Wayve

Staff Embedded Security Engineer

Wayve
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2 months ago
Sunnyvale, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$276k - $311k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop real-time embedded firmware and embedded Linux software for security controls.
  • Contribute to technical requirements, system architecture, interface designs, implementation guides, and test plans.
  • Partner with the Security team and developers across Wayve to identify vehicle-fleet security issues and promote secure software architectures.
  • Build, deploy, and maintain security tools, libraries, controls, and instrumentation.
  • Perform code and design reviews to identify and help remediate security flaws.

Requirements

  • Proven experience designing and delivering software security systems for internet-connected embedded devices.
  • Experience incorporating hardware-based security techniques such as Hardware Security Modules, TrustZone, and Secure Boot into hardware/software systems.
  • Strong knowledge of cryptography fundamentals and Public Key Infrastructure.
  • Extensive experience producing and refining technical specifications from system architecture through low-level implementation and testing documentation.
  • System-level kernel or bootloader software development experience.
  • Significant experience with at least one of Python, C++, C, or Go.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with developers, non-engineering stakeholders, and leadership.
  • Experience with QNX or similar real-time operating systems is desirable.
  • Experience with Azure, GCP, containers, secrets management systems, cryptography, threat modeling systems, or related security topics is desirable.
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, or a similar field is desirable.
  • Contributions to the security community through open source, research, presentations, or blog posts are desirable.

Benefits

  • Full-time role based in Sunnyvale, California with a hybrid work arrangement.
  • Competitive equity package.
  • Inclusive interview process with accommodations available upon request.
Wayve

About Wayve

501-1,000 employees

Wayve builds end-to-end autonomous driving software—the vehicle-agnostic Wayve AI Driver—that runs on onboard compute and native sensors, licensed to automakers and fleet operators. Its platform spans ADAS and higher autonomy (L2+/L3 to robotaxi) and is designed to generalize across vehicle types and geographies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, it tests its models across Europe, North America, and Japan, with a U.S. base in Sunnyvale, CA.

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