Wayve
Engineering Manager, Embedded Automotive Platform
Sunnyvale · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$280k-$305kDetected 47 days ago
C++LinuxEmbedded SystemsElectrical EngineeringMentoring
About the role
- This is a hands-on engineering management role: you'll be expected to spend roughly 40% of your time coding/designing and ~60% leading, coaching, and delivering through the team.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow an embedded software team in the US, with plans to scale headcount over time.
- Own the team roadmap: translate milestones into clear objectives, align priorities with stakeholders, and track execution to deliver against committed milestones.
- Drive development of portable core libraries and platform abstractions (SDK-style APIs) that enable repeatable deployment of Wayve's autonomy software to vehicle compute.
- Coach and develop engineers
- Stay hands-on: contribute to architecture and design, review code, and personally implement critical pieces where needed.
- Experience managing and developing software engineers, with strong ownership of delivery (planning → execution → quality).
- Strong background in developing software for embedded systems using high-performance system languages like C++ and/or Rust, with the ability to be hands-on (coding + design).
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and communicate clearly with stakeholders across teams and time zones.
- Coach and develop engineers; set high standards for engineering excellence, maintainability, and delivery discipline.
- Experience working with or delivering software on NVIDIA Drive Orin and/or Qualcomm automotive platforms.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with Linux and/or QNX, build systems, and platform integration.
- If you're passionate about self-driving cars and think you have what it takes to make a positive impact on the world, we encourage you to apply.
Nice to have
- Experience delivering software in safety-/quality-conscious environments (automotive strongly preferred), including familiarity with standards/processes such as ASPICE and MISRA.
Compensation
- This role is a full-time role based in Sunnyvale, CA (hybrid) and the reasonably estimated salary for this role ranges from $280,000 to $305,000, plus a competitive equity package.
Benefits
- Experience in FuSA and ISO26262 or similar compliance frameworks in fields like medical, aerospace.
Company info
- Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.
- Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving.
- In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us-we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future.
- At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment
- We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact.
- Make Wayve the experience that defines your career!
- As an Engineering Manager in the Embedded Automotive Platforms (EAP) team, you'll lead a US-based team building portable, production-grade core libraries and standardized APIs that sit at the boundary between Wayve's autonomy stack and real vehicle platforms.
- Your team's work enables Wayve software to run reliably across multiple automotive reference platforms and runtime environments (e.g., NVIDIA Drive Orin on Linux/QNX, Qualcomm platforms), accelerating real-world AV experiments and customer programs.
- Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology.
- Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.
- Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward.
- Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving.
- In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us-we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions.
- We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future.
- At Wayve, your contributions matter.
- Guide reference platform adaptation and integration, ensuring our libraries run reliably across target environments (Linux/QNX and automotive SoCs).
- Be responsible for delivering automotive functional safety (FuSA) certified core production libraries.
Visa & Work Authorization
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