Senior Platform Robotics Software Engineer

Wayve; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Relocation support

Visa sponsorship

Health insurance

Learning budgets

Job summary

Wayve is seeking a Software Engineer for the Platform Integration team in a hybrid setup in Sunnyvale, CA. You will bring up new vehicle-programs, develop Linux-based robotic software, and work across embedded compute, sensors, and networks to enable safe, scalable deployment across multiple vehicle programs.

You will contribute to ROS2-based middleware, sensor calibration, and system integration, collaborating with hardware, safety, controls, and reliability teams.

Qualifications

• Strong software-development experience in C++, Python, or Rust.
• Delivered production-quality software on Linux-based robotic, embedded, or automotive platforms.
• Understanding of ROS2 or similar robotics middleware and distributed-system integration.
• Hands-on experience integrating software with vehicle or embedded hardware.
• Ability to diagnose complex problems using logs, telemetry, on-target tests, and systematic experimentation.
• Familiarity with vehicle sensors, networking, and platform bring-up.

Responsibilities

• Support software bring-up on benches, HiL systems, and vehicles, including work at international test locations.
• Develop and maintain vehicle-facing software components and shared frameworks.
• Diagnose integration issues across software and hardware boundaries and drive them through resolution.
• Identify architectural improvements that reduce bespoke work and improve reuse.
• Build diagnostics, tooling, and metrics for robot-software reliability and performance.
• Produce clear documentation and runbooks for long-term supportability.
• Collaborate with hardware, safety, controls, calibration, and reliability teams.
• New vehicle-program bring-up across embedded compute, sensors, networks, and software services.
• Linux-based robotic and automotive systems with multi-process and distributed architectures.
• ROS2 or similar middleware, node development, message interfaces, and system integration.
• Sensor calibration, synchronisation, data validation, and system-level debugging.
• Automotive-grade compute platforms such as NVIDIA DRIVE and Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride.
• Vehicle communication systems including CAN and Automotive Ethernet.
• Shared abstractions and frameworks that improve reliability across programs.

Skills

C++

Python

Rust

ROS2

Embedded hardware integration

Debugging

Vehicle sensors

Job description

Wayve is seeking a Software Engineer for the Platform Integration team in a hybrid setup in Sunnyvale, CA. You will bring up new vehicle-programs, develop Linux-based robotic software, and work across embedded compute, sensors, and networks to enable safe, scalable deployment across multiple vehicle programs.

You will contribute to ROS2-based middleware, sensor calibration, and system integration, collaborating with hardware, safety, controls, and reliability teams.