Director, AI & Autonomous Driving Applications

Wayve; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 490,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve is seeking a Director of Application Software to lead the engineering organisation bringing our AI and autonomous driving technology into customer vehicles at scale.

Based in Detroit or Sunnyvale, CA, this hybrid role teams with AI, autonomy, vehicle systems, and OEM partners to deploy production-ready software and shape the US engineering strategy. You will mentor senior engineers and define the architecture for growth.

Qualifications

• Significant engineering and leadership experience in autonomous driving or automotive AI.
• Strong understanding of ML-driven driving and vehicle integration.
• Experience taking features from development to production with ownership.
• Production automotive program experience and vehicle systems knowledge.
• Experience building and leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong technical judgment and cross-disciplinary communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the US Application Software organisation.
• Own application of AI and autonomous driving tech to customer vehicle programs from definition to production.
• Guide development of ADAS and autonomous driving capabilities across ML, autonomy, and vehicle systems.
• Bridge Wayve's core engineers with OEM customers and align priorities.
• Provide architectural leadership across autonomous driving, embedded software, and deployment.
• Collaborate with AI, autonomy, product, safety, validation, and systems teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and managers.
• Influence architecture and deployment strategy globally.

Skills

Autonomous driving

Machine learning

Vehicle systems

Embedded software

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

C++

Linux

QNX

Adaptive AUTOSAR

Job description

Wayve is seeking a Director of Application Software to lead the engineering organisation bringing our AI and autonomous driving technology into customer vehicles at scale.

Based in Detroit or Sunnyvale, CA, this hybrid role teams with AI, autonomy, vehicle systems, and OEM partners to deploy production-ready software and shape the US engineering strategy. You will mentor senior engineers and define the architecture for growth.