Senior Embedded Test Engineer — Onboard Automation & HiL

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

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.