Wayve
Director, Application Engineering, US
Sunnyvale, California USA +1 · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, California USA
Detroit, Michigan USA - Experience
- Significant engineering and leadership experience; no number of years stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is offered where applicable.
About the job
Leads Wayve’s US application engineering organization, bringing its AI Driver and autonomous driving capabilities into customer vehicle programs through integration, validation, release, and production.
What you'll do
- Grow and lead the US engineering organization, developing senior engineers, technical leaders, and engineering managers.
- Direct the application of Wayve’s AI and autonomous driving technology to customer vehicle programs, from technical definition through production.
- Bridge Wayve’s core engineering teams and OEM customers, guiding technical architecture, delivery, and reusable deployment practices.
What they ask for
- Significant engineering and leadership experience in autonomous driving, ADAS, automotive AI, or related vehicle technologies.
- Strong understanding of autonomous driving and machine learning, including development, integration, validation, and deployment in vehicles.
- Technical ownership taking new driving features toward production and delivering complex software or AI-enabled systems in production automotive programs.
- Experience building and leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and developing senior technical staff.
Nice to have
- Experience with end-to-end learned driving systems and automotive embedded environments such as C++, Linux, QNX, or Adaptive AUTOSAR.
- Experience with automotive safety and security frameworks such as ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, UN R155/156, or A-SPICE.
Tools
C++, Linux, QNX, Adaptive AUTOSAR, ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, UN R155/156, A-SPICE
AI focus
Leads deployment of Wayve’s AI Driver and machine-learning-enabled driving capabilities in customer vehicles, including integration, validation, and production.
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