Technical Configuration Manager

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 Configuration Manager is responsible for establishing and operating effective configuration and change management across the engineering lifecycle. Working within the Technical Process Excellence team, the role ensures that engineering work products, baselines, releases and changes are controlled, traceable and compliant with Wayve's engineering processes and automotive development standards. Beyond core configuration management, the role will support requirements management and wider engineering process activities, making it well suited to someone with broad experience of automotive development processes and Automotive SPICE. Key Responsibilities Configuration Management: Define, implement and continuously improve configuration management processes covering configuration identification, baselining, change control, status accounting and configuration audits. Engineering Lifecycle: Establish and maintain configuration structures and baselines across requirements, architecture, software, verification evidence and releases, ensuring consistency and end-to-end traceability. Requirements Management: Support requirements management practices, including requirements structure, attributes, traceability, baselining, change management and requirements tooling. Process & Compliance: Support engineering teams in applying Automotive SPICE processes, identifying process gaps and preparing engin…