Wayve Salary

💰 $223K–$341K salary range

Median: $290K  ·  Based on 61 public Wayve job postings  ·  Updated September 7, 2026

This Wayve salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Wayve

• Principal Research Scientist, Robot Foundation Model — $407K–$512K · Wayve Labs
• Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Geometric Vision — $407K–$460K · AV Engineering
• Director AI Integration and Applications — $403K–$458K · Product & Delivery
• Principal Engineer, Embedded Vehicle Software — $348K–$458K · Vehicle SW Engineering
• Principal Safety Case Architect — $290K–$426K · Commercial & Operations
• Research Scientist, Robot Foundation Model — $370K–$419K · Wayve Labs
• Principal Engineer, Data & Compute — $370K–$418K · AI Platform
• Director of Platform Management for Simulation, Evaluation & Validation — $332K–$415K · Simulation, Evaluation, Validation
• Principal Vehicle Integration Lead — $315K–$408K · Hardware & Supply Chain
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Vision Models — $370K–$407K · Simulation, Evaluation, Validation

Wayve salary by department

• product & delivery: $333K median · $458K top base — Director AI Integration and Applications (view JD) (7 roles)
• ai platform: $323K median · $418K top base — Principal Engineer, Data & Compute (view JD) (6 roles)
• vehicle sw engineering: $294K median · $458K top base — Principal Engineer, Embedded Vehicle Software (view JD) (10 roles)
• hardware & supply chain: $290K median · $408K top base — Principal Vehicle Integration Lead (view JD) (5 roles)
• simulation, evaluation, validation: $290K median · $415K top base — Director of Platform Management for Simulation, Evaluation & Validation (view JD) (9 roles)
• av engineering: $260K median · $460K top base — Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Geometric Vision (view JD) (7 roles)
• commercial & operations: $200K median · $426K top base — Principal Safety Case Architect (view JD) (5 roles)

Wayve salary by seniority

• Mid: $219K median · $382K top base — Machine Learning Engineer, App SW (view JD) (16)
• Senior: $260K median · $380K top base — Research Scientist, Wayve Labs (view JD) (14)
• Staff: $358K median · $512K top base — Principal Research Scientist, Robot Foundation Model (view JD) (15)

Wayve salary — lead & management

• Manager: $265K median · $382K top base — Machine Learning Engineering Manager, App SW (view JD) (14)

Remote work at Wayve

0% of Wayve's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Wayve looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (31) · PyTorch (9) · Rust (5) · Kubernetes (4) · SQL (4) · Azure (3) · CI/CD (3) · JavaScript (2) · Databricks (2) · TypeScript (2).

Benefits & perks at Wayve

Commonly listed: medical (2) · mental-health (1) · parental (1).

About Wayve

Wayve is Series D stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2017 · HQ London, England. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Wayve

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 6 that do, PhD and Bachelor's and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 95% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Wayve total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Wayve hiring activity

Wayve has 61 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 61 public job postings with disclosed pay. 28 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (41 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 3 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Wayve pay?
The median pay is $290K, with a typical range of $223K–$341K, based on 61 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Wayve?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal Research Scientist, Robot Foundation Model, at $407K–$512K base.

Which team pays the most at Wayve?
The product & delivery team, at a $333K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 61 public Wayve job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed September 7, 2026.

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