Wayve
Systems Engineer, Robotaxi
$276K–$294K
Sunnyvale, California USA +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, California USA
Detroit, Michigan USA - Experience
- No years specified.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship where applicable.
About the job
Own systems engineering for defined parts of Wayve’s driver-out Robotaxi architecture, turning operational concepts into implementable requirements, interfaces, and verification-ready specifications.
What you'll do
- Define requirements, interfaces, assumptions, and verification-ready specifications for assigned Robotaxi system areas.
- Lead technical discussions with OEMs, suppliers, and operators to establish system and product boundaries.
- Support implementation through technical reviews, bring-up planning, issue triage, and design-change impact analysis.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience designing, integrating, or deploying a Robotaxi or production-intent L4 driver-out system.
- Systems engineering experience spanning several domains across hardware, embedded software, autonomy, safety, offboard services, or operations.
- Experience translating use cases into functional decomposition, requirements, interfaces, trade studies, and verification intent.
- Vehicle or robotic-system integration experience and working knowledge of driver-out safety concepts, including redundancy, degraded operation, functional safety, and SOTIF.
Nice to have
- Robotaxi launch readiness or operations experience, including fleet services, Remote Assistance, or teleoperation.
- Automotive E/E architecture, middleware, sensor/compute integration, or requirements and architecture tools such as Jama or MBSE/SysML.
Pay
USD 276,100 – 293,750 base salary; equity offered, amount not specified.
Tools
CAN, Automotive Ethernet, SOME/IP, AUTOSAR, DDS, QNX, Linux, Jama
AI focus
Systems engineering for driver-out Robotaxi systems, including how AI model capability, generalization, compute headroom, and evidence shape product architecture.
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