What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vehicle Technician Lead position at Wayve?
The Role
Wayve is looking for an intelligent, resourceful, and creative technician lead with extensive experience and a diverse skill set. The candidate should be capable of taking initiatives and working autonomously with minimal guidance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and prioritize workshop manufacturing and testing schedule
- Provide regular progress updates and communicate any delays or concerns to stakeholders and management.
- Track the operation and maintenance of workshop tooling, equipment, and vehicles. Schedule routine maintenance and repairs to ensure optimal functionality.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to build high-quality AV vehicles/benches/HIL’s & rigs for effective test and development.
- Manage and support ad hoc activities for internal key stakeholders, such as software, electrical, mechanical, and safety teams to ensure quick problem resolution, and efficient communication of issues.
- Maintain proper manufacturing documentation and record, including hardware and software updates.
- Continuously seek opportunities to improve workshop operations and manufacturing efficiency.
About You
In order to set you up for success as a Vehicle Technician Lead at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience.
Essential
- Extensive development and prototype vehicle build experience, from whole-vehicle down to component level.
- Comprehensive knowledge of vehicle architecture and operation of support equipment.
- Experience of supporting and maintaining prototype vehicles, and ability to contribute to component and system fault diagnosis.
- Competency in fabrication and basic machining skills.
- Ability to interpret engineering specifications and drawings
Desirable
- Autonomous Vehicle Experience
- Have a deep understanding of Health and Safety policies.
This is a full-time role based in our office in Sunnyvale, CA. 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.
