Senior Field Engineer

Wayve • Detroit, MI

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Our Field Engineering team is an operational backbone for Wayve, providing hands-on technical support for our global fleet operations. The team resolves complex technical issues, supports scaling of cutting-edge autonomous vehicle platforms, and acts as a key link between in-country operations, engineering, and product teams. We are responsible for maintaining the safety, reliability, and operational excellence of our vehicles, ensuring seamless collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

As a Senior Field Engineer, you will act as a hands-on, senior individual contributor working with significant autonomy on complex and ambiguous problems. You will report directly to the in-country Field Engineering Lead, acting as their key operational enabler and escalation point. Day-to-day, you’ll lead resolution of challenging vehicle software and hardware issues, provide cross-regional escalation support, set technical priorities for your team, and own projects, processes, or systems end-to-end. You’ll be the first responder for high-severity geo-specific faults, champion safety-first decision-making, and maintain close collaboration with Field Engineering and Fleet Service leadership.

Requirements

• Advanced technical expertise diagnosing complex vehicle software and hardware issues in fleet, automotive, robotics, or ADAS environments.
• Familiarity with software debugging concepts: logs, deployments, configurations, system states, and failure modes.
• Proven ability to solve problems independently and make sound technical decisions in ambiguous scenarios.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and setting priorities without formal people management responsibility.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of projects, processes, or systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams and global regions.
• Deep understanding of safety protocols, incident management, and operational governance.
• Experience with vehicle diagnostic tools, monitoring platforms (e.g., Datadog, Mender), and ticketing systems such as JIRA.
• Comfortable working in a shift-based, 24/7 global support environment, including weekends and holidays.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting or leading on-road testing operations.
• Strong understanding of ADAS or autonomous vehicle systems.
• Background in collaborating with software engineering teams in fleet or production contexts.
• Experience acting as a senior, deputy, or lead-in-practice within technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership and serving as the escalation point for complex vehicle software and hardware issues within your region and across the US, UK, Germany, and Japan.
• Using judgement to decide when to apply established solutions versus when to innovate, seeking guidance from the Field Engineering Lead as needed.
• Setting day-to-day technical priorities and mentoring other Field Engineers during complex investigations.
• Acting as operational stand-in for the Field Engineering Lead when required, ensuring execution continuity.
• Owning projects, processes, or systems from problem definition through delivery and global adoption.
• Identifying and driving solutions for recurring fleet issues, operational bottlenecks, or reliability risks.
• Driving improvements to tooling, workflows, and operational practices with cross-functional teams.
• Acting as liaison between Field Engineering and cross-functional stakeholders during incidents and projects, including leading technical meetings.
• Clearly documenting technical learnings to strengthen global field operations and championing continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Salaries benchmarked against the market annually
• Meaningful equity, sharing in the ownership and long term success of Wayve
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed