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[/company/wayve](/company/wayve)[Wayve](/company/wayve)
# Senior Software Engineer - OS, Robot Software at Wayve

Department: Vehicle SW Engineering

Compensation

$200,000 – $250,000/yr

**Setup**
: Hybrid

**Location**
: Sunnyvale, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: not_specified

**Posted**
: Oct 5, 2026

## Description

Wayve is hiring an embedded software engineer to build and maintain reliable Linux and QNX platform software for autonomous-vehicle development fleets. The role covers embedded kernels, device drivers, Yocto distributions, boot flows, IPC middleware, diagnostics, remote debugging, observability, and integration with NVIDIA robotics platforms. Candidates should have strong C and C++ experience, knowledge of embedded systems and robotics middleware, and the ability to debug complex performance and reliability issues. The position follows a hybrid working model and offers relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable.

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