Triage Automation Engineer

EngineersOfAI; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve is seeking a Triage Automation Engineer to scale our Triage and Detective workflows through automation, tooling, and process improvements. You will partner with Triage Specialists and Detective Engineers to turn repetitive analysis into reliable automated solutions, including triage bots and behavioural classifiers, reducing manual load across test and on-road fleets.

This highly collaborative role directly impacts safety and efficiency of Wayve's development pipeline.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with complex systems, ideally in robotics or autonomous vehicles.
• Strong scripting and analytical skills (Python, SQL, Bash/Shell).
• Hands-on experience operating in a remote Linux environment.
• Experience building or maintaining data pipelines or notebooks (Databricks, Jupyter).
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Document and measure existing triage and detective workflows to identify automation opportunities.
• Prioritise improvements based on cost, benefit, impact, and feasibility.
• Integrate scripts and tools into scalable, productised workflows with Detective Engineers.
• Collaborate with development, ML, and AI teams to deliver tooling improvements.
• Build automation pipelines (triage bots, classifiers) to reduce manual workload.
• Validate automation changes and outputs for accuracy and reliability.
• Document new automations and their usage, limitations, and outputs.
• Measure triage quality and throughput to track automation impact.
• Coordinate with senior management to shape the automation roadmap.

Skills

Python

SQL

Bash/Shell

Linux

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket/GitLab

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.

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 Triage Automation Engineer at Wayve, you'll play a key role in scaling our Triage and Detectives workflow through process improvement, tooling, and automation. You'll partner with Triage Specialists and Detective Engineers to turn repeated, manual analysis into reliable, productised automation, including triage bots, behavioural classifiers, and workflow tooling. That reduces manual load and speeds up how quickly we identify, understand, and resolve issues across our test and on-road fleets.

This is a highly collaborative, detail-oriented role with a direct impact on the safety and efficiency of Wayve's development pipeline.

Key responsibilities:

• Document and measure existing Triage and Detective workflows to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement
• Prioritise improvements based on cost, benefit, impact, and feasibility
• Partner with Detective Engineers to integrate their scripts and tools into scalable, productised workflows
• Work with development, ML, and AI teams to deliver the tooling improvements Triage needs
• Build automation pipelines — including triage bots and behavioural classifiers — that reduce manual load on Triage Specialists
• Validate automation changes and outputs, including the accuracy and reliability of classifications and suggested root causes
• Document newly implemented automations: what they do, how they work, how to use them, known limitations, and expected outputs
• Measure and report on triage quality and throughput to track the impact of automation
• Collaborate with senior management and cross-functional stakeholders to shape the roadmap for business-critical automation
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (including trips to our London office)

About you

In order to set you up for success as a Triage Automation Engineer at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience.

Essential

• 3+ years of experience working with complex systems, ideally within robotics or autonomous vehicles
• Strong scripting and analytical skills (e.g. Python, SQL, Bash/Shell)
• Hands-on experience operating in a remote Linux environment
• Experience building or maintaining data pipelines or notebooks (e.g. Databricks, Jupyter)
• Great communication skills, able to explain complex technical problems to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Expertise using issue tracking and configuration management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/GitLab
• Comfort with ambiguity — able to measure an existing workflow, identify where automation adds value, and scope a sensible solution

Desirable

• Experience with web development languages (e.g. HTML, CSS, React, Java) for building internal tooling
• Practical experience with machine learning or classification models (e.g. PyTorch)
• Experience with cloud services (ideally Microsoft Azure)