Staff / Senior Machine Learning Engineer, AV Core at Wayve

Department: AV Engineering

Compensation

$311,850 – $389,400/yr

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Sunnyvale, California
Type: Full-time
Level: staff+
Posted: May 22, 2026

Description

Wayve is hiring a Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer for its AV Core organization to lead learned emergency manoeuvre prediction and collision detection models. The role owns the full lifecycle from research and offline/online experiments through model deployment, evaluation, integration, and evidence for deployment, while collaborating with research, simulation, evaluation, and product engineering. It requires a strong track record in ML engineering, real-world ML systems, Python and PyTorch, experimental judgement, and senior-level ownership. The position is full-time and hybrid in Sunnyvale, with an estimated salary of $311,850 to $389,400 plus equity.

Required Skills

Python
PyTorch
ML systems
Experimental judgement
C++
CUDA
Distributed training

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Strong track record in ML engineering, including scoping, evaluation, direction-setting, and knowledge transfer
Hands-on experience deploying ML systems in the real world
Proficiency in Python and PyTorch with reliable ML training and evaluation systems
Senior-level ownership and cross-functional collaboration
Preferred Qualifications: Autonomous vehicle or robotics deployment and closed-loop validation
3D scene understanding and representation learning
Rare-event mining and evaluation using simulation and fleet data
Transformer-based and multimodal architectures
C++, CUDA, distributed training, or production ML optimization