Onboard Embedded Software Test Engineer (Automation)

Wayve; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve, based in London, is seeking an Embedded Software Test Engineer to validate onboard software before full-vehicle testing. You will work across embedded compute platforms and OSs to ensure reliability and rapid iteration across teams.

The role emphasizes automated test development, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and collaboration with software engineers to close test gaps, with a hybrid work policy in a dynamic AI-enabled automotive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience testing embedded software, ideally on Linux or QNX-based platforms.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or similar languages for test development and automation.
• Experience working with embedded hardware platforms and understanding hardware/software interactions.
• Proven ability to debug and triage complex issues across system layers.
• Understanding of software testing principles, including automation, integration testing, and system validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute automated tests for onboard software subsystems (OS, middleware, sensors, and integration points).
• Validate software behavior on embedded hardware platforms within hardware-in-the-loop environments.
• Collaborate with software engineers to identify test gaps and build coverage for new and existing features.
• Debug and triage system-level issues across software and hardware boundaries.
• Enable developer self-service testing by contributing to CI pipelines and reusable test frameworks.
• Support expansion of test coverage by leveraging existing validation tests and shifting them earlier in the development cycle.

Skills

Embedded testing

Linux/QNX

Python

C++

Debugging

Test automation

Tools

Buildkite

CI/CD

Job description

Wayve, based in London, is seeking an Embedded Software Test Engineer to validate onboard software before full-vehicle testing. You will work across embedded compute platforms and OSs to ensure reliability and rapid iteration across teams.

The role emphasizes automated test development, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and collaboration with software engineers to close test gaps, with a hybrid work policy in a dynamic AI-enabled automotive environment.