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Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Application Software

Wayve · Sunnyvale, California USA · Detroit, Michigan USA

Roboticsremotemanager$370k–$395k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead a new US team localising autonomous driving tech from the ground up.
  • Deliver autonomy features tailored to US roads, norms and regulations.
  • Drive full-cycle development from design through testing to production deployment.

What they offer

  • Salaries benchmarked against the market annually
  • Meaningful equity in long-term success
  • Relocation support where applicable
  • Hybrid working with core hours
  • Learning and development budget for training and conferences
  • Comprehensive health, dental, parental leave and wellbeing benefits

Ideal candidate

A self-directed engineering leader passionate about real-world autonomous systems who thrives in ambiguity, sets vision, and builds high-performing teams aligned across cultures.

Requirements

  • Strong background in robotics and autonomy building real-world deployed systems
  • Proven ability to lead and grow high-performing engineering teams
  • Comfortable with ambiguity, defining goals and roadmaps independently
  • Broad fluency across software engineering, ML, controls and systems integration
  • Excellent cross-cultural communication and stakeholder management with OEMs
  • Familiarity with US road environment, driving behavior and AV regulations
  • Foundation in machine learning for perception or real-time decision-making
remote policy
Hybrid working with core hours and hands-on workshop time
visa sponsorship
Visa sponsorship available 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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