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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 22 days Wayve's roles stay open a median of 40 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 40% of Wayve's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Wayve
- high 77 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
- 2026-09-17
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 the Engineering Manager for OS at Wayve, you will lead a team focused on delivering high-quality embedded software for automated driving systems. Your primary responsibilities include team leadership, hiring, setting technical direction, and ensuring the team's work aligns with company goals. You'll also oversee the development of operating system foundations and collaborate with hardware partners to optimize performance and reliability.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
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
- Engineering management experience leading a high-performing software/systems team
- Experience owning a team's roadmap and delivering through others
- Hands-on experience in architecting and delivering embedded software
- Solid understanding of the Linux kernel, device trees, and board support packages
- Experience with high-performance peripheral drivers
- Ability to set direction and deliver through influence across multiple teams
Nice to have
- Experience with NVIDIA DriveOS
- Experience with micro-kernel and/or real-time OS (e.g. QNX)
- Experience with NVIDIA Jetson and/or Drive platforms, Qualcomm, AMD, or Renesas compute platforms
What you get
- Competitive equity package
- Hybrid work model
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of team size or structure
- Vague details on the exact technologies used beyond OS fundamentals
- High level of responsibility may lead to significant pressure
Summarised from Wayve's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Wayve on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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