Engineering Manager, Platform Integration, Robot Software

<div><div style="left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%"><iframe src="https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/c3dedbb7-82c2-4668-a1bf-b53c8f870af0/8c1bb54c-6e60-48b5-8dbb-5631ddd06204" style="top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px" allowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" allow="encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation"></iframe></div></div><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Here’s what this particular role covers.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>🛠️ About our Engineering Teams</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Wayve is building embodied AI that can drive any vehicle, anywhere. Within Robot Software, the Platform Integration team brings together the software and interfaces that enable our AI Driver to operate on new development platforms.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">The team owns early vehicle software integration, drive-by-wire and the vehicle facing software drivers. We work across software, hardware, controls and operations to bring up new vehicle variants, improve their reliability and establish repeatable processes for validation and handover.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As Engineering Manager, you’ll lead the engineers responsible for this work, shaping both the team’s technical direction and its development. Your team will help Wayve scale across vehicles and OEM programmes by building reusable software interfaces and making integration more predictable.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>🧠 Your day-to-day</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You’ll be accountable for the team’s delivery, engagement, resourcing, roadmap and performance. You’ll coach engineers, support their career development, lead hiring and build a team with clear ownership and high standards.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Working with the team, you’ll set direction across vehicle interfacing software and integration practices. You’ll help the team balance immediate programme needs with longer-term investments in architecture, tooling and reliability.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You’ll also coordinate dependencies across teams, make priorities and trade-offs clear, and resolve risks early. The role combines software engineering leadership with practical delivery and execution.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>🧩 What you’ll be working on:</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Leading and developing engineers: Set clear expectations, run effective one-to-ones, provide regular feedback, manage performance and support career progression.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Building the team: Own hiring and onboarding, develop the skills needed for future programmes and build a collaborative culture across locati