Tech Lead - Autonomy Performance, Robotaxi

In this role you own the Robotaxi autonomy performance framework and drive end-to-end release gates for production deployments. You shape how we measure, report, and act on driving performance across the vehicle, software, and evaluation stack. You lead cross-functional teams to triage issues, root-cause problems, and land fixes that improve rider experience and operational readiness. You will define release criteria and rollback plans, while staying hands-on to accelerate debugging when needed. This position offers ownership of a mission-critical system that enables safe, scalable, and trusted public deployments.

• market-based salaries
• equity
• relocation support and visa sponsorship
• hybrid working
• learning and development budgets
• comprehensive health benefits and maternity/paternity leave

• Own and evolve the autonomy performance measurement framework for Robotaxi (driving + pick-up/drop-off)
• Build and run the end-to-end performance improvement loop across model, robot software, backend, and evaluation tooling
• Lead cross-functional execution aligning roadmaps to performance outcomes without direct reporting authority
• Define and enforce performance release gates and regression detection for production deployments
• Stay hands-on in data and code (Python/C++/SQL) to accelerate debugging and unblock delivery
• Stand up Robotaxi performance operating system with metrics, triage funnel, and release gates
• Create external-facing performance reporting for partners (e.g., Uber)
• Integrate new model features/architectures into live Robotaxi operations
• Use WayveCode (Python + C++), Looker, Databricks/SQL, Grafana, and internal eval/sim tooling

• Demonstrated cross-functional engineering leadership delivering production outcomes
• Strong product and customer orientation linking metrics to rider experience and operations
• Hands-on robotics performance debugging with time-series/real-time signals
• Strong foundations in learned systems/ML-driven robotics
• Production fluency in Python, C++, and SQL
• Experience owning/releases for a fleet of robots/vehicles, including gates and rollback plans
• Familiarity with data/observability stacks (Databricks/SQL, Grafana, internal eval/sim tooling)

• cross-functional collaboration
• problem solving
• autonomy and initiative
• Python
• C++
• SQL