People Partner - Engineering

• Deliver a high-quality employee experience for Engineering in a fast-paced, technical environment. • Partner closely with the Senior People Partner for Engineering on defined projects across performance, engagement, L&D, and day-to-day advisory work. • Act as a trusted first point of contact for employees and managers. • Take ownership of routine processes and contribute to developing People resources. • Support Employee Relations cases by preparing documentation, drafting communications, and guiding policy-aligned decisions. • Collaborate on broader People team and company-wide initiatives, driving consistency, inclusion, and continuous improvement. • Deepen your impact if you already have solid generalist People experience in a dynamic scale-up setting. • Work hybrid from the King’s Cross office, combining time in offices and workshops with working from home.

• Bring demonstrated experience in a People Partnering or Advisory role within a fast-paced, scaling organisation, with a strong foundation across core People practices and the employee lifecycle. • Bring experience partnering with Engineering or similarly technical teams, adapting People practices and communication to suit technically minded stakeholders. • Bring strong employee relations capability and working knowledge of UK employment law, independently managing performance, grievance, investigation, and absence cases start to finish. • Coach and influence managers, challenge constructively, clarify ownership, and support effective decision-making in complex or sensitive situations. • Deliver initiatives across areas such as engagement, performance management, organisational change, learning and development, reward, wellbeing, or policy development. • Bring strong independent judgement and problem-solving skills, navigating ambiguity and balancing competing priorities through to completion. • Use People data, employee feedback, and HR systems confidently to identify trends, surface risks, and develop practical recommendations. • Communicate strongly in writing and in person, building credibility and tailoring advice for employees, managers, and senior stakeholders. • Be based in London for this hybrid role at the King’s Cross office.

• Bring experience in a fast growth environment, preferably a start-up. • Bring experience supporting people across multiple geographies. • Bring proficiency in AI tooling to support your workflows. • Bring deeper UK employment law knowledge and best practice. • Apply even if you do not meet every requirement, as Wayve encourages people passionate about self-driving cars to get in touch. • Let Wayve know if you need any accommodations or adjustments to take part fully in the interview process.

• Manage ER cases independently, covering documentation, note-taking during meetings, and following up on action points, escalating where needed. • Support investigations, grievance handling, and performance management processes. • Maintain the employee relations tracker to report insights and areas of concern, and keep employee records up to date. • Provide first-level coaching and advice to managers and employees, escalating when required. • Serve as the first point of contact for People-related queries on policies, benefits, and system navigation, triaging and escalating complex issues. • Collaborate with People Partners on initiatives such as employee engagement, retention strategies, and performance management. • Assist with data collection, analysis, and reporting from People systems for analysis, compliance audits, or management requests. • Draft and update manager and employee resources for handbooks and intranet platforms. • Keep People policies and procedures current, legally compliant, and easy to access. • Support offboarding, including exit interviews and follow-up documentation. • Prepare engagement reports and insights, surfacing themes and partnering with the Senior People Partner and business leaders on actions. • Liaise with Talent Acquisition and build relationships with local stakeholders to support hiring efforts.

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.

• Partner directly with engineering teams building embodied AI and autonomous driving technology. • Work across the full People remit, from ER casework to engagement, policy, and L&D projects. • Deepen your impact alongside a Senior People Partner rather than working in isolation. • Work hybrid from the King’s Cross office, combining office and workshop time with working from home. • Join a scaling organisation where People practices are still being shaped. • Contribute to an inclusive environment that values diversity and new perspectives.

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Its advanced AI software and foundation models let vehicles perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, improving the usability and safety of automated driving systems. Wayve builds intelligent, mapless, hardware-agnostic AI products for automakers, aiming to accelerate the transition from assisted to automated driving and create autonomy that propels the world forward.