Controls Engineer (Remote) in London

Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve. We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future.

About our Application Engineering Team(s)

We're seeking an exceptional Control Engineer to join our Germany-based team within the Application Engineering org, focused on localising and advancing Wayve's autonomous driving technology for the German market. This is a unique opportunity to play a hands-on role in shaping our AV capabilities in Germany from the ground up.

Your day-to-day

You'll play a pivotal role in integrating, validating, and optimising our MPC-based trajectory controller and AI software stack on new vehicle platforms ensuring safe, reliable, and high-performance driving in diverse real-world conditions. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of controls, systems integration, and applied machine learning, helping expand our AV capabilities across new operational domains while collaborating closely with robotics, ML, and vehicle engineering experts.

What you'll be working on:

• Integrate and validate Wayve's AI software stack and MPC-based trajectory controller on customer hardware and vehicle platforms.
• Maintain and enhance the controller (coupled with ML-driven trajectory generation) to improve performance, stability, and reliability across different vehicles and environments.
• Test and optimise system behaviour in challenging driving scenarios — from highways to urban settings and adverse weather conditions.
• Develop and refine simulation and evaluation pipelines to guarantee real-world optimality and control quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Verification, Release, OEM partners) to diagnose and resolve integration and performance issues.

Experience productionising and scaling systems including real-time controllers and monitoring their performance at scale. Strong C++ and Python.

More about Wayve:

Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving. The result is technology that navigates complex urban environments with intelligence, precision and natural flow, unlocking meaningful advances in both safety and efficiency. We believe autonomy represents a once in a generation transformation in how people and goods move, comparable to the shift from horses to cars, and from human driven vehicles to intelligent machines.

Wayve's mapless and hardware agnostic AI platform integrates with global OEM partners, enabling continuous software evolution and unlocking advanced levels of automation from L2 plus through to L4 as our core AI model scales. In a race increasingly defined by intelligence and real world learning, Wayve is taking a distinct approach, building a generalisable driving intelligence that can power any vehicle, anywhere. By combining embodied AI with scalable deployment, we are creating technology that can be shaped to each OEM brand and driver experience, accelerating the transition to a safer, more intelligent future of mobility.

How we work:

Our main hubs are in London, Sunnyvale, Yokohama, Herzliya, Vancouver and Leonberg. We operate a hybrid working model that combines in-person collaboration in our dedicated office spaces with focused time working remotely. This gives our teams the connection and energy of working together, alongside the flexibility to do their best work in a way that fits their lives.

A quick, honest note before you apply. Much of how we work is still being written, and if you join, you'll help write it. 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.