Principal Application Software Engineer

Overview

In this role you bring up and validate Wayve’s AI software stack on customer hardware, ensuring reliable operation across diverse SoCs and operating systems. You collaborate with verification, release and OEM teams to enable smooth integration and dependable delivery. You will split time between platform bring-up, customer engagement and technical leadership, including helping grow the team. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role at the intersection of AI software and automotive hardware with a clear impact on how our autonomy stack interfaces with OEM platforms.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salaries
• meaningful equity
• relocation support and visa sponsorship
• hybrid working model
• learning and development budgets
• comprehensive health benefits

Responsibilities

• Execute software bring-up on customer hardware platforms (e.g., NVIDIA Drive, Qualcomm Ride)
• Port and configure Linux-based systems, QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments
• Integrate and validate drivers, middleware and boot-time configurations
• Collaborate with Verification and Release teams to integrate hardware into CI/CD, HIL and test infra
• Work with OEM and Tier 1 teams to resolve hardware-specific integration issues
• Implement system-level diagnostics, logging and secure boot configurations
• Develop automation for setup, flashing, health checks and test execution on target hardware
• Define and execute strategy for integrating autonomy stack into multiple OEM platforms
• Provide technical leadership across integration work and help build the team

Key requirements

• 8+ years of experience in embedded or automotive software development with hands-on platform bring-up
• Strong proficiency in C/C++, Bash, and Python
• Deep understanding of Linux-based embedded systems (Yocto, systemd, bootloaders, device trees)
• Familiarity with QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments and ability to configure and debug on target hardware
• Experience with bring-up on automotive-grade SoCs (e.g., NVIDIA Orin, Qualcomm SA8295/SA8650, Renesas, TI)
• Comfortable with hardware debuggers, flashing tools, serial consoles, and BSPs
• Familiarity with CAN, Ethernet, PCIe, SPI, I2C
• Hands-on experience integrating embedded platforms into CI/CD pipelines and test automation frameworks

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Technical leadership
• Clear communication with OEMs and partners
• C/C++
• Python
• Bash

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