Wayve
Principal Validation Tech Lead / Manager, L4 Driverless Autonomy
$276K–$311K
Sunnyvale, California USA · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- Significant experience; no number of years stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship where applicable.
About the job
Leads validation of ADAS and autonomous-driving functions, developing test strategies, metrics, and evidence across simulation and physical vehicle testing.
What you'll do
- Set validation strategy and translate product and safety requirements into coverage, acceptance criteria, and plans.
- Use Python-based tools, metrics, simulation results, and datasets to assess and report validation outcomes.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and provide technical leadership for scalable validation.
What they ask for
- Significant experience validating complex safety-relevant systems.
- Experience leading validation concepts from ambiguity through implementation, execution, and reporting.
- Ability to use Python to implement metrics and work within evaluation codebases.
- Understanding of simulated and physical testing and evidence-based decision-making with imperfect data.
Nice to have
- SQL experience.
- Experience with ML, computer vision, motion planning, data science, SOTIF, safety validation, or agentic AI workflows.
Pay
$276.1K – $311.4K (USD; compensation type not specified)
Tools
Python, SQL
AI focus
Validates learned and adaptive driving behaviours in end-to-end AI systems, including autonomy functions and AI Driver performance.
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