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Data Scientist, Robotaxi Performance & Capability

Wayve · Sunnyvale, California USA

Roboticsonsitemid-level$210k–$280k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Turn real-world driving data into evidence of driverless Robotaxi readiness.
  • Define metrics for the full Robotaxi experience from pickup to recovery.
  • Investigate safety-critical interventions and stuck scenarios in the wild.

What they offer

  • Meaningful equity sharing in long-term success
  • Learning and development budget for training and conferences
  • Comprehensive health insurance, dental and wellbeing support
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave and pension
  • Relocation support where applicable

Ideal candidate

Analytical systems thinker who loves turning messy real-world driving data into clear evidence, thrives with ambiguity and ownership, and wants to shape safe driverless Robotaxi service.

Requirements

  • At least three years of relevant experience in data science, automotive data analysis or related field
  • Hands-on with Python, SQL, statistical analysis and tools for exploring and visualising large datasets
  • Able to turn ambiguous real-world problems into measurable questions, KPIs and analytical approaches
  • Experience analysing complex systems and translating findings into product or engineering improvements
  • Understanding of statistical confidence, rare-event analysis, performance distributions and trends
  • Comfortable working independently with incomplete data and refining approach as evidence emerges
  • Clear communicator with engineering, product and leadership stakeholders
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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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