Robotics Jobs

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Owns the technical architecture and roadmap for LiDAR and cross-sensor 3D sensing, leading development of target-based and targetless calibration, LiDAR-to-camera registration, temporal alignment and motion compensation using LiDAR odometry, nonlinear least-squares optimisation and factor graphs. A senior individual-contributor role combining algorithm development, evaluation methodology and productionisation, with technical leadership and mentorship across the 3D sensing stack.

GTSAM · Ceres Solver · g2o +1

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Sets technical strategy and roadmap for fault detection and fallback systems in an autonomous driving stack, designing and training detection mechanisms for robust driverless operation. Leads integration into the shared driving stack, aligning ML, inference optimisation and software teams, and mentors through architecture reviews. Works with large-scale training and fleet data in a small, high-impact team.

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on role optimising inference for edge accelerators and GPUs so large transformer models run efficiently on low-cost, low-power in-vehicle compute. You'll profile model graphs, compilers, runtimes and kernels, implement optimisations like fusion, scheduling and custom kernels, and build benchmarking and regression tests across NVIDIA Orin/Thor and Qualcomm targets, working closely with model, platform and deployment teams.

TensorRT · CUDA · Qualcomm QNN +7

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead large-scale data enrichment and curation for the Core Model Safety team, mining hard and rare events and building workflows across pre/mid-training, reward modelling and self-supervised labelling. Design and train out-of-distribution detection mechanisms for robust driverless operation, working at the intersection of model engineering, infrastructure, compute and data.

PyTorch · CUDA

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Owns the end-to-end release cycle for AI driving models, coordinating ML engineering, evaluation, data science, platform, testing and product teams. Defines release gates and promotion criteria from training through validation to fleet deployment, drives regression investigations and rollback decisions, and builds tooling and KPIs to remove bottlenecks in a non-deterministic ML environment.

GitHub · Buildkite · CLI

• London
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Builds Python services and microservices that orchestrate the end-to-end model-release workflow, integrating feature candidates into release branches and automating readiness checks before training. Connects training platforms, simulation and on-road testing, surfacing quality gates and approvals, and productionises services on Azure and Kubernetes with strong observability.

Azure · Kubernetes · React +1

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead
• Permanent

A cross-functional individual contributor role shaping software architecture across onboard software, AI, simulation, training, inference and Robotaxi systems. The architect defines boundaries, interfaces and abstractions spanning AI, compute and vehicle platforms, leading large multi-team architectural changes and acting as a technical decision-maker on safety-critical systems.

• London
• Hybrid
• Mid-level · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a newly dedicated Runtime Platform team building the application frameworks, middleware, IPC, performance and observability foundations that let Wayve's AI Driver run in real time onboard vehicles. The role is people-first, combining coaching, hiring and roadmap ownership with technical direction across latency, profiling, real-time scheduling and embedded Linux, partnering with vehicle software, hardware and OEM programme teams.

QNX · OpenTelemetry · Grafana +7

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead
• Permanent

Lead the technical architecture integrating Wayve's autonomous driving software with automotive OEM and Tier 1 vehicle platforms, spanning sensors, middleware, ECU constraints, timing, diagnostics and safety. Define interface contracts, ownership boundaries and requirements processes, and represent Wayve in partner technical discussions while mentoring architects across teams.

CAN · FlexRay · Automotive Ethernet +2

• London
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Builds robust, reusable test automation across component, integration and system levels, spanning hardware and embedded software boundaries. Owns design and delivery of automated verification for an embedded software area, creating open-loop and closed-loop HIL replay, reliability and fault-injection tests, and optimising Buildkite CI/CD workflows while leading root-cause investigations with cross-functional teams.

dSPACE · Vector · Xylon +7

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead functional safety activities for an end-to-end AI automated driving system, building Item Definitions, running HARA/FMEA/FTA analyses, and shaping safety concepts and architectures across vehicle platforms and third-party systems. Define verification and validation, including vehicle-level testing, and construct structured safety cases with claims, arguments and evidence for certification.

ISO 26262 · SOTIF

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Post-train and scale GAIA-family large video diffusion world models to generate multimodal synthetic driving data, running generation pipelines across tens of thousands of segments and optimising GPU inference. Sits between ML research and engineering, landing synthetic data into the same training stack as real driving data and measuring its impact on driving-model performance.

GAIA · GPU · KV Cache

• London
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Builds virtual vehicle models using physics-based and data-driven techniques, validating them against on-road data and converting them into efficient software components. Runs track and partner experiments to improve model accuracy, and integrates models into simulation, hardware-in-the-loop and correlation pipelines across robotics, simulation and product teams.

Dymola · CarSim · CarMaker

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Owns the engineering release process for autonomous driving models, defining branching strategies, release cadence, configuration management and quality gates. Reviews model, architecture and code changes against intended outcomes, assesses evaluation results for safety and performance, and builds CI/CD tooling and observability to catch issues earlier. Works across ML engineering, AI Platform, evaluation and product teams, balancing delivery speed with release rigour.

PyTorch · TensorRT · GitHub Actions +1

• London
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Design and integrate mechanical solutions for sensors and compute across multiple vehicle platforms, owning trade-offs across performance, cost, manufacturability and serviceability. Build test rigs, jigs and fixtures, produce 2D drawings, assemblies and BOMs with GD&T, and work hands-on with suppliers and cross-functional electronics teams.

SolidWorks · SolidWorks PDM