Director AV Product Engineering
Core
Manage the Product Engineering group to deliver autonomous vehicle capabilities with production-level quality, transforming AI model backbones into deployed solutions for OEM partners.
Role type
Director of Engineering (Autonomous Driving)
Builds
Autonomous driving systems (Driving, ADAS, Parking, HMI) for multiple OEM partners
Domain
Autonomous Vehicles / AI Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Autonomous product delivery, complex team leadership, data curriculum design, eval-driven culture, technical strategy, resource allocation, code development practices
Preferred skills
Foundation models application, automotive OEM collaboration, GenAI simulation, large-scale data pipelines
Technologies
AI model backbones, cloud platforms, databases, large scale data pipelines
Responsibilities
Define technical vision and strategy for autonomy products; Frame autonomous driving as a data-solvable problem; Drive an eval-driven culture to meet KPIs; Partner with senior leadership on performance and health; Build technical capabilities and develop engineers; Coordinate with Application teams and other Wayve leaders
Seniority
Director, hands-on leadership & strategy
