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Senior Software Engineer - OS, Robot Software

Wayve · Sunnyvale, California USA

RoboticsremoteSenior$200k–$250k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely on roads.
  • Power autonomous driving and training data collection for development fleet.
  • Support rapid on-road experimentation across a growing vehicle fleet.

What they offer

  • Market-benchmarked salary with meaningful equity ownership
  • Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable
  • Learning and development budgets for training and conferences
  • Comprehensive health, dental, parental leave, pension and wellbeing benefits

Ideal candidate

A systems-minded builder who thrives with real ownership in an evolving environment. You care about reliability, observability, and collaboration to advance safe autonomy.

Requirements

  • Strong C and C++ experience building high-performance embedded Linux system software
  • Understanding of full development lifecycle from design through delivery and optimisation
  • Hands-on knowledge of embedded Linux kernels, device trees, Yocto, boot flows or user-space systems software
  • Ability to debug complex performance and reliability problems across system layers
  • Understanding of IPC mechanisms and middleware for high-throughput robotics systems
  • Commitment to testing, documentation, observability, maintainability and collaboration
remote policy
Hybrid working with core hours and hands-on work in vehicle workshops and labs
visa sponsorship
Visa sponsorship and relocation support 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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