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[/company/wayve](/company/wayve)[Wayve](/company/wayve)
# Staff Embedded Security Engineer at Wayve

Department: Vehicle SW Engineering

Compensation

$275,000 – $300,000/yr

**Setup**
: Hybrid

**Location**
: Sunnyvale, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: staff+

**Posted**
: Oct 5, 2026

## Description

Wayve is hiring a Staff Embedded Security Engineer to partner with embedded software teams across its vehicle software engineering organization. The role focuses on designing and developing security controls for real-time embedded firmware and embedded Linux software, reviewing code and system designs, conducting threat modelling and vulnerability management, building security tooling, and supporting hardware-backed security, secure boot, key management, and vehicle-to-backend communications. The position requires experience with connected Linux-based embedded devices, hardware-backed security, cryptography, public-key infrastructure, and system-level development, with Python, C++, C, or Go experience. Wayve offers hybrid working from its London, Sunnyvale, Yokohama, Herzliya, Vancouver, and Leonberg hubs, along with health insurance, dental coverage, equity, relocation support, and visa sponsorship where applicable.

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