System Integration Engineer

Icehouseventures; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve is seeking a System Integration Engineer in London to lead the integration of hardware and software across internal and partner vehicles. You will own system bring‑up, architect new hardware, and troubleshoot complex multidisciplinary issues from prototype through deployment.

You’ll collaborate with Electrical, Mechanical, Systems and Software Engineers, shape integration processes, and build tooling and infrastructure to enable rapid, reliable development while maintaining engineering

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience integrating and developing complex systems.
• Ability to modify a harness diagram to meet new design requirements.
• Compute and sensing component selection based on system requirements.
• Involved in the definition and execution of a full lifecycle for a physical/embodied product – encompassing electrical, mechanical, and software systems.
• Experience in defining and iterating through HW architecture of an embedded/robotics system.
• Experience working with supply chain on complex systems, engineering change control.
• Working with suppliers and contract manufacturers for design validation and manufacturing.
• Experience deploying and maintaining a SW product written in C++, Python, Rust.
• Comfortable working in Linux environment, Git and with scripting tools.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Integration and bring‑up of autonomous systems on internal and partner vehicles
• Architect, prototype and evaluate new hardware systems
• Support fleet troubleshooting and issue resolution
• Inform and improve system integration processes and workflow
• Bring‑up and maintain development benches and HIL systems

Skills

Systems integration

Harness modification

Compute & sensing selection

HW lifecycle ownership

Embedded/robotics HW architecture

Supply chain collaboration

Supplier/manufacturer coordination

C++

Python

Rust

Linux

Git

Scripting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent

Job description

The role

As a System Integration Engineer, you’ll be at the centre of bringing Wayve’s AI driver to life, leading the integration of hardware and software across internal and partner vehicles. Working closely with Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, and Software Engineers, you’ll architect and evaluate new hardware, own system bring‑up, and troubleshoot complex multidisciplinary issues from prototype through deployment. You’ll shape integration processes, influence system architecture, and build the tooling and development infrastructure that enable the team to move quickly while maintaining reliability and engineering excellence.

Key responsibilities:

• Integration and bring‑up of autonomous systems on internal and partner vehicles
• Architect, prototype and evaluate new hardware systems
• Support fleet troubleshooting and issue resolution
• Inform and improve system integration processes and workflow
• Bring‑up and maintain development benches and HIL systems

About you

In order to set you up for success as a System Integration Engineer at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience.

Essential

• 7+ years experience integrating and developing complex systems
• Ability to understand a harness diagram, modifying it to meet new design requirements.
• Compute and sensing component selection based on system requirements
• Involved in the definition and execution of a full lifecycle for a physical/embodied product – encompassing electrical, mechanical, and software systems
• Experience in defining and iterating through HW architecture of an embedded/robotics system
• Experience working with supply chain on complex systems, engineering change control
• Working with suppliers and contract manufacturers for design validation and manufacturing
• Multidisciplinary troubleshooting skills with a strong sense of ownership and initiative
• Experience deploying and maintaining a SW product written in C++, Python, Rust.
• Comfortable working in Linux environment, Git and with scripting tools
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering disciplines

Desirable

• Understanding trade‑offs on decisions having downstream implications on both HW and SW
• Understanding detailed compute architectures (x86 vs ARM) and trade‑offs in the context of where the automotive market is heading
• Experience working on autonomous vehicles, robotics, or similar advanced systems
• Skilled in prototyping electronics at PCB board level, wire harnesses, and custom hardware components
• Experience developing application level software for testing, flashing, and triaging issues

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in developing automated testing suites for early HW + SW bring‑up

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. We operate core working hours so you can determine the schedule that works best for you and your team.

Wayve is 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.

DISCLAIMER: We will not ask about marriage or pregnancy, care responsibilities or disabilities in any of our job adverts or interviews. However, we do look to capture information about care responsibilities, and disabilities among other diversity information as part of an optional DEI Monitoring form to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring process and ensure that the process is inclusive and non‑discriminatory.