Tech Lead, Autonomy Performance - Robotaxi
Core
Define and own the autonomy performance measurement framework and improvement loop for Wayve's Robotaxi, ensuring the end-to-end learned driving system meets production readiness and quality standards.
Role type
Senior IC Tech Lead (Autonomy Performance)
Builds
Production-ready Robotaxi fleet with validated performance metrics and release gates
Domain
Autonomous Vehicles / Learned Driving Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Cross-functional engineering leadership, product orientation, autonomy/robotics performance debugging, learned systems/ML-driven robotics reasoning, Python/C++/SQL production fluency
Preferred skills
Fleet release ownership, modern data/observability stacks, scalable triage systems in safety-critical environments
Technologies
Python, C++, SQL, Databricks, Grafana
Responsibilities
Own and evolve the autonomy performance measurement framework including metrics and dashboards; Build and run the end-to-end performance improvement loop from issue detection to fix deployment; Lead cross-functional execution across AV core, robotics, and SRE teams; Define and enforce performance release gates and regression detection; Perform hands-on debugging and validation in data and code
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with growth path to team lead
