Systems Engineer, AI Validation

Sunnyvale, California USA💼 Full-time💰 $209,700–$209,700🗓 2026-06-03 → 2026-09-25

Core

Own core behavior validation for the Wayve AI Driver from strategy to implementation, enabling integration across autonomy products.

Role type

Senior/Staff Systems Engineer (AI Validation)

Builds

Validation strategies, test suites, and metrics for on-road and simulated driving behavior

Domain

Autonomous driving / Robotics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Automated driving validation, driving behavior analysis, Python, simulation testing, physical testing, test coverage definition, acceptance criteria development, stakeholder reporting

Preferred skills

Modern AI tools, agentic workflows, SQL for large dataset analysis

Technologies

Python, SQL

Responsibilities

Develop validation strategies across test modalities; Define general purpose metrics for on-road and simulated driving; Build comprehensive test suites; Collaborate on acceptance criteria; Analyze test results and report findings; Identify dependencies for scalable validation execution

Seniority

Senior/Staff, hands-on IC

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About Wayve

🚀 Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving. We are pioneering an end to end AI approach that enables vehicles to learn directly from real world experience, developing the ability to adapt, generalise and improve at scale. Instead of relying on hand coded rules or pre mapped environments, our AI Driver learns to drive by understanding the world around it. The result is technology that navigates complex urban environments with intelligence, precision and natural flow, unlocking meaningful advances in both safety and efficiency. We believe autonomy represents a once in a