Senior Software Engineer - Platform Integration, Robot Software
Wayve - Sunnyvale, CA
Hiring: Senior Software Engineer - Platform Integration, Robot Software Company: Wayve Location: Sunnyvale, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 21:36:17 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : C++, Embedded Systems, Linux, Node.js, Python, Rust About the job Required Skills: •Contribute to the software bring-up of new vehicle programs, supporting bench, HIL, and on-vehicle integration activities, including hands-on work at international test locations. •Design, develop, and maintain vehicle-facing software components and shared frameworks that improve reliability, abstraction, and reuse across vehicle programs. •Improve the stability of early-stage vehicles by diagnosing integration issues, implementing fixes where appropriate, and driving issues through to resolution with relevant teams. •Identify and deliver architectural improvements that reduce bespoke changes and make future vehicle integrations faster and more predictable. •Build and maintain tooling, diagnostics, and metrics to monitor robot software performance and enable continuous reliability improvements. •Produce clear documentation and runbooks to support knowledge transfer and long-term maintainability. •Collaborate closely with hardware, safety, controls, calibration, and reliability teams to ensure smooth and scalable vehicle software integration. Qualifications: •Strong software development experience in C++, Python, and/or Rust, with a track record of delivering production-quality systems. •Hands-on experience integrating software with vehicle or embedded hardware, including debugging using logs, telemetry, and on-target testing. •Practical experience working with vehicle sensors, including topics such as calibration, synchronisation, and data validation. •Strong systems-level debugging skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex integration issues across software and hardware boundaries. •Operational familiarity with vehicle communication systems (e.g. CAN, Automotive Ethernet) and associated debugging tools. •Operational familiarity with state-of-the-art automotive bus analyzing tools (Vector CANoe/ CANalyzer/ Kvaser) •Exposure to functional safety concepts or development within safety-critical systems. Compensation: •$209,000 - $260,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!