Engineering Technician at Wayve in London, United Kingdom

Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve.

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.

Here’s what this particular role covers.

Engineering Technician

🛠️ About our Hardware Engineering Team

Wayve's Hardware Engineering team designs, builds and integrates the physical systems that enable our AI Driver to operate on real-world vehicle platforms. The team works across vehicles, compute, sensors, electronics and test infrastructure to turn engineering ideas into reliable hardware that can be built, commissioned, tested and scaled.

🧠 Your day-to-day

As an Engineering Technician at Wayve, you'll work hands-on with the vehicles, compute platforms, sensors and Hardware-in-the-Loop setups that support development of our AI Driver. You'll build, test, commission, diagnose and rework complex hardware systems, working closely with hardware and software engineers to resolve issues quickly and improve how systems are assembled, validated and maintained. This is a practical workshop-based role with direct impact on prototype vehicles and engineering development.

🧩 What you’ll be working on:

• Build, test and maintain vehicles and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) setups with high-performance compute and sensor systems.

• Diagnose, repair and rework hardware system failures across compute systems, embedded modules, wiring harnesses, sensors and other hardware components.

• Collaborate with hardware and software engineering teams to execute one-off tests of hardware configurations and assist in troubleshooting issues.

• Maintain and manage workshop equipment, tools and inventory, ensuring an organised and efficient workspace.

• Support prototype assembly and modifications, contributing to the continuous improvement of engineering designs.

• Document workshop procedures, test results and system configurations to ensure reproducibility and consistency in testing.

• Support initial bring-up and commissioning of vehicles and contribute to overall system integration improvements.

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and best practices in hardware systems, and bring practical tools such as 3D printing, Jira and AI-enabled workflows to workshop challenges.

🙌 You should apply if:

• You have a tenacious, hands-on mindset and keep working a problem through until it is resolved.

• You think beyond the immediate fix and understand the second- and third-order effects of technical decisions.

• You have hands-on experience building wiring harnesses and can confidently read and work from wiring diagrams.

• You have experience building complex systems in a fast-paced production or engineering environment.

• You have strong organisational skills and can manage multiple tasks effectively in a dynamic environment.

• You have excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities across complex hardware systems.

• You work effectively with engineering teams and are comfortable providing practical technical support when needed.

• You are passionate about learning, developing your technical expertise and contributing to the autonomy field.

Nice to have

• You have hands-on experience building and maintaining autonomous vehicle hardware systems, including vehicles, compute platforms, sensors such as LiDAR, radar and cameras, and wiring harnesses.

• You have prior experience flashing and commissioning hardware or embedded systems.

• You have experience with change management and version control systems.

This is a full-time role based in our London office.

🌱 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.

How we work 💻- Locations & Flexible Working:

Our main hubs are in London, Sunnyvale, Yokohama, Herzliya, Vancouver and Leonberg. We operate a hybrid working model that combines in-person collaboration in our dedicated office spaces with focused time working remotely. This gives our teams the connection and energy of working together, alongside the flexibility to do their best work in a way that fits their lives.

🔍 The Interview Process:

Our process is clear and respectful of your time:

• Recruiter screen

• Hiring Manager interview

• Technical / Practical interview

• Deep Dive interview

• Mission & Values interview

We’ll always explain the format and work around your availability.

What’s in it for you (Location dependant):

💰 Salaries benchmarked against the market annually
📈 Meaningful equity, sharing in the ownership and long term success of Wayve
✈️ Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable
✅ Hybrid working, core hours and the chance to work hands on in vehicle workshops and labs
📚 Learning and development budgets with support for training, conferences and growth
🩺 Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, team socials and more

A quick, honest note before you apply.

Wayve is not a mature, fully-structured place with the playbook already written. Much of how we work is still being written, and if you join, you’ll help write it. That suits people who want real ownership more than people who need a settled structure from day one.

If that sounds like the kind of problem you want to spend your time on, we’d really like to hear from you.

At Wayve we're committed to creating a diverse, fair and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

For more information visit Careers at Wayve. To learn more about what drives us, visit Values at Wayve

DISCLAIMER: We will not ask about marriage or pregnancy, care responsibilities or disabilities in any of our job adverts or interviews. However, we do look to capture information about care responsibilities, and disabilities among other diversity information as part of an optional DEI Monitoring form to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring process and ensure that the process is inclusive and non-discriminatory.