Field Engineer

About the role

The Fleet Operations Engineering team ensures the reliability and safety of our autonomous vehicle fleet through rapid fault diagnosis and technical support. Field Engineers work onsite to resolve software and hardware issues, maintaining fleet uptime and collaborating with global teams to drive operational efficiency. This role requires a hands-on approach to technical problem-solving in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve vehicle software and hardware faults onsite to maintain fleet uptime
• Perform rapid, structured fault triage with a 5-minute response time
• Follow standardised diagnosis and repair protocols while maintaining compliance
• Collaborate with global field engineering colleagues to coordinate technical support and escalate issues
• Communicate repair progress and shift handovers clearly to the Field Engineering Lead
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide technical coverage across multiple regions
• Maintain strict adherence to safety and compliance standards for all repairs
• Identify recurring issues and provide actionable feedback for operational improvements

Required skills

• Vehicle diagnostics
• Fault triage
• Technical troubleshooting
• Datadog
• Mender
• JIRA
• English
• German

Nice to have

• ADAS testing
• High-voltage systems
• EV diagnostics

Qualifications

• Full German driving license
• Bachelor’s degree in Automotive, Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related technical field

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Retirement or pension
• Access to therapists
• Wellbeing partnerships
• Learning and development budget

About the Company

Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving, pioneering an end-to-end AI approach that enables vehicles to learn directly from real-world experience. The company aims to make autonomy universal by integrating its mapless and hardware-agnostic AI platform with global OEM partners.