Autonomous Driving Embedded Engineer – Bring-Up & Validation

Wayve; United States; Hybrid; USD 139,561 - 186,082; Full time

Job summary

Wayve is seeking an Application Software Engineer to join our Israel-based Application Engineering team. You will lead bring-up and validation of our AI software stack on customer hardware, ensuring robust performance across SoCs and OSs.

You will collaborate with Verification, Release, and OEM partners to ensure smooth integration, reliable delivery, and scalable automation in CI/CD and test environments on Linux/QNX/Adaptive AUTOSAR targets.

Qualifications

• Embedded/automotive software development with hands-on platform bring-up.
• Proficient in C/C++, Bash, Python.
• Strong Linux-based embedded systems knowledge (Yocto, systemd, bootloaders, device trees).
• Familiarity with QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments on target hardware.
• Experience bring-up on automotive-grade SoCs (NVIDIA Orin, Qualcomm SA8295/SA8650, Renesas, TI).
• Comfortable with hardware debuggers, flashing tools, serial consoles, BSPs.
• Knowledge of CAN, Ethernet, PCIe, SPI, I2C.
• Experience integrating embedded platforms into CI/CD pipelines and test automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Execute software bring-up on customer hardware platforms.
• Integrate and validate OEM/Tiers deliveries—drivers, middleware, runtime.
• Collaborate with Verification & Release to integrate hardware into CI/CD, HIL, and test infra.
• Work with OEM/Tier 1 teams to resolve hardware-specific integration issues.
• Implement system-level diagnostics, logging, and secure boot configuration.
• Develop automation for setup, flashing, health checks, and test execution on target hardware.
• Support porting/configuring applications over Linux-based systems/QNX/Adaptive AUTOSAR environments.

Skills

Embedded/Automotive software

Platform bring-up

C/C++

Bash

Python

Yocto/systemd/bootloaders/device trees

QNX/Adaptive AUTOSAR

Automotive-grade SoCs

Hardware debuggers/flashing tools/ BSP

CAN/Ethernet/PCIe/SPI/I2C

CI/CD & test automation

Tools

Docker

Jenkins/Buildkite

Git

JFrog Artifactory

Job description

Wayve is seeking an Application Software Engineer to join our Israel-based Application Engineering team. You will lead bring-up and validation of our AI software stack on customer hardware, ensuring robust performance across SoCs and OSs.

You will collaborate with Verification, Release, and OEM partners to ensure smooth integration, reliable delivery, and scalable automation in CI/CD and test environments on Linux/QNX/Adaptive AUTOSAR targets.