Staff Validation Systems Engineer

AI Startups UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Wayve in London seeks a Staff Validation Engineer to lead validation for the Wayve AI Driver's ADAS functions. You will collaborate with systems engineers and data scientists, leveraging simulation tools and industry standards to ensure validation from concept to deployment.

You will define and implement metrics, devise test coverage, and guide acceptance criteria with Product, Safety, and AV Engineering teams. A hybrid working model in London supports collaboration and innovation.

Qualifications

• Clear, concise communicator with excellent documentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills with evidence-based decision-making.
• Hands-on experience evaluating and validating complex engineered systems.
• Experience in the Automotive or AV industries.
• Proficiency in Python to implement metrics and evaluation code.
• Experience with simulated and physical testing environments for autonomous systems.
• Demonstrated ownership driving validation concepts from ideation to implementation in fast-paced environments.
• Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive validation strategy across test modalities for ADAS Functions.
• Define and implement general purpose metrics for validating on-road and simulated driving behavior.
• Define test coverage requirements and build comprehensive test suites.
• Develop acceptance criteria with Product, Safety, and AV Engineering teams.
• Analyze test results and report findings to Release and Autonomy Engineering stakeholders.
• Identify data, simulation, and evaluation dependencies to enable scalable validation execution.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Data, Simulation, and Autonomy leads to design test strategies.

Skills

Communication

Documentation

Analytical thinking

Python

Validation experience

Auto/AV industry

Ownership

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace or related field

Tools

SQL

Simulation tooling

Job description

About us

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 back each other to deliver impact.

Make Wayve the experience that defines your career!

The role

Wayve's AI Validation Division builds trust in the Wayve AI Driver for our customers. As a Staff Validation Engineer, you will lead the development, execution, and reporting of validation for ADAS Functions. Collaborating with systems engineers and data scientists, you will leverage Wayve's unique simulation and evaluation technology, and meet emerging AV industry standards as autonomy transitions to fully end-to-end learned models - helping bring the Wayve AI Driver to millions globally.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive validation strategy across test modalities to assess ADAS Functions that are part of the Wayve AI Driver product.
• Define and implement general purpose metrics for validating on-road and simulated driving behavior.
• Define test coverage requirements and build comprehensive test suites.
• Develop acceptance criteria through collaboration with Product, Safety, and AV Engineering teams.
• Analyze test results and report findings to Release and Autonomy Engineering stakeholders.
• Identify data, simulation, and evaluation team dependencies to enable timely, scalable, and automated validation execution.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, Data, Simulation, and Autonomy leads to design and implement comprehensive yet efficient test strategies.

About you

To succeed as a Validation Systems Engineer at Wayve, you'll bring the following skills and experience:

Essential

• Clear, concise communicator with excellent documentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in evidence-based decision-making.
• Hands-on experience evaluating and validating complex engineered systems - whether through simulated scenario development, real-world testing, or both.
• Experience in the Automotive or AV industries.
• Proficiency in Python to implement metrics and work with evaluation codebase.
• Experience with both simulated and physical testing environments for autonomous systems.
• Experience analyzing and reporting validation results.
• Demonstrated ownership driving validation concepts from ideation to implementation in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace, or a related field.

Desirable

• Background in ML, Computer Vision, Motion Planning, or Data Science.
• Experience in the Automotive or AV industries.
• Experience with SOTIF and safety validation.
• Skilled in evaluating and validating learned or adaptive behaviors.
• Experience with modern AI tools and agentic workflows
• Experience analyzing large datasets with SQL
• Deep understanding of driving behavior and how to measure driving performance.

This is a full-time role based in our office in London. At Wayve we want the best of all worlds so we operate a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our offices and workshops to fuel innovation, culture, relationships and learning, and time spent working from home.

Wayve is committed to creating an inclusive interview experience. If you require any accommodations or adjustments to participate fully in our interview process, please let us know.

At Wayve we're committed to creating a diverse, fair and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

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