Engineering Manager, GPU Kernel

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Wayve Full time £80,000 - £120,000 per year

At Wayve we're committed to creating a diverse, fair and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition  (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law.  

About us   

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology.  Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.

Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward.  Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving. 

In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future.

At Wayve, your contributions matter.  We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact.  

Make Wayve the experience that defines your career  

The role 

As the Engineering Manager for the GPU Kernel team, you'll lead the team responsible for writing custom kernels and libraries which enable our transformer-based driving models to run efficiently on embedded GPUs and accelerators. This team works closely with ML engineers, software engineers and researchers to deploy end-to-end AI for autonomous vehicles at scale. This is an exciting opportunity to lead in several high impact, early stage projects at Wayve with the ultimate goal of enabling product deployments onto millions of customer vehicles around the world.

Key responsibilities:
You'll lead a multi-disciplinary team of ML GPU kernel engineers to enable efficient ML deployments across millions of customer vehiclesTogether with tech leads, you'll set key foundational strategy on deployment frameworks, compilers, toolchains and SoCsYou'll set clear objectives and priorities, and allocate resource efficientlyYou'll have opportunities to develop new skills, especially within end-to-end ML and inference optimisationAbout you  

In order to set you up for success as the Engineering Manager for the GPU Kernel team at Wayve, we're looking for the following skills and experience.  

Essential 
Proven experience as an Engineering Manager delivering complex engineering projectsExperience developing GPU kernels and/or ML compilers (e.g. CUDA, OpenCL, TensorRT, MLIR, TVM, etc)Experience optimising systems to meet strict utilisation and latency requirementsExcellent interpersonal and communication skillsDesirable 
Experience with C++ and ML frameworks such as PyTorchExperience with ML deployment pipelinesExperience with embedded SoCs used in automotive environments, e.g. Nvidia, Qualcomm, Renesas, etc

This is a full-time role based in our office in London. 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. We operate core working hours so you can determine the schedule that works best for you and your team.  

#LI-AB

We understand that everyone has a unique set of skills and experiences and that not everyone will meet all of the requirements listed above. 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.

For more information visit Careers at Wayve. 

To learn more about what drives us, visit Values at Wayve 

DISCLAIMER: We will not ask about marriage or pregnancy, care responsibilities or disabilities in any of our job adverts or interviews. However, we do look to capture information about care responsibilities, and disabilities among other diversity information as part of an optional DEI Monitoring form to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring process and ensure that the process is inclusive and non-discriminatory.

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