IT & Software

Systems Engineer, Robotaxi

wayve

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you translate the Robotaxi reference architecture into implementable system requirements, interfaces and verification outputs. You will collaborate with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers and operators to define boundaries and drive technical discussions. You’ll contribute to safe, scalable driver-out services—from vehicle and ADS to offboard capabilities—by applying architectures across hardware, software and fleet operations. This position offers ownership within a larger autonomous driving program and meaningful impact on real-world vehicle deployment.

Pay / Benefits
  • hybrid working
  • learning and development budgets
  • equity and long-term ownership
  • relocation support and visa sponsorship
  • comprehensive health benefits
  • team socials and wellbeing partnerships
Responsibilities
  • Own systems engineering for defined parts of the Robotaxi architecture, translating use cases into requirements and verification-ready specs
  • Lead technical working sessions with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers and Robotaxi operators to define system boundaries
  • Support implementation through technical reviews, bring-up planning, issue triage and design-change impact analysis
  • Contribute to vehicle, ADS, onboard compute and offboard boundary definitions within the Robotaxi system scope
Key requirements
  • Hands-on experience designing, integrating or deploying Robotaxi or L4 driver-out systems
  • Ability to decompose use cases into functional requirements, interfaces and verification intents
  • Experience defining system boundaries across organizations and working with OEMs or partners
  • Practical vehicle or robotic-system integration experience with driver-out safety concepts (redundancy, degraded operation, fail-operational, SOTIF and safety-case evidence)
  • Comfort owning a defined scope within a larger reference architecture and communicating designs clearly
  • Clear communication of complex designs
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Problem solving and trade-off analysis
  • Automotive E/E architecture, CAN, Automotive Ethernet, SOME/IP, AUTOSAR, DDS, QNX, Linux
  • MBSE/SysML and Jama for requirements and architecture
  • Knowledge of AI model capability, compute headroom and evidence shaping product architecture

Reference: WJ-747_31203077

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