Senior Software Engineer - Platform Integration, Robot Software

Wayve; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 209,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Software Engineer on the Platform Integration Team. You will perform hands-on software bring-up for new vehicle programs, design vehicle-facing components, and collaborate across hardware, safety, and reliability groups to enable safe, scalable deployments.

The role requires strong C++, Python, and/or Rust skills, ROS2 experience, Linux-based automotive software experience, and familiarity with CAN/Automotive Ethernet. Hybrid work is available in Sunnyvale.

Qualifications

• Strong software development experience in C++, Python, and/or Rust delivering production-quality systems.
• Experience on Linux-based robotic or automotive platforms with multi-process or distributed systems.
• Experience with ROS2 or similar robotics middleware and node development.
• Hands-on integration with vehicle or embedded hardware, using logs and telemetry for debugging.
• Experience with vehicle sensors: calibration, synchronization, data validation.
• Experience with automotive-grade high-performance compute platforms (e.g., NVIDIA DRIVE, Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride).
• Systems-level debugging across software and hardware boundaries.
• Familiarity with CAN and Automotive Ethernet and debugging tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to software bring-up of new vehicle programs with bench, HIL, and on-vehicle work.
• Design and maintain vehicle-facing software components and shared frameworks.
• Diagnose integration issues and drive fixes to resolution with relevant teams.
• Deliver architectural improvements to reduce bespoke changes and speed future integrations.
• Build tooling, diagnostics, and metrics to monitor robot software performance.
• Create documentation and runbooks for knowledge transfer and maintainability.
• Collaborate with hardware, safety, controls, calibration, and reliability teams.

Skills

C++

Python

Rust

ROS2

Linux

CAN

Automotive Ethernet

Debugging

Telemetry

Distributed systems

Tools

HIL

Simulation environments

NVIDIA DRIVE

Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride

Vector CANoe

CANalyzer

Kvaser

Job description

About Us

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.

Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving.

In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future.

At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact.

Make Wayve the experience that defines your career!

The role

As a Software Engineer on the Platform Integration Team, you will play a key role in the hands-on software bring-up of new vehicle programs, helping turn them into stable, reliable robot systems. Alongside integration activities, you’ll design and deliver improvements to vehicle-facing software components and frameworks that make future integrations faster, more predictable, and less bespoke. This is a highly technical engineering role within our Robot Software group, where your work directly enables safe, scalable deployment across multiple vehicle programs

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the software bring-up of new vehicle programs, supporting bench, HIL, and on-vehicle integration activities, including hands-on work at international test locations.
• Design, develop, and maintain vehicle-facing software components and shared frameworks that improve reliability, abstraction, and reuse across vehicle programs.
• Improve the stability of early-stage vehicles by diagnosing integration issues, implementing fixes where appropriate, and driving issues through to resolution with relevant teams.
• Identify and deliver architectural improvements that reduce bespoke changes and make future vehicle integrations faster and more predictable.
• Build and maintain tooling, diagnostics, and metrics to monitor robot software performance and enable continuous reliability improvements.
• Produce clear documentation and runbooks to support knowledge transfer and long-term maintainability.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, safety, controls, calibration, and reliability teams to ensure smooth and scalable vehicle software integration.

About you

Essential

In order to set you up for success as a Software Engineer on the Platform Integration Team at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience:

• Strong software development experience in C++, Python, and/or Rust, with a track record of delivering production-quality systems.
• Experience developing and debugging software on Linux-based robotic or automotive platforms, including multi-process or distributed systems.
• Experience with ROS2 or similar robotics middleware, including node development, message interfaces, and system integration.
• Hands-on experience integrating software with vehicle or embedded hardware, including debugging using logs, telemetry, and on-target testing.
• Practical experience working with vehicle sensors, including topics such as calibration, synchronisation, and data validation.
• Experience working with automotive-grade high-performance compute platforms (e.g., NVIDIA DRIVE, Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride, or similar embedded SoCs).
• Strong systems-level debugging skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex integration issues across software and hardware boundaries.
• Familiarity with vehicle communication systems (e.g. CAN, Automotive Ethernet) and associated debugging tools.

Desirable

• Experience with drive-by-wire systems or other safety-critical control interfaces.
• Familiarity with state-of-the-art automotive bus analyzing tools (Vector CANoe/ CANalyzer/ Kvaser)
• Experience building or evolving shared frameworks, libraries, or internal platforms used by multiple teams.
• Experience improving system architecture to reduce technical debt and increase reuse across projects.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or simulation environments for integration and validation.
• Exposure to functional safety concepts or development within safety-critical systems.
• Experience writing clear technical documentation, integration guides, or operational runbooks.
• Experience contributing to observability, logging, or system metrics for reliability and performance monitoring.

This role is a full-time role based in Sunnyvale, CA (hybrid) and the reasonably estimated salary for this role ranges from $209,000 to $260,000, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.

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