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Principal Engineer, Embedded Vehicle Software
Wayve
Sunnyvale, USA
Full-time
Senior · 15+ years experience
Hybrid
USD 347500-457900 yearly / year
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Wayve is building the next generation of autonomous driving technology: intelligent, adaptable, and software-defined. As Principal Engineer, Embedded Software Architecture, you will be the hands-on technical leader who defines and leads the architecture of our vehicle software platform, powering the AI systems that bring autonomy to life.
You will work with the most advanced embedded compute platforms from NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and other leading partners, defining how our operating systems, middleware, and hardware abstraction layers come together to enable scalable, efficient, and safe vehicle software.
This is a deeply technical role where you’ll stay close to the code, prototype solutions, review critical components, and directly influence system performance and reliability. You will also shape technical direction across teams and act as a senior representative of Wayve in external technical discussions with OEM and silicon partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and evolve the embedded software architecture for Wayve’s next-generation autonomy platform.
- Develop and guide hands-on prototypes and reference implementations that demonstrate key architectural decisions.
- Analyze and optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability across the embedded stack.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal AI, platform, and vehicle systems teams, and with external partners including NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and OEMs.
- Drive the adoption of modern development practices, tools, and standards for high-assurance embedded software.
- Mentor senior engineers through technical reviews and joint design work — leading through technical depth and influence, not headcount.
- Represent Wayve as the principal technical voice in discussions with partners and customers on software and hardware architecture.
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