Shift Lead
Wayve is a London-headquartered embodied-AI company developing and licensing mapless, vehicle-agnostic driving software for assisted, automated, and robotaxi applications.
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead Vehicle Safety Officers during shifts, manage schedules and performance, and ensure safe, efficient on-road testing operations. You will coordinate customer activities, respond to incidents, maintain reports, support training, and improve operational processes.
Requirements
- Fluency in English
- Experience as a team coordinator or similar role
- Leadership and communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities
- Problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Proficiency with Google Workspace or Microsoft Office
- Full clean driving licence
- At least 5 years of driving experience
- No blameworthy insurance claims in the past three years
- Driving skills and knowledge
- Disclosure of any second job
- Ability to pass random drug and alcohol testing
Responsibilities
- Lead and support Vehicle Safety Officers during shifts
- Manage work schedules, task assignments, and performance
- Line manage Vehicle Safety Officers and hold monthly documented meetings
- Serve as a customer contact for OEM initiatives
- Enforce safety protocols and legal compliance
- Monitor on-road testing quality and escalate issues
- Identify and resolve operational problems
- Communicate with operations, management, and other departments
- Prepare shift reports, performance metrics, and incident documentation
- Act as the initial Operations Officer for on-road incidents
- Coordinate training and development with Quality Assurance
- Implement operational process improvements