Engineering Manager, App SW - Embedded

Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve.

We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that.

Here’s what this particular role covers.

🛠️ About our Application Software Team

Our Application Software US team brings Wayve’s autonomous driving technology onto customer vehicle platforms, driving localisation and advancing our capabilities for the US market. Working at the intersection of our AI software stack, embedded systems and automotive hardware, the team enables reliable performance across diverse systems-on-chip (SoCs) and operating systems.

We’re seeking an exceptional technical leader to build and lead this high-impact team. This is a unique opportunity to shape our AV capabilities in the US from the ground up, hiring and mentoring engineers while leading the bring-up and early validation of our AI software stack on customer hardware.

🧠 Your day-to-day

• Build and lead an engineering team in the US, hiring and mentoring top talent while providing hands-on technical leadership.
• Lead software bring-up on customer hardware platforms, such as NVIDIA DRIVE and Qualcomm Ride, including porting and configuring Linux, QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments.
• Validate drivers, middleware and boot-time configurations, partnering with OEM and Tier 1 teams to resolve hardware-specific integration issues.
• Collaborate with Verification & Release teams to integrate hardw