Wayve
Robotaxi
TechLead,AutonomyPerformance
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“Tech Lead, Autonomy Performance at Wayve. Skills: Autonomy performance, Learned systems, Robotics performance. Own and evolve autonomy performance measurement framework. Build and run performance improvement loop”
What You'll Achieve.
Measurable improvements in production; Land measurable improvements
Industry & Context.
Root-cause investigation; Debugging; Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Cross-functional engineering leadership, Product and customer focus, Autonomy/robotics performance debugging, Technical foundations in learned systems, Production fluency in Python, C++ and SQL
Nice to Have
Owning or co-owning releases to a fleet, Familiarity with modern data/observability stacks, Building scalable triage systems and performance programs
What You'll Do.
Own and evolve autonomy performance measurement framework
Build and run performance improvement loop
Triage and prioritise issues
Drive root-cause investigations
Ensure fixes land across systems
Define and enforce performance release gates
Monitor post-release performance
Follow through on incidents
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional execution; Aligning roadmaps
Communication Scope
Leadership narrative
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
About us Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems. Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving. In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future. At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact. Make Wayve the experience that defines your career! The role This is a high-impact technical leadership role and a key founding member position at the centre of Wayve’s Robotaxi launch, providing a unique opportunity to set direction and definition for the autonomy performance function. We are specifically looking for product-oriented engineers who will own the autonomy performance bar that determines whether the product is ready for the public and stays great release over release. You’ll turn messy real-world driving signals into trusted metrics, a prioritised funnel of issues, and cross-team execution that lands measurable improvements in production. This is an opportunity to define “performance” for an end-to-end learned driving system where traditional AV playbooks don’t translate cleanly, with visibility and influence across the teams shaping the stack. This is primarily hands-on IC, with a clear growth path and expectation to transition into leading a small team as the Robotaxi program scales. Key responsibilities: Own and evolve the auto
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