Vehicle Performance Modelling Engineer, Robotics

Overview

In this role you will develop physics-based and data-driven virtual vehicle models and validate them against real-world data. You will turn models into robust software components and run experiments to improve accuracy, with impact across simulation, robotics, and product teams. You will help build the go-to tool for simulation and evaluation at Wayve and contribute to cross-functional modelling initiatives. This role offers ownership, collaboration, and the chance to shape autonomous driving capabilities at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• Salaries benchmarked against the market annually
• Meaningful equity
• Relocation support and visa sponsorship
• Hybrid working with core hours
• Learning and development budgets
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing benefits

Responsibilities

• Develop virtual vehicle models using physics-based and data-driven techniques
• Validate models against on-road data and improve correlation
• Convert models into production-quality software components meeting accuracy, performance, and scalability
• Plan, run, and analyse experimental tests at the track or with external partners
• Share results with stakeholders across robotics, simulation, and product teams
• Advance integration of models within Wayve’s simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and correlation pipelines
• Engage in cross-functional vehicle characterisation with robotics, simulation, and product teams

Key requirements

• Experience developing mathematical models and simulation algorithms for vehicle dynamics, robotics, or control systems
• Strong grasp of classical mechanics, numerical analysis, and computational methods
• Experience validating simulation models against experimental data
• Production-quality coding in C++ or Python
• Experience in vehicle dynamics for autonomous vehicles, automotive, or motorsport
• Familiarity with data-driven approaches (ML or system identification) for modelling unknown parameters
• Knowledge of high-fidelity vehicle dynamics tools (Dymola, CarSim, CarMaker) and integrating them into simulations
• Comfort with cross-functional collaboration

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Strong communication of technical results
• Problem-solving mindset
• C++
• Python
• mathematical modelling

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