Senior Embedded Software Test Engineer, Onboard Test Automation

Wayve; London (KY); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve is seeking an Embedded Software Test Engineer in London to validate onboard software ahead of full-vehicle testing. You’ll design and run automated tests across embedded platforms, collaborate with hardware teams, and help expand coverage in early development cycles.

You will contribute to CI pipelines and reusable test frameworks, enabling faster iteration across teams while ensuring software reliability in mixed Linux/QNX environments.

Qualifications

• Experience testing embedded software systems, ideally on Linux or QNX-based platforms.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or similar languages for test development and automation.
• Experience working with embedded hardware platforms and understanding hardware/software interactions.
• Proven ability to debug and triage complex issues across system layers.
• Understanding of software testing principles, including automation, integration testing, and system validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute automated tests for onboard software subsystems (OS, middleware, sensors, and integration points).
• Validate software behavior on embedded hardware platforms within hardware-in-the-loop environments.
• Collaborate with software engineers to identify test gaps and build coverage for new and existing features.
• Debug and triage system-level issues across software and hardware boundaries.
• Enable developer self-service testing by contributing to CI pipelines and reusable test frameworks.
• Support expansion of test coverage by leveraging existing validation tests and shifting them earlier in the development cycle.

Skills

Embedded tests

Python

C++

Debugging

Automation testing

Tools

Buildkite

Job description

The role

As an Embedded Software Test Engineer at Wayve, you will play a key role in validating onboard software systems before they reach full-vehicle testing. You’ll work across a range of embedded compute platforms and operating systems to ensure software is reliable, integrated, and ready for real-world deployment. This is a high-impact role where your work directly improves software quality and enables faster iteration across multiple teams. You’ll help scale testing by building automated tests and empowering developers to validate their work earlier in the development cycle.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and execute automated tests for onboard software subsystems (OS, middleware, sensors, and integration points)

• Validate software behavior on embedded hardware platforms within hardware-in-the-loop environments

• Collaborate with software engineers to identify test gaps and build coverage for new and existing features

• Debug and triage system-level issues across software and hardware boundaries

• Enable developer self-service testing by contributing to CI pipelines and reusable test frameworks

• Support expansion of test coverage by leveraging existing validation tests and shifting them earlier in the development cycle

About you

In order to set you up for success as an Embedded Software Test Engineer at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience:

Essential

• Experience testing embedded software systems, ideally on Linux or QNX-based platforms

• Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or similar languages for test development and automation

• Experience working with embedded hardware platforms and understanding hardware/software interactions

• Proven ability to debug and triage complex issues across system layers

• Understanding of software testing principles, including automation, integration testing, and system validation

Desirable

• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) testing environments

• Familiarity with sensor systems or data pipelines (e.g., camera, radar, or similar)

• Experience working with CI/CD systems (e.g., Buildkite) and test pipeline integration

• Exposure to robotics, autonomous systems, or real-time software environments

This is a full-time role based in London. At Wayve we want the best of all worlds so we operate a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our offices and workshops to fuel innovation, culture, relationships and learning, and time spent working from home. We operate core working hours so you can determine the schedule that works best for you and your team.