Staff Research Scientist — Embodied AI for Driving

Wayve; London (KY); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support with visa Sponsorsh

Flexible working hours

Onsite chef

Private health insurance

Therapy and daily yoga

Onsite bar and social budgets

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Wayve Labs is seeking Research Scientists to advance embodied AI for autonomous driving. You will explore world models, planners, and multimodal learning, pushing the frontier of scalable, safe AI in real-world robotics. The role blends theory with real deployment across diverse platforms, backed by a world-class research team.

The position is based in London with a hybrid work model, offering equity, relocation support, and bespoke development opportunities to shape the future of autonomy.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience developing and deploying ML systems in real-world or production settings.
• PhD, Master’s degree, or equivalent experience in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics, or a related field
• Deep expertise in Embodied AI areas: foundation models, diffusion, RL, Spatial AI
• Track record of publications at top-tier conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, CoRL)
• Strong programming skills in Python, with experience using PyTorch
• A data-centric mindset, with experience working on large-scale datasets and evaluation
• Strong problem-solving ability and collaboration in interdisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Develop World Models and Planners for realistic and consistent simulation.
• Advance RL and reward modeling across real and synthetic data.
• Develop Geometric Foundation Models for 3D spatial understanding in dynamic environments.
• Enable Cross-Embodiment Robotics using multimodal foundation models across platforms.
• Conduct empirical research on scaling laws, generalisation, and sim-to-real transfer.
• Define and evolve evaluation frameworks and benchmarks for long-horizon prediction and driving performance

Skills

ML systems deployment

Python programming

PyTorch

Embodied AI

Publications at top-tier conferences

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

PhD, Master’s degree in ML/CS/Robotics

Tools

PyTorch

Python

Job description

Wayve Labs is seeking Research Scientists to advance embodied AI for autonomous driving. You will explore world models, planners, and multimodal learning, pushing the frontier of scalable, safe AI in real-world robotics. The role blends theory with real deployment across diverse platforms, backed by a world-class research team.

The position is based in London with a hybrid work model, offering equity, relocation support, and bespoke development opportunities to shape the future of autonomy.