Wayve
Staff Software Engineer - Platform Integration, Robot Software
$275K–$300K
Sunnyvale, California USA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- Substantial experience; no specific number of years stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship where applicable.
About the job
Leads architecture and hands-on integration of vehicle-facing software for new autonomous vehicle platforms, improving reuse, validation, and reliability across vehicle programs.
What you'll do
- Lead integration architecture, design documentation, and technical roadmap decisions across vehicle programs.
- Diagnose complex software, hardware, network, and vehicle bring-up issues; lead bench, HiL, and vehicle validation.
- Develop and review production software, mentor engineers, and align integration decisions across teams.
What they ask for
- Substantial experience integrating autonomous vehicles or similarly complex robotic systems.
- Experience leading architecture and delivery for complex software-and-hardware integration.
- Strong software-development skills in C++, Rust, or comparable systems languages, and production software experience on Linux-based platforms.
- Understanding of ROS2 or similar middleware, distributed-system integration, and vehicle bring-up.
Nice to have
- Experience across multiple vehicle or compute platforms, with OEMs or hardware suppliers, or developing reusable integration frameworks.
- Experience with drive-by-wire, HiL testing, functional safety, or fleet reliability.
Pay
$275K – $300K (base salary)
Tools
C++, Rust, Linux, ROS2, CAN, Automotive Ethernet, NVIDIA DRIVE, Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride
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