# Applied Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer Gaia at Wayve

- Company: Wayve
- What the company does: Backed by SoftBank VF and Air Street.
- Company website: https://wayve.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: London; Sunnyvale
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-26
- Apply by: 2026-10-10
- Apply: https://wayve.firststage.co/jobs?gh_jid=8749904002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/wayve-applied-scientist-machine-learning-engineer-gaia/

## About the role

Generative simulation is the team that is advancing our end-to-end autonomous driving research. The team’s mission is to accelerate our journey to AV2.0 and ensure the future success of Wayve by incubating and investing in new ideas that have the potential to become game-changing technological advances for the company. You will be a senior technical contributor inside Simulation , the team that incubates breakthrough ideas for Wayve. Your mandate:

## What they're looking for

- 4+ years of experience in ML research/engineering with a focus on generative video, world models
- Deep knowledge in diffusion & latent-video models, track record of improving sampling efficiency or model throughput
- Experience working with high-dimensional temporal or spatial-temporal data (e.g., video, multi-sensor fusion)
- Strong Python and PyTorch engineering fundamentals, and experience building research-grade production tools
- Strong publication record or contributions to open-source ML tooling
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, innovative, interdisciplinary team environment

Tags: Simulation, Evaluation, Validation