Security Operations Engineer

At Wayve we're committed to creating a diverse, fair and respectful culture that is inclusive of everyone based on their unique skills and perspectives, and regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. About us Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems. Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving. In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future. At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact. Make Wayve the experience that defines your career! The role As a Security Engineer within Wayve’s Security Operations function, you will focus on building and scaling monitoring and detection capabilities across our vehicle fleets, including both: RD vehicle fleet (development and testing vehicles) Robotaxi fleet (customer-facing vehicles) These environments represent distributed, safety-critical, and non-traditional attack surfaces, requiring bespoke approaches to telemetry, detection, and response. Working under the SecOps Engineering Lead, your primary focus will be vehicle-centric detection engineering and telemetry expansion, ensuring we have meaningful visibility into vehicle systems, edge compute, and fleet operations. You will also contribute secondarily to monitoring, detection, and incident response across Wayve’s broader IT and cloud estate, helping maintain a cohesive security operations capability across all environments. This is a hands-on engineering role, ideal for someone who enjoys solving hard visibility problems in complex, real-world systems. Key responsibilities: Monitoring Detection Build and tune detections across RD and robotaxi fleets Onboard and utilise vehicle telemetry (e.g. onboard systems, edge compute, fleet pipelines) Contribute to monitoring and detection across cloud and IT environments Improve detection coverage, playbooks, and automation Telemetry Instrumentation Define and improve security logging with autonomy, robotics, and platform teams Ensure vehicle telemetry is structured and usable for detection Threat Detection Investigation Investigate alerts and anomalies across fleet and supporting systems Perform triage, root cause analysis, and threat hunting Incident Response Support response activities across vehicle fleets and backend systems Assist with evidence collection and post-incident reviews About you In order to set you up for success as Security Operations Engineer at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience. Essential Hands-on experience in security monitoring, detection engineering, or SOC environments Experience working with log data, SIEMs, or observability platforms Strong understanding of: Detection engineering and alert tuning Attacker behaviour (e.g. MITRE ATTCK) Experience working with distributed or non-traditional environments, such as: IoT, OT, embedded systems, or edge compute Ability to write queries, detections, or scripts (e.g. Python, SQL, KQL, etc.) Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering teams to improve t ... (truncated, view full listing at source)