Application Software Engineer

The Application SW team sits within Application Engineering in Product & Delivery. We bridge AI innovation and production vehicles, defining and executing the strategy for integrating Wayve's autonomy stack into multiple OEM platforms, and working directly with automotive customers, including major Japanese OEMs. As an Application SW Engineer, you'll be responsible for the bring-up and early validation of our AI software stack on customer hardware platforms, ensuring it performs reliably across diverse SoCs and operating systems. Your time will be split across platform bring-up and integration, customer and partner engagement, and technical leadership, including helping to build the team.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the bring-up and early validation of the AI software stack on customer hardware platforms, ensuring reliable performance across diverse SoCs and operating systems; Work closely with Verification, Release and OEM partner teams to make integration smooth and delivery dependable; Execute software bring-up on customer hardware platforms (e.g. NVIDIA Drive, Qualcomm Ride); Port and configure Linux-based systems, QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments; Integrate and validate drivers, middleware and boot-time configurations; Work with Verification and Release teams to integrate hardware into CI/CD, HIL and test infrastructure; Work with OEM and Tier 1 teams to resolve hardware-specific integration issues; Implement system-level diagnostics, logging and secure boot configuration; Develop automation for setup, flashing, health checks and test execution on target hardware; Define and execute the strategy for integrating the autonomy stack into multiple OEM platforms; Build the team and provide technical leadership across integration work

Requirements

5+ years of experience in embedded or automotive software development, ideally with hands-on platform bring-up experience; Strong proficiency in C/C++, Bash, and Python; Deep understanding of Linux-based embedded systems (Yocto, systemd, bootloaders, device trees); Familiarity with QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments and the ability to configure and debug them on target hardware; Experience with bring-up on automotive-grade SoCs (e.g., NVIDIA Orin, Qualcomm SA8295/SA8650, Renesas, TI); Comfortable working with hardware debuggers, flashing tools, serial consoles, and board support packages (BSPs); Familiarity with communication protocols like CAN, Ethernet, PCIe, SPI, I2C; Hands-on experience integrating embedded platforms into CI/CD pipelines and test automation frameworks

Nice to have

Exposure to automotive verification environments (e.g., HIL systems, Vector toolchains, custom CI rigs); Experience working in a safety-critical domain with an understanding of ISO 26262, boot-time determinism, and watchdogs; Understanding of secure boot, OTA updates, and system-level cybersecurity topics; Familiarity with Docker, Jenkins, Git, and artifact management tools like JFrog Artifactory

Benefits

Salaries benchmarked against the market annually; Meaningful equity; Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable; Hybrid working, core hours and the chance to work hands on in vehicle workshops and labs; Learning and development budgets with support for training, conferences and growth; Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, team socials and more