Engineering Technician

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.

Engineering Technician

🛠️ About our Hardware Engineering Team

Wayve's Hardware Engineering team designs, builds and integrates the physical systems that enable our AI Driver to operate on real-world vehicle platforms. The team works across vehicles, compute, sensors, electronics and test infrastructure to turn engineering ideas into reliable hardware that can be built, commissioned, tested and scaled.

🧠 Your day-to-day

As an Engineering Technician at Wayve, you'll work hands-on with the vehicles, compute platforms, sensors and Hardware-in-the-Loop setups that support development of our AI Driver. You'll build, test, commission, diagnose and rework complex hardware systems, working closely with hardware and software engineers to resolve issues quickly and improve how systems are assembled, validated and maintained. This is a practical workshop-based role with direct impact on prototype vehicles and engineering development.

🧩 What you’ll be working on:

• Build, test and maintain vehicles and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) setups with high-performance compute and sensor systems.

• Diagnose, repair and rework hardware system failures across compute systems, embedded modules, wiring harnesses, sensors and other hardware components.

• Collaborate with hardware and software engineering teams to execute one-off tests of hardware configurations and assist in troubleshooting issues.

• Maintain and manage workshop equipment, tools and inventory, ensuring an organised and efficient workspace.

• Support prototype assembly and modifications, contributing to the continuous improvement of engineering designs.

• Document workshop procedures, test results and system configurations to ensure reproducibility and consistency in testing.

• Support initial bring-up and commissioning of vehicles and contribute to overall system integration improvements.

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and best practices in hardware systems, and bring practical tools such as 3D printing, Jira and AI-enabled workflows to workshop challenges.

🙌 You should apply if:

• You have a tenacious, hands-on mindset and keep working a problem through until it is resolved.

• You think beyond the immediate fix and understand the second- and third-order effects of technical decisions.

• You have hands-on experience building wiring harnesses and can confidently read and work from wiring diagrams.

• You have experience building complex systems in a fast-paced production or engineering environment.

• You have strong organisational skills and can manage multiple tasks effectively in a dynamic environment.

• You have excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities across complex hardware systems.

• You work effectively with engineering teams and are comfortable providing practical technical support when needed.

• You are passionate about learning, developing your technical expertise and contributing to the autonomy field.

Nice to have

• You have hands-on experience building and maintaining autonomous vehicle hardware systems, including vehicles, compute platforms, sensors such as LiDAR, radar and cameras, and wiring harnesses.

• You have prior experience flashing and commissioning hardware or embedded systems.

• You have experience with change management and version control systems.

This is a full-time role based in our London office.

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