ADAS Feature Engineer

About the role

We are looking for an ADAS Feature Engineer to help build the application-layer software that connects Wayve's AI capabilities to real vehicle behaviour. This role sits at the intersection of AI, vehicle systems, active safety, and product delivery: you will develop C++ feature logic, validation tools, and system behaviours that allow AI-native driving technology to operate robustly in real-world vehicle environments. You will work closely with machine learning, product, vehicle integration, and systems teams to turn model outputs and vehicle data into reliable, testable, and customer-relevant ADAS features.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain C++ application software for ADAS and active-safety-related vehicle features.
• Build feature-level logic on top of AI / ML outputs, including validation, feasibility checks, state machines, fallback behaviours, and safety-aware decision logic.
• Work with ML engineers to understand model outputs, limitations, failure modes, and how these translate into vehicle behaviour.
• Use logs, simulation, replay, and vehicle testing to debug, tune, and validate feature behaviour.
• Define and improve metrics, test cases, and validation strategies for ADAS feature performance, robustness, and quality.
• Collaborate with product, systems, vehicle integration, and OEM-facing teams to translate requirements and real-world constraints into engineering solutions.
• Support field testing and iterative development, including investigation of vehicle issues, edge cases, and performance gaps.
• Contribute to software architecture, code quality, tooling, and engineering practices for feature development.
• About you
• In order to set you up for success as an ADAS Feature Engineer at Wayve, we're looking for the following skills and experience:
• Essential
• Strong C++ software engineering experience, ideally in production or safety-relevant systems.
• Hands-on experience in ADAS, autonomous driving, robotics, vehicle software, active safety, or closely related domains.
• Practical understanding of vehicle feature development, including real-world testing, simulation, replay, logs, or prototype vehicle debugging.
• Ability to reason about vehicle behaviour, sensor/model inputs, timing, failure modes, and feature-level decision logic.
• Experience working cross-functionally with teams such as ML, perception, planning, controls, vehicle integration, product, or systems engineering.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make pragmatic engineering trade-offs under ambiguity.
• A quality mindset, with experience writing testable, maintainable software and using data to validate behaviour.
• Desirable
• Experience with ADAS features such as AEB, ISA, AES, ACC, lane keeping, collision avoidance, trajectory validation, or active safety systems.
• Experience at an automotive OEM, Tier 1 supplier, autonomous driving company, robotics company, or vehicle technology startup.
• Familiarity with ML or AI-based autonomy systems, including how model outputs are consumed by downstream software.
• Experience with ROS, Linux, Bazel, CMake, Docker, QNX, protobuf, MCAP, CAN, calibration, or vehicle logging systems.
• Experience with vehicle test tracks, public-road testing, HIL/SIL, scenario-based testing, or NCAP-style validation.
• Familiarity with tools used in automotive development and testing, such as CANoe, Vector tools, MicroAutoBox, or similar.
• Japanese language skills are beneficial but not required.
• What we offer you
• The chance to be part of a truly mission driven organisation and an opportunity to shape the future of autonomous driving. Unlike our competitors, Wayve is still relatively small and nimble, giving you the chance to make a huge impact
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• A dynamic and fast-paced work environment in which you will grow every day - learning on the job, from the brightest minds in our space, and with support for more formal learning opportunities too
• A culture that is ego-free, respectful and welcoming (of you and your dog) - we even eat lunch together every day
• Benefits such as an onsite chef, workplace nursery scheme, private health insurance, cycle scheme, therapy, yoga, two onsite bars, large social budgets
• This is a full-time role based in our office in Tokyo. At Wayve we want the best of all worlds so we operate a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our offices and workshops to fuel innovation, culture, relationships and learning, and time spent working from home.
• #LI-AF1

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