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Application Software Engineer - Embedded Software C++

Wayve · Sunnyvale, California USA · Detroit, Michigan USA

Roboticsremotesenior$210k–$238k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Bring autonomous driving technology onto customer vehicle platforms in the US.
  • Shape AV capabilities from the ground up alongside Verification and OEM partners.
  • Help build embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely at scale.

What they offer

  • Meaningful equity, sharing in ownership and long-term success
  • Salaries benchmarked against the market annually
  • Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable
  • Hybrid working with core hours and hands-on work in workshops and labs
  • Learning and development budgets for training, conferences and growth
  • Comprehensive health, dental, parental leave, retirement/pension and wellbeing benefits

Ideal candidate

A hands-on systems builder who loves bringing complex software to life on real hardware and thrives with ownership, collaboration, and solving ambiguous integration challenges.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in embedded or automotive software development, ideally with platform bring-up experience
  • Strong proficiency in C/C++, Bash and Python
  • Deep understanding of Linux-based embedded systems including Yocto, systemd, bootloaders and device trees
  • Familiarity with QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments with ability to configure and debug on target hardware
  • Experience bringing up automotive-grade SoCs such as NVIDIA Orin, Qualcomm SA8295/SA8650, Renesas or TI
  • Comfortable with hardware debuggers, flashing tools, serial consoles and board support packages, plus CAN, Ethernet, PCIe, SPI and I2C
  • Hands-on experience integrating embedded platforms into CI/CD pipelines and test automation frameworks
remote policy
Hybrid working with core hours and hands-on work in workshops and labs
visa sponsorship
Visa sponsorship and relocation support where applicable

Lab profile

About Wayve

London-based AI lab building embodied driving intelligence for autonomous vehicles.

What they build

  • Wayve Driver embodied AI driving software
  • GAIA generative world models for driving
  • LINGO language-grounded driving AI

Known for

  • End-to-end embodied AI for driving
  • Camera-first, mapless autonomy approach
  • Large-scale real-world learning and simulation

Key facts

  • Founded in 2017
  • Headquartered in London, UK
  • Backed by SoftBank Group, NVIDIA and Microsoft
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