Distinguished Engineer, Embedded Vehicle Software

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 Engineering Teams

Wayve’s Vehicle Software organization builds the embedded software foundations that connect our AI Driver to production vehicle hardware.

As a Distinguished Engineer in Vehicle Software, you’ll define the architecture and provide technical leadership for the next generation of Wayve’s vehicle software stack. You’ll work with advanced embedded compute platforms from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and other technology partners, shaping our operating-system and automotive-middleware roadmap to support state-of-the-art AI systems for autonomous driving.

This is a highly senior technical leadership role centered on architecture, hands-on technical judgement and broad influence. You’ll work across internal engineering teams, global automotive manufacturers and silicon partners to turn complex requirements into scalable, production-ready systems.

🧠 Your day-to-day

You’ll establish the technical vision for Wayve’s embedded vehicle software and guide major architectural decisions affecting teams across the organization.

You’ll remain close to the technology—reviewing designs, exploring critical technical problems and helping teams make sound decisions across operating systems, middleware, performance, reliability and hardware integration.

You’ll also represent Wayve in strategic technical discussions with automotive manufacturers, NVIDIA, Qualcomm and other partners. Internally, you’ll mentor senior engineers, influence engineering leadership and help establish the development practices, tools and architectural principles needed to scale.

🧩 What you’ll be working on

• Defining embedded software architectures for advanced autonomous-driving systems

• Shaping the operating-system, middleware and hardware-abstraction roadmap for Wayve’s next-generation autonomy platform

• Improving system architecture, performance, reliability and scalability

• Evaluating and integrating advanced embedded compute platforms from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and other partners

• Collaborating across Vehicle Software, AI, hardware, systems, safety and OEM programme teams

• Working directly with automotive customers and external technology partners to deliver production-ready solutions

• Representing Wayve in technical discussions with OEM software and hardware architects

• Serving as Wayve’s senior technical representative in discussions with silicon partners

• Advocating for best-in-class software-development processes, architecture practices and engineering tools

• Mentoring senior engineers and helping shape the technical direction of the Vehicle Software organisation

• Leading complex, cross-functional technical programmes spanning multiple teams and organisations

🙌 You should apply if

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