Staff Software Engineer - Platform Integration, Robot Software

Wayve is building embodied AI that can drive any vehicle, anywhere. Within Robot Software, the Platform Integration team brings together the software and interfaces that enable our AI Driver to operate on new development platforms. The team owns early vehicle software integration, drive-by-wire and the vehicle-facing software drivers. We work across software, hardware, controls and operations to bring up new vehicle variants, improve their reliability and establish repeatable processes for validation and handover. As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll bring deep experience in software, hardware, robotics and autonomous vehicle integration. You'll lead the team's integration architecture, mentor engineers and help resolve its most complex technical challenges. You'll work with the Engineering Manager on the technical roadmap and with other leads across Robot Software on system design and integration decisions, while staying hands-on with software development and vehicle bring-up.

Responsibilities

Lead integration architecture and author design documents that define interfaces, evaluate trade-offs and guide implementation across vehicle programmes; Partner with the Engineering Manager to shape the technical roadmap, balancing programme delivery with improvements to architecture, tooling and maintainability; Unblock the most complex integration challenges, diagnosing problems across application software, middleware, operating systems, networks and hardware; Mentor engineers through design discussions, code reviews and hands-on debugging, building the team's technical judgement and independence; Represent Platform Integration in technical discussions across Robot Software, aligning with other technical leads on interfaces, dependencies and ownership; Develop and review production software, establishing patterns that reduce bespoke integration work and improve reuse; Lead targeted bench, HiL and vehicle investigations where hands-on work is needed to resolve uncertainty or validate a design; Turn lessons from bring-up and field issues into better diagnostics, integration practices, documentation and validation; Integration architecture for new vehicle programmes across embedded compute, sensors, vehicle interfaces, networks and software services; Shared vehicle-facing components and abstractions that support multiple hardware configurations without duplicating integration logic; System-level integration of Linux-based robotic and automotive platforms with multi-process and distributed architectures; Sensor integration, calibration, synchronisation and data validation, working with the teams that own those capabilities; Vehicle communication and control interfaces, including CAN, Automotive Ethernet and drive-by-wire systems; Integration across automotive compute platforms such as NVIDIA DRIVE and Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride; Bench, HiL and vehicle validation strategies that identify integration problems early and provide evidence of platform readiness; Diagnostics and tooling that make complex robot systems easier to understand, debug and support

Requirements

Substantial experience integrating autonomous vehicles or similarly complex robotic systems, with deep practical understanding of how software, compute, sensors, networks and actuators interact; Experience leading architecture and delivery for complex integration work, making sound technical decisions across software and hardware boundaries; Strong software-development skills in C++, Rust or comparable systems languages, and experience delivering production-quality software on Linux-based robotic, embedded or automotive platforms; Ability to turn ambiguous requirements into clear designs, interfaces and implementation plans that other engineers can execute; Track record of resolving difficult system-level problems through systematic investigation, on-target testing and a strong understanding of the underlying technology; Understanding of ROS2 or similar middleware, distributed-system integration and the practical realities of vehicle bring-up; Experience raising the technical capability of a team through mentoring, design reviews and engineering standards; Ability to influence technical decisions across teams and work with engineering management to connect architecture, delivery priorities and long-term investment

Nice to have

Experience delivering integrations across multiple vehicle or compute platforms; Experience working with OEMs or hardware suppliers; Experience developing reusable integration frameworks; Experience with drive-by-wire; Experience with HiL testing; Experience with functional safety and fleet reliability

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