Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AV Core
Wayve · Sunnyvale
Posted about 3 months ago · $336,400 to $370,300
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Wayve's roles stay open a median of 76 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 40% of Wayve's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Wayve
- high 165 stale, 1 reposted of 169 open
- Hiring momentum
- 201 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Wayve's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Wayve.
About this role
As a Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Wayve, you will lead the development of emergency maneuver prediction and collision detection models for autonomous vehicles. Your role involves overseeing the entire lifecycle of these models, from research and evaluation to deployment, while collaborating with various teams to enhance safety and performance in automated driving systems.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Wayve as an employer.
What you need
- Strong track record of ML engineering, including problem scoping and evaluation
- Hands-on experience with ML systems deployed in the real world
- Proficiency in Python and PyTorch
- Strong software engineering practices
- Excellent experimental judgement
- Senior-level ownership and collaboration skills
Nice to have
- Prior experience in autonomous vehicles or robotics
- Experience in 3D scene understanding and representation learning
- Experience mining, generating, or evaluating rare events using simulation and real-world data
- Experience with transformer-based and multimodal architectures
- Proficiency in C++, CUDA, distributed training, or performance optimization
What you get
- Hybrid working policy
- Competitive equity package
- Reasonably estimated salary range from $311,850 to $389,400
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of work-life balance or additional benefits
- The role involves high-stakes decision-making in ambiguous situations
- The position requires strong collaboration across multiple teams and disciplines
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Listed by Wayve on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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