About the role
Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve. We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that.
Wayve's Robot Software group turns new vehicle programs into stable, reliable robot systems. The Platform Integration team works at the boundary between onboard software and vehicle hardware, bringing up new platforms while building reusable components and frameworks that make every future integration faster and more predictable. As a Software Engineer on the Platform Integration team, you'll combine hands-on vehicle and bench work with production software development. Your work will directly enable safe, scalable deployment across multiple vehicle programs.
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.
•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.
Requirements
•Strong software-development experience in C++, Python, or Rust.
•Delivered production-quality software on Linux-based robotic, embedded, or automotive platforms.
•Understanding of ROS2 or similar robotics middleware and distributed-system integration.
•Hands-on experience integrating software with vehicle or embedded hardware.
•Ability to diagnose complex problems using logs, telemetry, on-target tests, and systematic experimentation.
•Understanding of 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 is okay — candidates passionate about autonomy and keen to learn are encouraged to apply even if they don't meet every requirement.
About Wayve
Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving, pioneering an end-to-end AI approach that enables vehicles to learn directly from real-world experience, developing the ability to adapt, generalise and improve at scale. Instead of relying on hand-coded rules or pre-mapped environments, their AI Driver learns to drive by understanding the world around it. Wayve's mapless and hardware-agnostic AI platform integrates with global OEM partners, enabling continuous software evolution and unlocking advanced levels of automation from L2+ through to L4 as their core AI model scales.
How we work
Main hubs are in London, Sunnyvale, Yokohama, Herzliya, Vancouver and Leonberg. The company operates a hybrid working model that combines in-person collaboration in dedicated office spaces with focused time working remotely.
Interview process
•Initial recruiter screen — 25 mins
•Competency Interviews — Programming and technical domain (2 hours)
•Deep-dive technical interviews — Programming, software design, and hiring-manager/team fit (3 hours)
•Final interview — Mission and values alignment (30 mins)
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
A quick, honest note before you apply: 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.
