Engineering Manager, App SW - Embedded

The posting, as Wayve wrote it

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. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that.

Here’s what this particular role covers.

🛠️ About our Application Software Team

Our Application Software US team brings Wayve’s autonomous driving technology onto customer vehicle platforms, driving localisation and advancing our capabilities for the US market. Working at the intersection of our AI software stack, embedded systems and automotive hardware, the team enables reliable performance across diverse systems-on-chip (SoCs) and operating systems.

We’re seeking an exceptional technical leader to build and lead this high-impact team. This is a unique opportunity to shape our AV capabilities in the US from the ground up, hiring and mentoring engineers while leading the bring-up and early validation of our AI software stack on customer hardware.

🧠 Your day-to-day

• Build and lead an engineering team in the US, hiring and mentoring top talent while providing hands-on technical leadership.
• Lead software bring-up on customer hardware platforms, such as NVIDIA DRIVE and Qualcomm Ride, including porting and configuring Linux, QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments.
• Validate drivers, middleware and boot-time configurations, partnering with OEM and Tier 1 teams to resolve hardware-specific integration issues.
• Collaborate with Verification & Release teams to integrate hardware into CI/CD, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and test infrastructure, automating setup, flashing, health checks and test execution.

🧩 What you’ll be working on

You’ll make Wayve’s AI software stack run reliably on customer hardware, from initial platform bring-up through early validation. Your scope includes operating system configuration, board support packages, drivers, middleware and boot-time behaviour, alongside system-level diagnostics, logging and secure boot configuration.

Working closely with customer partners and internal engineering teams, you’ll establish repeatable integration and testing workflows that support efficient development across automotive platforms.

🙌 You should apply if

• You have 8+ years of experience in embedded or automotive software development, ideally with hands-on platform bring-up experience, and strong proficiency in C/C++, Bash and Python.
• You’ve demonstrated the ability to lead and grow high-performing engineering teams, ideally in geographically distributed or independent settings.
• You bring deep knowledge of embedded Linux, including Yocto, systemd, bootloaders and device trees, plus familiarity with configuring and debugging QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR on target hardware.
• You have experience bringing up automotive-grade SoCs, such as NVIDIA Orin, Qualcomm SA8295/SA8650, Renesas or TI, and are comfortable with har

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📈 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.

If that sounds like the kind of problem you want to spend your time on, we’d really like to hear from you.

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