Engineering Manager, App SW – Embedded

Overview

In this role, you will build and lead Wayve’s US Application Software team, guiding the bring-up and validation of our AI software stack on customer hardware. You’ll work closely with automotive partners to ensure reliable performance across platforms and SoCs. You’ll shape the US AV capabilities from the ground up, mentoring engineers and driving cross-functional integration. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence safety-critical software at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• salary benchmarked against market
• meaningful equity
• relocation support and visa sponsorship
• hybrid working model
• learning and development budgets
• comprehensive health benefits

Responsibilities

• Build and lead an engineering team in the US, hiring and mentoring top talent with hands-on technical leadership
• Lead software bring-up on customer hardware platforms (e.g., NVIDIA DRIVE, Qualcomm Ride), porting Linux, QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments
• Validate drivers, middleware and boot-time configurations; resolve hardware-specific integration issues with OEMs and Tier 1s
• Collaborate with Verification & Release teams to integrate hardware into CI/CD, HIL, and test infrastructure; automate setup, flashing, health checks and test execution
• Establish repeatable integration and testing workflows across automotive platforms

Key requirements

• 8+ years in embedded or automotive software development with hands-on platform bring-up experience
• Proven track record leading and growing high-performing, geographically distributed engineering teams
• Deep knowledge of embedded Linux (Yocto, systemd, bootloaders, device trees); familiarity with QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR
• Experience bringing up automotive-grade SoCs (e.g., NVIDIA Orin, Qualcomm SA8295/SA8650, Renesas, TI) and working with CAN, Ethernet, PCIe, SPI, I2C
• Experience integrating embedded platforms into CI/CD and test automation frameworks
• Familiarity with safety-critical development concepts (ISO 26262, boot-time determinism, watchdogs) and secure boot/OTA concepts
• Nice-to-have: automotive verification tools (Vector, Docker, Jenkins, Git, JFrog Artifactory) and related CI rigs
• Willingness to relocate or work in Detroit, MI or Sunnyvale, CA

• leadership and people-management
• cross-functional collaboration
• strong communication and mentoring
• C/C++
• Bash
• Python

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