Wayve
Senior Field Engineer
Detroit, Michigan USA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
About the job
Leads regional fleet engineering support by diagnosing vehicle issues, driving reliability improvements, and coordinating incident response across teams.
What you'll do
- Escalate and resolve complex vehicle software and hardware issues, including high-severity faults.
- Set technical priorities, mentor Field Engineers, and own projects or processes through delivery and adoption.
- Improve fleet reliability, tooling, workflows, and operational practices in collaboration with stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Advanced expertise diagnosing complex vehicle software and hardware issues in fleet, automotive, robotics, or ADAS environments.
- Familiarity with software debugging concepts, including logs, deployments, configurations, system states, and failure modes.
- Ability to solve problems independently, make technical decisions in ambiguous situations, and lead initiatives without formal people management.
- Experience with vehicle diagnostic tools, monitoring platforms, and ticketing systems; understanding of safety protocols, incident management, and operational governance.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting or leading on-road testing operations.
- Understanding of ADAS or autonomous vehicle systems.
Tools
Datadog, Mender, JIRA
AI focus
The role supports operations of autonomous vehicle platforms; it does not specify direct AI development work.
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