Tech Lead - Remote Assist, Robotaxi

In this role you own the architecture and roadmap for Wayve’s Remote Assistance, connecting onboard vehicle systems, offboard services, and operator tooling. You will shape the vehicle–operator contract and safety-critical behavior, drive cross-team execution, and set system safety targets for latency, reliability, and evidence collection. You’ll partner with engineering leadership and safety to strengthen the L4 safety case and ensure safe human-in-the-loop operation. This is a hands-on, impact-focused leadership role in a pioneering Robotaxi team.

• Salaries benchmarked against market
• Meaningful equity
• Relocation support and visa sponsorship
• Hybrid working with core hours
• Learning and development budgets
• Comprehensive benefits (health, dental)

• Own architecture and technical roadmap for Remote Assistance across onboard integration, offboard services, and operator tooling/HMI
• Define and drive vehicle–operator contract including data, authority bounds, fallback/MRM behavior, and failure handling
• Lead cross-team execution across autonomy, safety, platform/infra, and product partners to convert architecture into deliverables
• Set system-level quality bars for safety-critical Remote Assistance: latency budgets, reliability, monitoring, replay/evidence, incident learning
• Interface with engineering leadership and safety stakeholders to shape Remote Assistance contributions to Wayve's L4 safety case
• Oversee end-to-end RA system architecture (onboard integration, offboard services, operator-facing HMI)
• Develop low-latency telemetry and video streaming with strict glass-to-glass latency constraints
• Design fallback and minimal risk maneuvers (MRM) for safe operation when things go awry
• Decompose cross-organ architecture into concrete workstreams across autonomy, safety, infra, and platform teams
• Contribute to Wayve’s L4 safety case through close collaboration with the safety organization

• Staff-level experience building and owning real-time, safety-critical systems in AV/robotics or similar domains
• Strong product and customer orientation with ability to map technical metrics to user experience and launch readiness
• Led cross-organ technical roadmaps and delivered work across teams you didn’t directly manage
• Deep hands-on expertise in at least one: low-latency video/telemetry streaming, robotics/AV system integration, control systems, or human-in-the-loop system design
• Strong safety-first engineering instincts, failure-mode thinking, fallback/MRM design, operational constraint enforcement, and evidence-driven decision making
• Direct experience with teleoperation, remote driving, or remote assistance systems including operator UX and authority boundaries
• Comfortable scaling production systems in ambiguous, fast-moving environments from prototype to reliability

• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management
• Strong communication with engineering leadership and safety teams
• Problem-solving mindset with bias for action
• Low-latency video/telemetry streaming
• Robotics/AV system integration
• Control systems