Technical Product Manager, Wayve

Embodiment and Data

Salary not provided
Mid and Senior level
London
Wayve

Autonomous mobility driven by AI

Job no longer available

Wayve

Autonomous mobility driven by AI

201-500 employees

B2CB2BArtificial IntelligenceCarsTransportBig dataDeep TechRoboticsFlexible workingComputer VisionMachine LearningSaaSCloud Computing

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
Mid and Senior level
London

201-500 employees

B2CB2BArtificial IntelligenceCarsTransportBig dataDeep TechRoboticsFlexible workingComputer VisionMachine LearningSaaSCloud Computing

Company mission

To reimagine autonomous mobility through embodied intelligence.

Role

Who you are

  • AI and Robotics Understanding: Comprehensive knowledge of ML/AI, especially in the realm of mobile robotic systems and embodied AI products
  • Technical Systems Expertise: Strong systems knowledge, including experience with building, deploying, and maintaining robotic systems (calibration, diagnostics, testing, component interfaces, HW/SW boundary, etc.)
  • Embedded Compute Familiarity: Knowledge of embedded compute systems-on-chips (SoCs) from vendors like Nvidia and Qualcomm
  • Analytical Prowess: Strong analytical skills to establish clear, measurable objectives and prioritise effectively
  • Collaborative Spirit: Proven ability to proactively engage and collaborate across various technical and cross-functional teams
  • Customer-Centric Product Mindset: Ability to anticipate market and customer needs, focusing on reusable artefacts and innovative solutions
  • Autonomy Acumen: Your background in robotics, systems engineering, or automotive industry prepares you to navigate the complexities of autonomous driving functions, required interfaces, and integration considerations. From diagnostics to calibration to SoC’s to HMI considerations, you know what good looks like
  • Customer-Centric Mindset: With a keen understanding of market dynamics and customer requirements, you anticipate needs, find commonalities and prioritise solutions that resonate with customers and scale
  • Strategic Prioritizer: Your customer understanding and technical expertise enables you to select and focus on those features and requirements that really matter
  • Collaborative Innovator: Your broad technical background and cooperative approach will bridge diverse teams and stakeholders, catalysing the product development journey

Desirable

  • Autonomous Systems Expertise: Experience with autonomous or assisted driving technologies
  • Automotive SoC Experience: Hands-on developing for automotive SoCs from Nvidia, Qualcomm, Renesas, etc
  • Product Management Experience: Demonstrable experience in managing the product lifecycle for AI/ML-driven platforms, with a focus on vehicle and robotic systems
  • Generative AI Knowledge: Familiarity with Transformer-based models and Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Communication Skills: Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively, bridging the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders

What the job involves

  • In the Product Manager role for Embodiment and Data, you will own the requirements and strategy for the integration and optimization of our end-to-end AI driving model within the broader self-driving stack (OS, middleware, sensors, compute, vehicle, etc.)
  • You will effectively own the “embodiment” in the term “embodied AI”
  • Your unique combination of technical knowledge, product insight, and cooperative initiative will be crucial to setting clear direction for the hardware, software, and robotics teams
  • Your impact will be evident in the enhanced performance and readiness of our end-2-end autonomous driving tech for the market
  • You will maintain clear and consistent communication with stakeholders such as the program, on board software, & automotive teams to ensure everyone has a comprehensive understanding of product interface/integration requirements and priorities
  • Vehicle Platform and Software Interfaces Definition: You will articulate precise integration requirements for our AI model, influencing vehicle systems and software interfaces.Embedded compute platform strategy and performance: You will identify the optimal compute platforms for our AI model and set top level KPIs
  • Middleware strategy: You will shape the requirements on compatibility with existing middleware solutions and APIs and forge partnerships where needed
  • Calibration and Commissioning Processes: Your strategies will define how calibration (and other integration tasks) are managed before and after production, ensuring high-quality seamless customer workflowsData Filtering and Event Logging: You will set requirements for robust data filtering systems, capturing critical events for analytics and model enhancement
  • We understand that everyone has a unique set of skills and experiences and that not everyone will meet all of the requirements listed below. If you’re passionate about self-driving cars and think you have what it takes to make a positive impact on the world, we encourage you to apply

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Wayve is developing artificial intelligence (AI) that teaches cars to drive autonomously using reinforcement learning, simulation, and computer vision. Wayve’s core premise is that the big breakthrough in self-driving cars will come from better AI brains rather than more sensors or “hand-coded” rules which it believes are highly restrictive and not at all scalable.

The company said that it trains its autonomous driving system using simulated environments and then transfers that knowledge into the real world, where it emulates how humans adapt to conditions in real time. It ultimately relies on end-to-end deep learning AI rather than hard-engineered AI. This is one of the world's hardest problems to solve, but Wayve has made an exciting start and is taking a very different approach to competitors like Uber and Waymo, who are relying more on sensors.

Following a few years of innovative breakthroughs, Wayve now has backing from high-profile investors such as Microsoft and angels, including Uber's chief scientist Zoubin Ghahramani and Pieter Abbeel, a UC Berkeley robotics professor and pioneer of deep reinforcement learning. The company's strategic partnerships with outfits like Asda and Ocado to test-run autonomous deliveries, as well as publicity through the Minister is a show of confidence in the future of Wayve's solution to autonomous driving.

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28% female employees

24% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

May 2024

$1.1bn

SERIES C

Jan 2022

$200m

SERIES B

Total funding: $1.3bn

Company benefits

  • Learning budget
  • In-house chef
  • Flexible Working
  • Private health insurance and therapy
  • Workplace nursery scheme
  • Onsite bar
  • Large social budgets
  • Enhanced parental leave

Company values

  • Pave new roads, explore unknown horizons: We take calculated risks and embrace unknown territory
  • Leave positive tracks: A big reason for working on autonomous vehicles is for the positive impact they can have to the environment, the lives they will save, the opportunities they will create for others and more!
  • Autonomous in thought, collective in action: We are built of strong, curious individuals coming from all walks of life, but who, together, want to achieve a common goal.
  • Drive each other forward: We are a company that stands strong upon the foundation which it has created. This foundation is the team, the individuals who make Wayve, Wayve.

Company HQ

London, UK

Leadership

Has a PhD from Cambridge in Computer Vision & Robotics. Previously Research Engineer at Skydio and Advisor to Scape Technologies

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