Automotive Security Product Lead

• Define, mature, and operate the product security framework for Wayve's automotive software activities — spanning the internal R&D fleet, robotaxi programme, and automotive software supplied to OEM customers. • A senior individual contributor role with broad cross-functional influence: set standards, guide and advise, and assure implementation across product, engineering, safety, and customer-facing teams. • Translate ISO 21434, UNECE R155, and OEM customer expectations into clear, practical requirements that product and engineering teams can apply without unnecessary friction. • Help Wayve develop, assure, and supply automotive software that meets cybersecurity expectations from internal governance, customers, regulators, and external assessors. • Hybrid role based at Wayve's London office.

• Proven experience in a senior product security, automotive cybersecurity, embedded systems security, or security assurance role, with accountability for influencing security outcomes across complex technical programmes. • Strong knowledge of automotive cybersecurity expectations, particularly ISO 21434 and UNECE R155. • Experience defining, applying, or assessing cybersecurity lifecycle activities and work products, including TARA, cybersecurity goals, requirements, verification and validation evidence, and residual risk treatment. • Strong technical judgement across software security, embedded or vehicle systems, secure architecture, threat modelling, security testing, and risk assessment. • Experience reviewing or contributing to cybersecurity cases, assurance cases, or structured security arguments. • Excellent judgement and independence, with confidence challenging issues while maintaining constructive working relationships. • Comfort operating with high autonomy in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment where the right level of process needs to be designed.

• Experience establishing or scaling a product security or automotive cybersecurity capability in a growing organisation. • Experience with OEM customer assurance, external audits, cybersecurity certification, type approval, or independent assessment. • Familiarity with ASPICE, ISO 26262, ISO 21448/SOTIF, or safety-security interface management. • Experience with autonomous vehicles, ADAS, robotics, safety-critical software, OTA update systems, or vehicle networks. • Experience managing product-security-relevant supplier assurance or third-party cybersecurity risk in an automotive context. • Relevant certifications such as ISO 21434, CISSP, CSSLP, GICSP, or automotive cybersecurity training.

• Define and maintain Wayve's automotive product security framework, aligned to ISO 21434, ASPICE for Cybersecurity, and customer assurance expectations. • Act as the product security lead across automotive software activities, helping teams understand what security activities are required and what good evidence looks like. • Provide independent review of cybersecurity case work products, traceability, residual risk statements, and overall credibility. • Establish mechanisms for product cybersecurity risk visibility, challenge, escalation, and decision-making. • Translate regulatory, standards, and customer expectations into practical internal requirements and assurance activities. • Support preparation for external audits, customer assessments, and OEM reviews. • Advise and upskill product and engineering teams on automotive cybersecurity practices. • Develop metrics, reporting, and continuous improvement mechanisms for automotive product security maturity.

Wayve is one of the most exciting AI companies in the UK right now. They are tackling one of the hardest problems in technology, teaching machines to drive, and they are doing it with an approach that the rest of the industry is now converging towards. Backed by SoftBank, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Uber, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Stellantis, Wayve has raised $2.8 billion in total funding and reached a valuation of $8.6 billion. With over 1,000 employees across London, Silicon Valley, Vancouver, Leonberg, Herzliya, and Tokyo, Wayve is scaling fast while keeping its London HQ at the centre. What stands out on Glassdoor (4.4/5 from 112+ reviews) is how consistently employees praise the culture, the calibre of colleagues, and the quality of the technical work. People describe it as some of the most interesting work of their careers. Wayve also offers an on-site chef, private healthcare, competitive pay with equity, and a genuine learning environment where you work alongside world-class ML researchers and engineers. That said, some reviews flag that the pace can be intense and that working across global time zones can stretch working hours. If you are an engineer, researcher, or operator who wants to work on genuinely frontier technology with real-world impact, and you thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven environments, Wayve is a rare opportunity.

• Work at the cutting edge of autonomous driving safety and security for one of the world's leading Embodied AI companies. • High-autonomy senior individual contributor role with company-wide influence. • Hybrid working policy combining in-office collaboration with home working flexibility.

Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology for autonomous driving. Founded in 2017, Wayve's advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate complex environments. Its intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers worldwide, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving.