wayve - Senior Software Engineer - Platform Integration, Robot Software
Responsibilities
• Support software bring-up on benches, HiL systems, and vehicles, including work at international test locations. • Develop and maintain vehicle-facing software components and shared frameworks. • Diagnose integration issues across software and hardware boundaries and drive them through resolution. • Identify architectural improvements that reduce bespoke work and improve reuse. • Build diagnostics, tooling, and metrics for robot-software reliability and performance. • Produce clear documentation and runbooks for long-term supportability. • Collaborate with hardware, safety, controls, calibration, and reliability teams. • 🧩 What you’ll be working on • New vehicle-program bring-up across embedded compute, sensors, networks, and software services. • Linux-based robotic and automotive systems with multi-process and distributed architectures. • ROS2 or similar middleware, node development, message interfaces, and system integration. • Sensor calibration, synchronisation, data validation, and system-level debugging. • Automotive-grade compute platforms such as NVIDIA DRIVE and Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride. • Vehicle communication systems including CAN and Automotive Ethernet. • Shared abstractions and frameworks that improve reliability across programs. • 🙌 You should apply if • You have strong software-development experience in C++, Python, or Rust. • You have delivered production-quality software on Linux-based robotic, embedded, or automotive platforms. • You understand ROS2 or similar robotics middleware and distributed-system integration. • You have hands-on experience integrating software with vehicle or embedded hardware. • You can diagnose complex problems using logs, telemetry, on-target tests, and systematic experimentation. • You understand vehicle sensors, networking, and the practical realities of platform bring-up. • Experience with drive-by-wire systems, CAN tools, shared frameworks, HiL or simulation, functional safety, technical documentation, or observability would be valuable. • 🌱 Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! If you’re passionate about autonomy and keen to learn, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement.
Benefits
• 💰 Salaries benchmarked against the market annually • 📈 Meaningful equity, sharing in the ownership and long term success of Wayve • ✈️ Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable • ✅ Hybrid working, core hours and the chance to work hands on in vehicle workshops and labs • 📚 Learning and development budgets with support for training, conferences and growth • 🩺 Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, team socials and more • Wayve is not a mature, fully-structured place with the playbook already written. Much of how we work is still being written, and if you join, you’ll help write it. That suits people who want real ownership more than people who need a settled structure from day one. • If that sounds like the kind of problem you want to spend your time on, we’d really like to hear from you. • At Wayve we're committed to creating a diverse, fair and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. • For more information visit Careers at Wayve. https://wayve.ai/careers/ To learn more about what drives us, visit Values at Wayve https://wayve.ai/careers/
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