Engineering Manager, Runtime Platform, Robot Software
Core
Lead the Runtime Platform team to build application frameworks, middleware, and observability foundations for Wayve's AI Driver, enabling safe vehicle operation and scaling across OEM programs.
Role type
Engineering Manager, Runtime Platform
Builds
Application frameworks, middleware, IPC layers, monitoring, and performance capabilities for the AI Driver
Domain
Autonomous driving, embedded systems, robotics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Team leadership and people management, hiring and onboarding, roadmap planning and delivery, embedded software architecture, C++ development, real-time scheduling, profiling and latency optimization, middleware integration
Preferred skills
Automotive or robotics domain experience, QNX or microkernel OS knowledge, profiling tools (pprof, perf, Nsight), observability platforms (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Datadog), NVIDIA or Qualcomm compute platforms (via careerplan.io/jobs/34758430-ea52-4ebd-a850-0ea518a41385-engineering-manager-runtime-platform-robot-software-at-wayve)
Technologies
C++, embedded Linux, QNX, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Datadog, NVIDIA Orin, NVIDIA Thor, Qualcomm platforms
Responsibilities
Coach and develop engineers, manage team performance and career growth, establish technical direction for latency and middleware, drive execution on vehicle platform scaling, implement CI/CD and quality gates, collaborate with Vehicle Software and model teams, resolve delivery risks and dependencies
Seniority
Manager, hands-on technical leadership
