Senior Embedded Software Engineer — Automotive AI on SoCs

Wayve; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Visa sponsorship where applicable

Hybrid working model

Learning and development budget

Equity ownership

Job summary

Wayve is seeking an exceptional Application Software Engineer to join our US team. You will lead bring-up on customer hardware platforms, spanning embedded OS, drivers and boot configurations, to enable reliable performance on automotive SoCs.

Based in Sunnyvale or Detroit with a hybrid model, you’ll work closely with Verification, Release and OEM partners to ensure smooth integration and CI/CD readiness for our AI software stack.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in embedded or automotive software development.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++, Bash and Python.
• Deep understanding of Linux-based embedded systems, including Yocto, systemd, bootloaders and device trees.
• Familiarity with QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments and targeting on hardware.
• Experience bringing up automotive-grade SoCs and using hardware debuggers, flashing tools, serial consoles and BSPs.

Responsibilities

• Execute software bring-up on customer hardware platforms and configure Linux-based systems and AUTOSAR environments.
• Integrate and validate drivers, middleware and boot configurations with OEM teams.
• Collaborate with Verification & Release to integrate hardware into CI/CD and test frameworks.
• Develop system-level diagnostics, logging, and secure boot configurations; enable automation for setup, flashing, health checks and test execution on target hardware.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and test automation for embedded platforms.

Skills

C/C++

Bash

Python

Embedded software

Linux

Tools

Yocto

systemd

bootloaders

device trees

QNX

Adaptive AUTOSAR

Job description

Wayve is seeking an exceptional Application Software Engineer to join our US team. You will lead bring-up on customer hardware platforms, spanning embedded OS, drivers and boot configurations, to enable reliable performance on automotive SoCs.

Based in Sunnyvale or Detroit with a hybrid model, you’ll work closely with Verification, Release and OEM partners to ensure smooth integration and CI/CD readiness for our AI software stack.