Senior Embedded Software Test Engineer, Onboard Test Automation
About The Position
As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer on the Onboard Test Automation Team at Wayve, you will play a key role in validating onboard software systems before they reach full-vehicle testing. You’ll work across a range of embedded compute platforms and operating systems to ensure software is reliable, integrated, and ready for real-world deployment. This is a high-impact role where your work directly improves software quality and enables faster iteration across multiple teams. You’ll help scale testing by building automated tests and empowering developers to validate their work earlier in the development cycle.
Requirements
- Experience testing embedded software systems, ideally on Linux or QNX.
- Ability to develop automated tests in Python, C++, or a similar language.
- Hands-on experience with embedded hardware and hardware/software interactions.
- Ability to debug complex system-level problems using logs, metrics, and controlled experiments.
- Understanding of automation, integration testing, and system validation principles.
- Comfort collaborating across software, hardware, and infrastructure teams.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with HiL environments
- Experience with sensor or data pipelines
- Experience with CI/CD systems such as Buildkite
- Experience with robotics
- Experience with autonomous systems
- Experience with real-time software
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and execute automated tests for onboard software subsystems (OS, middleware, sensors, and integration points)
- Validate software behavior on embedded hardware platforms within hardware-in-the-loop environments
- Collaborate with software engineers to identify test gaps and build coverage for new and existing features
- Debug and triage system-level issues across software and hardware boundaries
- Enable developer self-service testing by contributing to CI pipelines and reusable test frameworks
- Support expansion of test coverage by leveraging existing validation tests and shifting them earlier in the development cycle
Benefits
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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