Engineering Manager, Embedded Automotive Platform

About the role

The Engineering Manager in the Embedded Automotive Platforms (EAP) team will lead a US-based team building portable, production-grade core libraries and standardized APIs that sit at the boundary between Wayve’s autonomy stack and real vehicle platforms. The role involves hands-on engineering management, with a mix of coding/design and leading, coaching, and delivering through the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an embedded software team in the US, with plans to scale headcount over time.
• Own the team roadmap: translate milestones into clear objectives, align priorities with stakeholders, and track execution to deliver against committed milestones.
• Drive development of portable core libraries and platform abstractions (SDK-style APIs) that enable repeatable deployment of Wayve’s autonomy software to vehicle compute.
• Guide reference platform adaptation and integration, ensuring our libraries run reliably across target environments (Linux/QNX and automotive SoCs).
• Be responsible for delivering automotive functional safety (FuSA) certified core production libraries.
• Coach and develop engineers; set high standards for engineering excellence, maintainability, and delivery discipline.
• Stay hands-on: contribute to architecture and design, review code, and personally implement critical pieces where needed.

Requirements

• Experience managing and developing software engineers, with strong ownership of delivery (planning → execution → quality).
• Strong engineering background, including substantial proven experience in embedded system development, preferably in the automotive industry or similar.
• Substantial proven experience in developing software for embedded systems using high-performance system languages like C++ and/or Rust, with the ability to be hands-on (coding + design).
• Experience delivering software in safety-/quality-conscious environments (automotive strongly preferred), including familiarity with standards/processes such as ASPICE and MISRA.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and communicate clearly with stakeholders across teams and time zones.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Desired Skills

• Experience with Linux and/or QNX, build systems, and platform integration.
• Familiarity with automotive platform concepts (e.g., AUTOSAR Adaptive, middleware/IPC for high-throughput systems).
• Experience working with or delivering software on NVIDIA Drive Orin and/or Qualcomm automotive platforms.
• Experience delivering platform/software components used broadly across internal teams and by external partners / 3rd parties.
• Experience in FuSA and ISO26262 or similar compliance frameworks in fields like medical, aerospace.

Pay

The reasonably estimated salary for this role ranges from $280,000 to $305,000, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.

Schedule

This role is a full-time role based in Sunnyvale, CA (hybrid).