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 safety standards.
Role type
Senior IC Tech Lead (Autonomy Performance)
Builds
Production-ready Robotaxi autonomy systems and performance evaluation tooling
Domain
Autonomous driving / Embodied AI / Robotics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Cross-functional engineering leadership, Product and customer orientation, Autonomy/robotics performance debugging, Learned systems/ML-driven robotics reasoning, Production fluency in Python/C++/SQL
Preferred skills
Owning releases to a fleet of robots/vehicles, Modern data/observability stacks, Building scalable triage systems and performance programs
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 detection to fix; Lead cross-functional execution across AV core, evaluation, 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
