Principal Application Software Engineer

1 hour agoLead Tokyo, Japan Hybrid Full Time Engineering Jobs by Wayve

Wayve

Wayve is a London-headquartered embodied-AI company developing and licensing mapless, vehicle-agnostic driving software for assisted, automated, and robotaxi applications.

Series DRecently fundedCompany intelligence

London, United Kingdom

Funding history

Employee tender offerSeries D extension ($60M)Series D ($1.2B)

Investors

Rosemary Leith Uber Nvidia Baillie Gifford SoftBank Vision Fund 2

About Wayve

Wayve Technologies Ltd. develops the Wayve AI Driver, an end-to-end, data-trained software platform that runs on onboard vehicle compute and native sensors. It is designed for OEM integration across L1 driver assistance through L4 automated driving, without HD maps.

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Skills

Autosar Bash Bootloader C#Can Ci/Cd Device Tree Docker Ethernet Git Hil I2c Jenkins Jfrog Artifactory Linux Pcie Python Qnx Secure Boot Soc Spi Systemd Yocto

Candidate Availability

Hybrid · Tokyo · Required

Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.

About the Role

You will bring up and validate the AI software stack on customer hardware platforms. You will port and configure embedded operating systems, integrate drivers and middleware, automate hardware setup and testing, and resolve hardware integration issues with OEM and Tier 1 partners.

Requirements

8+ years of embedded or automotive software development experience
Proficiency in C/C++, Bash, and Python
Understanding of Linux-based embedded systems, including Yocto, systemd, bootloaders, and device trees
Familiarity with QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR
Experience with automotive-grade SoC bring-up
Experience with hardware debuggers, flashing tools, serial consoles, and BSPs
Familiarity with CAN, Ethernet, PCIe, SPI, and I2C
Experience integrating embedded platforms into CI/CD pipelines and test automation frameworks

Responsibilities

Execute software bring-up on customer hardware platforms
Port and configure Linux-based systems, QNX, and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments
Integrate and validate drivers, middleware, and boot-time configurations
Integrate hardware into CI/CD, HIL, and test infrastructure
Resolve hardware-specific integration issues with OEM and Tier 1 teams
Implement system-level diagnostics, logging, and secure boot configuration
Develop automation for hardware setup, flashing, health checks, and test execution

Benefits

Hybrid working
Core working hours with schedule flexibility