Engineering Manager, Embedded Automotive Platforms

Overview

In this role you will lead Wayve’s US-based Embedded Automotive Platforms team, delivering portable core libraries and SDKs for vehicle deployments. You’ll steer the team roadmap, ensure high-quality, safety-conscious delivery, and stay hands-on with architecture and code while coordinating with cross-functional partners. You’ll enable reliable software across reference platforms like Linux, QNX, NVIDIA DRIVE, and Qualcomm, accelerating real-world autonomy programmes. This is a hands-on leadership role at scale, with a strong focus on growth, architecture, and cross-team collaboration.

Pay / Benefits

• salary benchmarked annually
• meaningful equity
• relocation support and visa sponsorship
• hybrid working model
• learning and development budgets
• comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and wellbeing

Responsibilities

• Lead, recruit, and grow a US embedded-software team
• Coach engineers, support career development, and set high quality standards
• Own the team roadmap with clear objectives and delivery plans
• Align priorities with cross-functional stakeholders and manage schedule/quality
• Remain hands-on with architecture, design, code reviews, and implementation of critical components
• Communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs across teams/time zones
• Develop portable core libraries and SDK-style APIs for vehicle deployments
• Enable reference-platform adaptation across Linux, QNX, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and other automotive environments
• Create production-grade platform abstractions to reduce bespoke integration work
• Deliver safety- and quality-conscious core libraries (FuSA-certified where applicable)
• Build technical and organizational foundations to scale the EAP team
• Provide reliable software components for internal teams, OEMs, and partners

Key requirements

• Experience managing and developing software engineers and delivering from planning through quality
• Strong embedded-systems background with hands-on work in C++, C, or Rust
• Led embedded platform or foundational software projects
• Experience in automotive or safety- and quality-conscious industries
• Familiarity with disciplined development practices (ASPICE, MISRA, ISO 26262)
• Clear communication and ability to align stakeholders across functions and locations
• Experience with Linux, QNX, build systems, AUTOSAR Adaptive, middleware/IPC, NVIDIA DRIVE, Qualcomm automotive platforms, or related delivery

• clear communication
• stakeholder alignment across time zones
• leadership and mentorship
• C++, C, Rust
• embedded-systems engineering
• Linux and QNX environments

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