Senior Sensing Systems Engineer - Autonomous Driving

Necessary Ventures; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 276,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve is seeking a Sensing Systems Engineer in Sunnyvale to own the sensing stack across vehicle platforms and drive system-level decisions. You will define clear requirements, build validation frameworks, and collaborate with Hardware, Vehicle Software, ML/Perception, and Product teams to reduce ambiguity in sensing performance.

This full-time role sits in our Robotics team, with a focus on ensuring sensor integration meets performance standards for model development and deployment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in autonomous systems, robotics, automotive with real-world deployment.
• Translate high-level needs into clear, testable sensing requirements.
• Hands-on with camera, LiDAR or radar and integration into real platforms.
• Knowledge of perception and localization sensor suites and data alignment.
• Experience defining metrics, benchmarks, and acceptance criteria for performance.
• Desirable: experience in autonomous driving or ADAS.

Responsibilities

• Own sensing system performance and define acceptance criteria.
• Translate product needs into measurable sensing requirements.
• Develop and maintain sensing system requirements for perception and localization.
• Align requirements across Robotics, AV Product, Hardware and Vehicle SW.
• Design frameworks to evaluate sensing performance and benchmarks.
• Provide consultancy on sensor requirements for new vehicle programs.
• Lead cross-functional sensing coordination and decision making.

Skills

Autonomous systems

Systems engineering

Sensor modalities

Multi-sensor systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Model development & validation

Job description

Wayve is seeking a Sensing Systems Engineer in Sunnyvale to own the sensing stack across vehicle platforms and drive system-level decisions. You will define clear requirements, build validation frameworks, and collaborate with Hardware, Vehicle Software, ML/Perception, and Product teams to reduce ambiguity in sensing performance.

This full-time role sits in our Robotics team, with a focus on ensuring sensor integration meets performance standards for model development and deployment.