Triage Automation Engineer

Wayve•Sunnyvale, CA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems. Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving. In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future. At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact. Make Wayve the experience that defines your career! The role As a Triage Automation Engineer at Wayve, you'll play a key role in scaling our Triage and Detectives workflow through process improvement, tooling, and automation. You'll partner with Triage Specialists and Detective Engineers to turn repeated, manual analysis into reliable, productised automation, including triage bots, behavioural classifiers, and workflow tooling. That reduces manual load and speeds up how quickly we identify, understand, and resolve issues across our test and on-road fleets. This is a highly collaborative, detail-oriented role with a direct impact on the safety and efficiency of Wayve's development pipeline.

Requirements

3+ years of experience working with complex systems, ideally within robotics or autonomous vehicles
Strong scripting and analytical skills (e.g. Python, SQL, Bash/Shell)
Hands-on experience operating in a remote Linux environment
Experience building or maintaining data pipelines or notebooks (e.g. Databricks, Jupyter)
Great communication skills, able to explain complex technical problems to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Expertise using issue tracking and configuration management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/GitLab
Comfort with ambiguity — able to measure an existing workflow, identify where automation adds value, and scope a sensible solution

Nice To Haves

Experience with web development languages (e.g. HTML, CSS, React, Java) for building internal tooling
Practical experience with machine learning or classification models (e.g. PyTorch)
Experience with cloud services (ideally Microsoft Azure)
Passion for taking research ideas to production
Track record of promoting statistical rigour and experimental best practice
Experience working in a fast-moving tech company or startup

Responsibilities

Document and measure existing Triage and Detective workflows to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement
Prioritise improvements based on cost, benefit, impact, and feasibility
Partner with Detective Engineers to integrate their scripts and tools into scalable, productised workflows
Work with development, ML, and AI teams to deliver the tooling improvements Triage needs
Build automation pipelines — including triage bots and behavioural classifiers — that reduce manual load on Triage Specialists
Validate automation changes and outputs, including the accuracy and reliability of classifications and suggested root causes
Document newly implemented automations: what they do, how they work, how to use them, known limitations, and expected outputs
Measure and report on triage quality and throughput to track the impact of automation
Collaborate with senior management and cross-functional stakeholders to shape the roadmap for business-critical automation
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (including trips to our London office)