# Field Engineer

**Company**: Wayve
**Location**: Leonberg
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that.

## About our Fleet Operations Engineering Teams

Our Fleet Operations Engineering team ensures the seamless operation, reliability, and safety of our autonomous vehicle fleet. As a vital part of the business, the team is responsible for rapid fault diagnosis, vehicle support, and process optimisation in high-impact environments. Field Engineers work closely with global teams, driving efficiency through hands-on technical problem-solving and collaboration.

## Your day-to-day

- Diagnose and resolve vehicle software and hardware faults onsite to maintain fleet uptime

- Perform rapid, structured fault triage, ensuring a 5-minute response time

- Follow standardised diagnosis and repair protocols, maintaining efficiency and compliance

- Collaborate with global field engineering colleagues to coordinate technical support and escalate issues

- Communicate clearly with the Field Engineering Lead regarding repair progress and shift handovers

- Participate in on-call rotations and provide technical coverage across multiple regions

- Maintain strict adherence to safety and compliance standards for all repairs

- Support ongoing improvements by identifying issues and providing actionable feedback

## What you’ll be working on

- Performing onsite diagnostics and repairs to keep the autonomous fleet operational

- Delivering rapid technical support and fault resolution under defined SLAs

- Collaborating with engineers and cross-functional teams to troubleshoot challenging issues

- Ensuring proper documentation and communication for smooth transitions between shifts and locations

- Enhancing operational processes and contributing feedback for continuous improvement

- Adhering to and promoting strict safety protocols and compliance standards

- Using platforms like Datadog, Mender, and JIRA for monitoring, diagnostics, and reporting

- Participating in a shift rota and on-call schedule, covering weekends and multiple time zones

## You should apply if

- You hold a full German driving license

- You have strong experience in vehicle diagnostics, fault triage, and repair,preferably in automotive, fleet operations, or ADAS technology

- You excel at troubleshooting and resolving technical issues quickly (meeting strict SLAs)

- You communicate clearly and collaborate well with global and cross-functional teams

- You are rigorous about safety, incident management, and compliance to operational procedures

- You thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments and are flexible for on-call/weekend shifts

- You are familiar with diagnostic tools, software monitoring platforms (e.g., Datadog, Mender), and ticketing systems like JIRA

- You are fluent in both English and German

## Desirable

- Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc. or equivalent) in Automotive, Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related technical field

- Knowledge of ADAS testing, safe vehicle-operation procedures, and high-voltage/EV certification

- High-voltage/EV experience and practical diagnostic skills with electric vehicles

- Experience identifying recurring issues and improving operational processes for safety and efficiency

## Additional Requirements

- Shift rota: Monday–Sunday (weekend work required); shifts 06:00–15:00 or 13:00–22:00

- On-site at our office in Leonberg

- Must disclose any additional employment as part of the application process

- Role subject to pre/post health check and ongoing drug/alcohol testing per company policy

- Employment contingent upon successful training and ongoing compliance

## Skills

### Required
- vehicle diagnostics
- fault triage
- repair
- Datadog
- Mender
- JIRA
- English
- German

### Nice to have
- ADAS testing
- safe vehicle-operation procedures
- high-voltage/EV certification
- electric vehicles

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