Principal System Architect

• Join Wayve as Principal System Architect, working hybrid from London. • Own the system and product architecture of the Wayve AI Driver within the Product Architecture & Safety team. • Shape how the Wayve AI Driver is deployed across L0–L4, with near-term focus on L3 eyes-off and L4 driver-out. • Work on a scope that starts where robotaxi needs are highest and grows with the business. • Act as one technical voice to OEMs, Tier 1s and partners. • Help write how the team works in a company that is still building its playbook.

• Bring strong experience in system architecture, systems engineering or solution architecture for ADAS / AD, robotics or complex safety-relevant embedded systems. • Show broad understanding of vehicle-level architecture, sensors, compute and hardware, embedded software, vehicle integration and safety. • Show experience defining and owning product or integration architecture for complex, cross-functional systems end-to-end. • Translate high-level product or deployment goals into concrete architectural requirements and trade-offs. • Lead technical discussions with OEMs, Tier 1s or other external partners. • Know ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 (SOTIF) and how they shape system architecture. • Write clear architecture documents that others build from, and communicate well verbally. • Stay hands-on enough to support problem-solving, bring-up and integration trade-offs in practice.

• Have experience with L3 eyes-off, L4 or robotaxi systems, including fail-operational and redundancy concepts. • Know assisted driving (L0–L2+) functions and their system requirements. • Have experience deploying AI- or ML-based driving systems on embedded platforms. • Know automotive middleware, real-time operating systems, Linux and embedded platform integration. • Have experience with vehicle connectivity, remote assistance, teleoperation, fleet operations or HMI.

• Own end-to-end system architecture, interface contracts, assumptions of use and decision records. • Lead technical discussions with OEMs, Tier 1s and partners, and align internal architecture owners around a common direction. • Define ECU and sensor requirements and guide system engineers. • Support integration planning, bring-up, triage and system-level debugging on vehicles and HiL/ViL benches. • Translate use cases, ODD and operational constraints into reusable product, system and integration architecture. • Define sensor and compute topology, vehicle interfaces, safety mechanisms, redundancy, fallback and minimal-risk manoeuvre assumptions with safety engineering. • Define on-board and off-board architecture for connectivity, remote assistance and fleet operations, including latency, availability and ownership. • Separate core product changes from partner-specific integration so deployment needs strengthen one common architecture.

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.

• Earn $347.5K–$457.9K plus meaningful equity. • Work hybrid, with core hours and the chance to work hands-on in vehicle workshops and labs. • Receive relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable. • Grow with learning and development budgets for training and conferences. • Benefit from health insurance, dental cover and pension or retirement plans where applicable. • Take enhanced maternity and paternity leave. • Access therapists, wellbeing partnerships and team socials. • Enjoy salaries benchmarked against the market annually.

Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving, using an end-to-end AI approach that learns directly 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.