Vehicle Safety Operator

Wayve; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve in London is seeking a Vehicle Safety Operator to join our on-road testing program. You will run real-world driving experiments, monitor AI systems, and feed feedback to our R&D teams to improve safety and performance.

You will work with a world-class operations group across the UK, helping to uphold stringent safety standards while learning cutting-edge AI-driven vehicle testing in a fast-paced environment at Wayve.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence held and valid.
• 8+ years of driving experience, mostly in the UK.
• No blameworthy insurance claims in past 3 years.
• Strong communication and empathy for others.
• Able to work alone and in a team.
• Adaptable and solution-focused in dynamic environments.
• Proficient with MS Office or Google Suite.
• Basic navigation, touchscreen gestures and app usage.
• Ability to connect to Wi‑Fi and adjust device settings.
• Willing to disclose any secondary employment as required.

Responsibilities

• Be part of operations to test Wayve vehicles across the UK.
• Monitor AI and respond to hazards to ensure safe testing.
• Evaluate AI during tests and provide feedback to researchers.
• Provide real-world driving examples to train AI before public road tests.
• Support safety and engineering teams by maintaining high safety standards.

Skills

Driving licence

8+ years driving

UK driving experience

Communication skills

Team player

Adaptable

MS Office / Google Suite

Navigation basics

Touchscreen gestures

Typing & text editing

Wi-Fi & settings

App usage

Troubleshooting

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

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.

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

If you're passionate about cars and love driving, this role offers you an opportunity to shape the future of road safety. While developing new skills in artificial intelligence, you will provide real world feedback and play a vital role in the constantly developing driving field. As a Vehicle Safety Operator you will be responsible for running on road experiments and reporting back to our research and development teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a part of our world-class, diverse operations team to test our vehicles all over the UK.
• Monitor our artificial intelligence and respond to all hazards to guarantee safe testing at all times.
• Evaluate our artificial intelligence during tests, and provide expert feedback to our research teams and engineers.
• Provide real-world driving examples to train our artificial intelligence before you test on public roads.
• Support our safety and engineer teams by maintaining our high safety standards, and reporting safety and vehicle issues.

About you

Essential

• Full clean UK driving licence.
• At least 8 years' driving experience - mainly in the UK.
• No blameworthy insurance claims in the past three years.
• Strong communication skills and a clear ability to empathise with others.
• Happy to work alone and equally happy working within a team.
• Adaptable, flexible and passionate about solving problems with innovative solutions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, or equivalent (Google Suite)
• Basic Navigation: Understanding how to navigate the home screen, open and close apps, and switch between apps.
• Touchscreen Gestures: Familiarity with common touchscreen gestures like tap, swipe, pinch, and zoom.
• Typing and Text Editing: Using the on-screen keyboard for typing, selecting text, and using copy, paste, and other text-editing functions.
• Connecting to Wi-Fi and Managing Settings: Knowing how to connect to Wi-Fi networks and manage settings like brightness, volume, and Bluetooth.
• Using Basic Apps: Proficiency in using basic apps like Safari for web browsing, Mail for email, Photos for managing pictures, and Calendar for scheduling.
• Troubleshooting Basic Issues: Handling common problems like app crashes, restarting the device, or resetting network settings.
• All applications are required to disclose any second job as part of the application process.
• All applicants will be subject to a health check before/after.
• Employment is contingent upon passing training, pre-employment checks and ongoing drug/alcohol testing, in accordance with our policy. You will be tested for drugs and alcohol during your onsite interview.

Desirable

• Prior experience in vehicle testing, AV environments, or technical demonstrations.
• You have an advanced driving background (ADI, Emergency Response Advanced Driver, or similar driving qualifications)
• You have extensive knowledge of London, and the Home Counties
• Customer-facing or hospitality experience is a plus.

Shift Pattern - Set days of week permanent AM and PMs. There are 7 individual patterns for example Wednesday - Saturday PM.

Monday to Sunday - 40 hours per week, weekend (must be able to work weekends)

• AM shift: 06:30-15:30
• PM shift: 14:30-23:30

This role is based onsite at our office in York Way, London.

Please carefully consider your commute options to ensure that you are comfortable with the travel distance and can consistently arrive on time. For reference, our office does not have onsite parking, and if your commute is more than 1.5 hours one way, it may not be practical for this role.

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.

We understand that everyone has a unique set of skills and experiences and that not everyone will meet all of the requirements listed above.

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.

For more information visit Careers at Wayve.

To learn more about what drives us, visit Values at Wayve

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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.