Autonomous Driving Data Specialist

Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve.

We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that.

Here’s what this particular role covers.

The role

As an Autonomous Driving Data Specialist at Wayve, you’ll play a critical role in maintaining the safety and reliability of our ADAS+ vehicle systems. You’ll be responsible for Root Cause Analysis and producing Top Issue reports across our test environments and operational domains.You will bridge the gap between Detective Engineers, Triage Engineering and Component teams, you’ll help accelerate triage outcomes and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our development pipeline.

This role may also be known as: Triage Specialist, Data Triage Engineer, ML Triaging Engineer, ADAS Data Analysis Engineer, Root Cause Analysis Engineer etc. Titles vary between companies, but the core responsibilities are similar.

This is a highly collaborative and detail-oriented role with a direct impact on the performance and safety of Wayve’s models.

Wayve.ai’s office is located in Tokyo, Japan. The office offers convenient access to public transit and is surrounded by a vibrant community of tech innovators, with a wide selection of nearby dining and recreational options.

Key responsibilities:

• Perform first-level analysis on real world run data
• Partner closely with Detective Engineers to learn and discover the root cause of an issue.
• Partner closely with Triage Engineers to develop automated solutions.
• Support the full issue lifecycle: identification, investigation, resolution, documentation, and reporting.
• Accurately add metadata to the on road interventions (i.e. Root Cause Labels, Jira Linking, Comments)
• Effectively use Wayve’s proprietary tooling.
• Investigate complex or ambiguous runs that require deeper analysis or resolution.
• Participate in regular standups to address emerging concerns, assign priorities, and adapt to process changes.
• Deliver actionable feedback on triage tooling and suggest improvements to enhance usability and speed.
• Contribute to process improvement and maintain a high standard of safety, efficiency, and rigor.
• Accurately validate Triage automation bots

About you

In order to set you up for success as an Autonomous Driving Data Specialist at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience.

Essential

• Previous experience in ADAS, Autonomous Vehicles or Testing
• Passion for Quality and Safety-first mindset.
• Ability to learn and use a variety of internal tools and software platforms.
• Comfort with technical terminology related to ADAS systems and software stacks.
• Strong communication skills across cross-functional and time-zone-distributed teams.
• Analytical thinking, logical reasoning, and bias-free problem-solving.
• Detail-oriented approach with a focus on accuracy, even over extended sessions.
• Strong debugging, documentation, and investigation skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.

Desirable

• Experience with issue tracking and configuration management (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
• Familiarity with software development concepts: source control, requirements analysis, build pipelines.
• Exposure to software release workflows and release testing practices.
• Basic experience with scripting (e.g., Bash, Python).
• SQL/data analysis proficiency for deeper log review and trend analysis.
• Experience with AV testing or robotics systems.

This is a full-time role based in our office in Tokyo, Japan. At Wayve we want the best of all worlds so we operate a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our offices and workshops to fuel innovation, culture, relationships and learning, and time spent working from home. LI-LA1

A quick, honest note before you apply.

Wayve is not a mature, fully-structured place with the playbook already written. Much of how we work is still being written, and if you join, you’ll help write it. That suits people who want real ownership more than people who need a settled structure from day one.

If that sounds like the kind of problem you want to spend your time on, we’d really like to hear from you.