Tech Lead, Remote Assist - Robotaxi

About us 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.

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The role This is a high-impact technical leadership role at the centre of Wayve’s Robotaxi launch. You’ll define the end-to-end architecture that connects vehicle telemetry and intent with real-time human operator support, balancing latency, reliability, and safety constraints. As a foundational team member in this domain, you will have a unique opportunity to set technical direction.

We are specifically looking for product-oriented engineers who are adept at converting deep technical decisions into impactful product features. This role offers a clear and attractive growth path from a hands-on IC to leading a small team as the program scales.

Key Responsibilities

: Own the architecture and technical roadmap for Remote Assistance across onboard integration, offboard services, and operator tooling/HMI Define and drive the vehicle ↔ operator “contract” (data, authority bounds, fallback/MRM behaviour, and failure handling) Lead cross-team execution across autonomy, safety, platform/infra, and product partners, turning architecture into deliverable workstreams Establish system-level quality bars (latency budgets, reliability targets, monitoring, replay/evidence, incident learning loops) for safety-critical RA operation Act as the technical interface to engineering leadership and safety stakeholders, shaping how RA feeds into the evolving L4 safety case About you In order to set you up for success as a Tech Lead, within the robotaxi team here at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience. , functional safety concepts, safety cases, hazard analysis) Experience scaling production systems in ambiguous, fast-moving environments (from prototype to operational reliability) This is a full-time role based in our office in London.