Vehicle Dynamics & Simulation Engineer (Robotics)

Wayve; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Relocation support

Hybrid working

Learning budget

Health & dental benefits

Job summary

Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving with a mapless, hardware-agnostic approach. We’re hiring a Vehicle Modelling Engineer to develop physics-based and data-driven vehicle models that feed into simulation, evaluation, and partnerships.

You’ll validate models against real data and implement them as production-ready software components. Join a cross-functional team, work across simulation, robotics, and product, and grow into specialized areas over time.

Qualifications

• Experience developing mathematical models and simulation algorithms for vehicle dynamics, robotics, or control systems.
• A strong grasp of classical mechanics, numerical analysis, and computational methods.
• You've validated simulation models against experimental data, and know what "good enough" looks like.
• Confident writing production-quality code in C++ or Python.
• Bring previous experience in vehicle dynamics for autonomous vehicles, automotive, or motorsport.
• Comfortable with data-driven approaches, such as machine learning or system identification, for modelling systems with unknown physical parameters.
• Know your way around high-fidelity vehicle dynamics tools (e.g. Dymola, CarSim, CarMaker) and how to integrate them into simulation workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop virtual vehicle models using physics-based and data-driven techniques.
• Validate models against on-road data and implement correlation improvements.
• Convert models into efficient, high-quality software components that meet accuracy, performance, and scalability requirements.
• Plan, run, and analyse experimental tests at the track or with external partners to improve model accuracy.
• Share results and insights with stakeholders across robotics, simulation, and product teams.
• Develop virtual vehicle models that integrate with advanced modelling technologies, becoming the go-to tool for simulation and evaluation at Wayve.
• Define metrics and KPIs for simulations and feed gaps back into modelling.
• Integrate models across Wayve's simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and correlation pipelines.
• Coordinate cross-functional vehicle characterisation work with robotics, simulation, and product teams.
• Opportunity to specialise over time in modelling, correlation/metrics, or experimental track work as the team scales.

Skills

Vehicle dynamics modelling

Mechanics & numerical methods

Model validation with data

Production-grade C++/Python

Autonomous vehicle dynamics

Data-driven modelling

Dymola/CarSim/CarMaker

Tools

Dymola

CarSim

CarMaker

Job description

Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving with a mapless, hardware-agnostic approach. We’re hiring a Vehicle Modelling Engineer to develop physics-based and data-driven vehicle models that feed into simulation, evaluation, and partnerships.

You’ll validate models against real data and implement them as production-ready software components. Join a cross-functional team, work across simulation, robotics, and product, and grow into specialized areas over time.