Tech Lead / Manager - Trajectory Generation and Controls
Wayve is seeking a Tech Lead/Manager to lead its Controls team, focusing on delivering robust real-world vehicle motion across product platforms. This role involves guiding a team working on controls, trajectory generation, and the interface with the Wayve AI Driver. The position combines technical leadership, team development, and delivery ownership, offering the opportunity to influence both near-term product impact and the longer-term evolution of the company's technology.
Key responsibilities include leading and developing the Motion Controls team by providing strong people leadership, technical direction, and clear priorities for a growing group of engineers. The role requires owning the team's technical roadmap and delivery across short and long-term horizons, translating product and system needs into clear priorities, technical plans, and timely execution. Additionally, the position involves managing the interface between the Wayve AI Driver, trajectory generation, and control in a deployed autonomy system, and working with key partners to align technical plans, product needs, and integration constraints to deliver robust deployed motion behavior.
The ideal candidate will have experience managing or leading engineers, including setting priorities, driving execution, and supporting their growth and performance. They should have experience leading technical direction for complex autonomy, robotics, or other physical AI systems, ideally in autonomous vehicles or a closely related domain. Expertise in controls, trajectory generation, motion planning, or closely related autonomy problems is essential, along with a strong understanding of physical system dynamics, closed-loop behavior, and controller design tradeoffs. Experience working on production systems that incorporate machine learning models, and strong software engineering fundamentals with experience delivering high-quality production code are also required.
Wayve offers a hybrid working policy that combines time together in offices and workshops to fuel innovation, culture, relationships, and learning, along with time spent working from home. The company is committed to creating an inclusive interview experience and encourages applications from individuals passionate about self-driving cars who believe they can make a positive impact on the world.