About the Role
In this pivotal role, you will take end-to-end responsibility for specific ADAS functionalities, ensuring these features meet customer requirements, align with internal capabilities and roadmaps, and are delivered to spec. You will collaborate closely with OEMs, product teams, and engineering teams to define feature scope, set performance targets, and ensure compliance with industry standards. Your dedication to aligning customer needs with our strategic vision will directly enhance our vehicles’ capabilities and user experience.
Responsibilities
- Take full accountability for specific ADAS features, ensuring on-time delivery and alignment with agreed-upon specifications.
- Monitor the feature’s lifecycle from concept to production, addressing any deviations promptly.
- Collaborate with feature group owners and engineering teams to create feature specifications.
- Engage actively with the teams throughout feature development, providing early feedback, participating in testing, and supporting validation processes.
- Deeply understand OEM customer needs and requirements, representing their interests internally without compromising Wayve’s objectives.
- Harmonise OEM requests across different customers to maximise the development of reusable assets and ensure scalability.
- Serve as the central liaison between OEMs, product teams, and engineering teams for your feature(s).
- Facilitate streamlined communication and reduce misunderstandings.
- Participate in agile processes and rituals.
- Proactively identify and address potential issues before they escalate.
- Maintain and evolve the strategic feature roadmap as our technology progresses towards higher autonomy levels, ensuring alignment with both customer expectations and Wayve’s strategic objectives.
Requirements
- Expertise in specifying and facilitating ADAS feature delivery from concept to production, such as TFL, High Beam Assist, Blind Spot Monitoring, Rear Cross & Front Cross Traffic Alert, Pre-Safe, Door Open Warning, Perception for HMI, etc.
- Experience with automotive processes, including requirements management, V-model, ASPICE, quality, and validation.
- Strong ability to understand and represent OEM customer needs, negotiate requirements, and align expectations between customers and internal teams.
- Technical understanding of ADAS features, capable of engaging in discussions about trade-offs and feasibility, and actively involved in testing, evaluation, and validation processes.
- Demonstrated success in delivering complete ADAS features into large-scale production automotive programs.
- Good understanding of automotive quality and safety standards (ASPICE, SOTIF, FuSa, …) as well as the compliance regime around them (GSR-II, DCAS, …)
- Experience with machine learning, LLMs and recent generative AI methods and architectures
- Ability to effectively bridge technical and business perspectives, ensuring clear communication and alignment across teams and stakeholders.
- A proactive approach to exploring and developing new ADAS features, keeping Wayve at the forefront of technological advancement in the industry.
Skills
- ADAS Feature Development
- Automotive Processes
- Requirements Management
- V-model
- ASPICE
- Quality Assurance
- Validation
- Customer Advocacy
- Communication Skills
- Negotiation
- Technical Competence
- Hands-on Approach
- Machine Learning
- LLMs
- Generative AI
- Collaboration Skills
- Agile Processes
Location
- Leonberg
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Mid-level
- Senior
About the Company
- 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.
- At Wayve, your contributions matter.
- We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact.
- Make Wayve the experience that defines your career!
Equal Opportunity
- Wayve is committed to creating an inclusive interview experience. If you require any accommodations or adjustments to participate fully in our interview process, please let us know.
- We understand that everyone has a unique set of skills and experiences and that not everyone will meet all of the requirements listed above. If you’re passionate about self-driving cars and think you have what it takes to make a positive impact on the world, we encourage you to apply.
- At Wayve we're committed to creating a diverse, fair and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
