Test Engineer (Full-Time) 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 Test Engineer Teams

We're seeking an exceptional Test Engineer to join our Germany-based team 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

As a Test Engineer, you'll independently own the design and delivery of automated verification for a defined area of our embedded software stack. You'll build robust, reusable test automation, drive failures to root cause across engineering boundaries, and steadily raise the bar on coverage, reliability, and traceability. This is a hands-on delivery role with room to grow into broader areas of the system including sensing and model-behaviour testing as the company and your experience evolve.

What you'll be working on

• Develop automation for system functionality tests at component, integration, and system levels, across software and hardware boundaries.
• Lead root-cause investigations for failures found during test campaigns, collaborating across hardware, software, and infrastructure teams.
• Define and track KPIs and quality metrics for system testing, supporting data-driven validation and release decisions.
• Uncover software and hardware bugs through increased test coverage and report findings through JIRA.
• Review, create, and adhere to Risk Assessments to ensure all testing activities are conducted safely and responsibly.

You should apply if

Essential Skills & Experience

• Hands-on experience with system-level verification and validation in robotics, embedded software, or mechatronic systems, with a track record of delivering test automation independently.
• Experience with Euro NCAP - AEB, LSS/LKA, ADAS scenarios, DCAS regulatory testing (UN R171), and automotive cybersecurity testing and standards (ISO/SAE 21434, UN R155).
• Experience with HiL testing and tooling using CAN, Ethernet, GMSL, dSPACE, Vector, Xylon, or similar.
• Strong proficiency in Python, including developing automation test frameworks with pytest.
• Proven ability in interface-level testing, including hardware/software interactions and embedded interfaces.
• Experience integrating software quality assurance tools and standards (ASPICE, SOTIF, ISO 26262, JAMA, X-RAY).
• Experience developing or testing automotive software across embedded and system levels.
• Able to work collaboratively across software, hardware, autonomy, DevOps, and product teams.
• Strong Python Automation and knowledge of dSPACE open and closed Loop HIL based replay Testing.
• Experience contributing to continuous improvement of test methods, safety procedures, or operational efficiency.
• Awareness of data management and version control systems.

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.

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.