Staff Validation Systems Engineer

Job description

About us Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems. Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving. In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future. At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact. Make Wayve the experience that defines your career! The role Wayve’s AI Validation Division builds trust in the Wayve AI Driver for our customers. As a Staff Validation Engineer, you will lead the development, execution, and reporting of validation for ADAS Functions. Collaborating with systems engineers and data scientists, you will leverage Wayve’s unique simulation and evaluation technology, and meet emerging AV industry standards as autonomy transitions to fully end-to-end learned models—helping bring the Wayve AI Driver to millions globally. Key Responsibilities Develop and implement a comprehensive validation strategy across test modalities to assess ADAS Functions that are part of the Wayve AI Driver product. Define and implement general purpose metrics for validating on-road and simulated driving behavior. Define test coverage requirements and build comprehensive test suites. Develop acceptance criteria through collaboration with Product, Safety, and AV Engineering teams. Analyze test results and report findings to Release and Autonomy Engineering stakeholders. Identify data, simulation, and evaluation team dependencies to enable timely, scalable, and automated validation execution. Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, Data, Simulation, and Autonomy leads to design and implement comprehensive yet efficient test strategies. About you To succeed as a Validation Systems Engineer at Wayve, you’ll bring the following skil…