Principal Software Architect

Required

• You can define clear product boundaries, ownership models and interface contracts between internal software and external vehicle systems.
• You understand vehicle electronics and embedded software constraints, including ECU integration, real-time execution, timing, diagnostics and production vehicle software environments.
• You’re familiar with automotive communication protocols and electrical/electronic architectures, such as CAN, FlexRay, Automotive Ethernet, SOME/IP or AUTOSAR.
• You’ve worked with automotive OEMs or Tier 1 suppliers and can navigate their requirements, standards and integration constraints.
• You’ve established and run requirements processes across multiple teams or programs, translating ambiguous needs into clear, traceable and verifiable system and software specifications.
• You can move confidently between system-level architecture and implementation details, making sound technical decisions under uncertainty and maintaining consistency as programs evolve.
• You’ve led architecture work across teams and influenced senior stakeholders without direct authority, building support and handling competing priorities constructively.
• You communicate complex technical ideas clearly through specifications, diagrams and reviews, and enjoy mentoring others.
• 🌱 Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! If you’re passionate about autonomy and keen to learn, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement.
• More about Wayve:
• 🚀 Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving. We are pioneering an end to end AI approach that enables vehicles to learn directly from real world experience, developing the ability to adapt, generalise and improve at scale. Instead of relying on hand coded rules or pre mapped environments, our AI Driver learns to drive by understanding the world around it. The result is technology that navigates complex urban environments with intelligence, precision and natural flow, unlocking meaningful advances in both safety and efficiency. We believe autonomy represents a once in a generation transformation in how people and goods move, comparable to the shift from horses to cars, and from human driven vehicles to intelligent machines.
• Our ambition is to make autonomy universal. Wayve’s mapless and hardware agnostic AI platform integrates with global OEM partners, enabling continuous software evolution and unlocking advanced levels of automation from L2 plus through to L4 as our core AI model scales. In a race increasingly defined by intelligence and real world learning, Wayve is taking a distinct approach, building a generalisable driving intelligence that can power any vehicle, anywhere. By combining embodied AI with scalable deployment, we are creating technology that can be shaped to each OEM brand and driver experience, accelerating the transition to a safer, more intelligent future of mobility.