driver operate on new development platforms. • Own early vehicle software integration, drive-by-wire and the vehicle-facing software drivers. • Help Wayve scale across vehicles and OEM programmes by building reusable software interfaces and making integration more predictable. • Combine software engineering leadership with practical delivery, working across software, hardware, controls and operations. • Shape both the technical direction and the development of the team in a company where much of the way of working is still being written.

• Show a strong track record of leading and developing software or systems engineering teams, including coaching, hiring, performance management and career development. • Bring experience of owning a team roadmap and delivering complex engineering programmes through others. • Manage priorities, resources, dependencies and technical risk effectively. • Use practical experience of developing and integrating embedded or robotics software in a physical product. • Guide architectural decisions and review designs for software that interacts with hardware, balancing delivery with maintainability and reuse. • Know the challenges of bringing up new hardware and software platforms, including testing, fault diagnosis, validation and operational handover. • Communicate clearly and align teams with different priorities around shared technical outcomes.

• Bring experience with automotive systems and drive-by-wire. • Know CAN or automotive Ethernet. • Understand vehicle controls. • Use bench and hardware-in-the-loop testing. • Build ownership of reliability and quality using metrics and lessons from real-world operation.

• Lead and develop engineers by setting clear expectations, running one-to-ones, giving regular feedback and supporting career progression. • Own hiring and onboarding, and build a collaborative culture across locations. • Maintain the team's mission, ownership boundaries and roadmap, balancing programme commitments with improvements that make future integrations easier. • Lead planning and execution of new vehicle integrations, from bench integration through vehicle bring-up, validation and handover. • Guide the architecture and development of Vehicle Driver and drive-by-wire components to reduce bespoke changes for each vehicle variant. • Establish measurable reliability targets and use field feedback to prioritise improvements to testing, releases and escalated issues. • Develop playbooks, tooling and runbooks so later vehicles can be commissioned and supported independently. • Review designs and collaborate with software, hardware, controls, safety and operations teams, plus customers and suppliers where needed.

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.

• Enjoy hybrid working with core hours and the chance to work hands on in vehicle workshops and labs. • Receive meaningful equity, sharing in the ownership and long-term success of Wayve. • Benefit from salaries benchmarked against the market annually. • Use learning and development budgets for training, conferences and growth. • Access health insurance, dental cover, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, and a pension where applicable. • Get access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships and team socials. • Receive relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable.

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