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Principal Machine Learning Engineer GAIA

This role involves leading and improving the training and performance of Gaia, Wayve's world model for autonomous driving. Responsibilities include fine-tuning the model, enhancing its stability and coherence, and collaborating with various teams to ensure its deployment readiness and impact.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

Lead Technical Program Manager, AI Platform

Lead and scale the technical program management function for Wayve's AI Platform, driving delivery across data and compute infrastructure, model development tooling, training systems, and embedded inference optimisation. Partner with engineering and ML leadership to improve developer velocity, platform reliability, and compute efficiency while directly leading high-impact programs and coaching a small TPM team.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

Prototyping Engineer

The role involves building, assembling, and maintaining hardware prototypes for robotic end effectors and human-worn interface devices, translating CAD files and BOMs into functional units. The engineer will operate 3D printers, CNC machines, and other workshop tools, construct test rigs, support hardware testing and trials, and provide feedback to design teams. It is a hands-on, fast-paced position focused on rapid iteration and practical problem-solving in a robotics prototyping environment.

Humanoid London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Electrical Engineer

Design and validate power distribution boards, sensor electronics, and PCBA interfaces for humanoid robots and human-worn control devices. Work across the full hardware development lifecycle from concept to production, collaborating with mechanical and firmware teams in a fast-paced R&D environment. Focus on compact, thermally constrained systems with an emphasis on reliability and manufacturability.

Humanoid London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Data Science - Manager

Lead a team of data scientists focused on delivering high-impact evaluations and insights from real and simulated driving data to accelerate autonomous vehicle development. Drive technical direction, roadmap execution, and team growth while collaborating closely with engineering and product stakeholders. Build scalable tooling and foster a culture of statistical rigour and innovation within a fast-moving AI startup environment.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

Senior Data Scientist

Develop actionable insights from real and simulated driving data to improve the functionality, safety, and performance of Wayve's AI-driven autonomous vehicles. Collaborate closely with engineering teams to design experiments, evaluate model bottlenecks, and refine performance metrics. Work in a fast-paced, innovative environment focused on advancing end-to-end AI for automated driving systems.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

Full-Stack Software Engineer, Model Development Platform

Design and build full-stack applications supporting autonomous driving model development, including experiment scheduling, evaluation, and on-road testing workflows. Develop scalable backend services and intuitive web interfaces while mentoring engineers and shaping platform architecture. Collaborate with research, product, and operations teams to deliver secure, observable, and reliable systems for managing complex ML workflows.

Wayve United Kingdom

Machine Learning Engineer, Compiler

This role involves owning the end-to-end ML compilation pipeline for Wayve's autonomous driving technology, working with NVIDIA TensorRT and Qualcomm QNN. Responsibilities include designing and implementing compiler passes, ensuring accuracy and latency, and collaborating with model and training teams.

Wayve United Kingdom

Technical Lead Manager, Synthetic Data

Lead a team of machine learning engineers to develop and scale synthetic data generation using generative world models like GAIA, enabling training of autonomous driving systems without real-world data. Focus on rig and pose transfer, controllable generation, and integration into downstream training pipelines. Work across research and infrastructure to validate synthetic data impact on driving model performance.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

Software Engineer, AI Libraries

Design and build scalable Python libraries and tools that support ML engineers and researchers in training and evaluating models for autonomous driving systems. Work closely with ML teams to develop reliable, observable, and reusable abstractions for data pipelines, distributed training, and model evaluation across large GPU clusters. Contribute to the evolution of a high-impact AI platform enabling mapless, hardware-agnostic automated driving.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

Product Programme Manager

This role involves leading the end-to-end programme management of a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot fleet, from prototype through production and deployment. The candidate will coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, and product, ensuring alignment on timelines, budgets, and technical milestones. The position emphasizes integration of complex hardware-software systems, supplier coordination, and lifecycle management in a fast-moving robotics environment.

Humanoid London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Staff Software Engineer, Data Enrichment Platform

As a Staff Software Engineer for the Data Enrichment Platform, you will lead the technical vision and development of systems that process petabytes of driving data, support large GPU fleets, and improve model quality. You will work closely with model engineering, infrastructure, and data teams to build scalable, reliable, and self-service capabilities.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

Staff Tech Lead Manager, Machine Learning, Vision Models

Leads a team building offline scene understanding models to evaluate autonomous driving systems, translating on-vehicle and foundation models into robust, scalable systems for counterfactual analysis, rare-event mining, and behaviour assessment. Focuses on rigorous ML engineering, cross-team alignment, and accelerating the AV development loop through simulation and offline evaluation.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

Staff Robotics Control Engineer - Whole-Body Control (Wheeled Platform)

Lead the development and evolution of whole-body control systems for a humanoid robot with a wheeled base, integrating coordinated motion of torso, arms, and base using advanced optimisation techniques. Design and implement task-space control, constraint handling, and dynamic models while ensuring stability, safety, and real-time performance on physical hardware. Mentor engineers and shape technical direction in a high-performance robotics environment focused on production reliability.

Humanoid London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Senior Low-level Control Engineer - End-Effectors

This role involves designing and implementing low-level control systems for robotic end-effectors, including grippers and suction tools, with a focus on actuator and joint-level control, grasp behaviours, and transmission dynamics. The engineer will work hands-on with mechanical and hardware teams to shape actuation and sensing strategies, develop real-time C++ controllers in ROS2, and debug systems on physical hardware. Key challenges include managing compliance, friction, and underactuation across diverse transmission mechanisms.

Humanoid London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent