Data Scientist, Robotaxi Performance – Capability

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Analyze driving behaviors and operational incidents to determine the causes and frequency of deviations from driverless service expectations.

• Develop actionable metrics, establish performance baselines, and create dashboards to monitor progress across models, software, and product iterations.

• Utilize statistical techniques to evaluate rare occurrences, measure uncertainty, and differentiate significant improvements from random fluctuations.

• Collaborate with various teams at Wayve to convert findings into development priorities, targeted validation efforts, and enhanced data collection.

• Participate in product readiness assessments by providing evidence of advancements, outstanding limitations, and confidence in the conclusions drawn.

• Evaluate real-world driving and validation datasets to pinpoint performance deficiencies, quantify operational impacts, and monitor progress.

• Identify areas where enhanced model performance can be beneficial and where additional system or product capabilities are necessary.

• Establish metrics for remote assistance, passenger pick-up and drop-off operations, passenger interactions, vehicle readiness, and recovery from operational disruptions.

• Assess intervention demand, mission success rates, recovery durations, and vehicle availability.

• Examine safety-critical interventions, unnecessary halts, stuck scenarios, and maneuver executions across diverse road types and operating conditions.

• Partner with Model Development, Behavioral Validation, Safety, and Robotaxi Engineering teams to aid in the development of safe, dependable, and scalable driverless services.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of three years of pertinent experience in data science, automotive data analysis, or a related discipline.

• Practical experience with Python, SQL, statistical analysis, and tools for examining and visualizing extensive datasets.

• Capability to transform ambiguous real-world challenges into quantifiable questions, relevant KPIs, and practical analytical methodologies.

• Experience in analyzing intricate systems, identifying performance constraints, and converting insights into product or engineering enhancements.

• Knowledge of statistical confidence, rare-event analysis, performance distributions, and trends.

• Ability to work autonomously with incomplete data, make reasonable assumptions, and adjust methods as new information becomes available.

• Effective communication with engineering, product, and leadership stakeholders, including the ability to clarify findings and their limitations.

• Valuable experience in autonomous driving, ADAS, robotics, mobility services, or other complex physical systems.

• Familiarity with vehicle dynamics, driving behavior, safety-critical incidents, or operational reliability would be advantageous.

• A relevant master’s degree or PhD in Physics, Statistics, or Mathematics is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Significant equity, allowing participation in the ownership and long-term success of Wayve.

• Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship where applicable.

• Flexible working arrangements suited to your role and location, with chances for in-person collaboration.

• Learning and development budgets supporting training, conferences, and personal growth.

• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, dental coverage, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension plans where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, team social events, and more.

• Hybrid working model that combines in-person collaboration with focused remote work.