- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Sunnyvale
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
Wayve is building a new Sourcing Team, and this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the function and defining how we work with the business. This is a start-up environment, where we are creating processes, frameworks, and ways of working from scratch. The role is perfect for someone who thrives in building processes and ways of working, enjoys working across multiple areas of the business, and wants to make a real impact from day one.
In this role, you’ll be sourcing for role primarily across Engineering, Product and Science domains, giving you exposure to multiple domains and the opportunity to influence how Wayve attracts and hires top talent.
At Wayve, Talent Sourcers and Talent Partners are equal partners in the hiring process, each playing a crucial role in securing the best talent. As a Talent Sourcer, you will be responsible for identifying, engaging, and nurturing top candidates, working closely with Talent Partners and Hiring Managers to understand needs, develop sourcing strategies, and build a strong, sustainable talent pipeline.
Key responsibilities:
- Own the top-of-funnel for assigned roles, translating intake into a clear profile, location and level plan with a published search brief and channel plan.
- Lead structured intake and calibration sessions; challenge assumptions using market and pipeline data.
- Build and maintain live market maps (target companies, orgs, communities, universities, conferences, repos) to guide hiring strategy
- Design and run multi-channel sourcing campaigns: targeted outreach, referrals, communities, events and light content..
- Produce qualified, diverse slates quickly; set and meet time-to-slate targets for priority roles.
- Co-own the hiring cadence with Talent Partners and Hiring Managers: weekly syncs, risk flagging and clear options to unblock.
- Maintain excellent ATS (greenhouse) hygiene, document searches, tags and notes for reusability and reporting.
- Share actionable talent intelligence and recommendations with leaders to influence role design, location strategy and hiring plans.
- Partner with Comms/Marketing and teams to activate referrals and create role-specific talent content when useful.
About you
In order to set you up for success as a Talent Sourcer at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience:
Essential
- Proven sourcing experience in tech (AI/ML/Robotics/Autonomy exposure a plus), operating as a partner to business leaders.
- Advanced search skills (Boolean/X-ray, talent mapping, competitive intel) and proficiency with modern sourcing stacks.
- Clear, concise communicator who can influence Hiring Managers and convert passive talent.
- Data-literate: you measure, experiment, and iterate to improve outcomes.
- Comfortable with ambiguity; proactive, organised and fast without sacrificing quality.
- Familiarity with recruitment marketing and employer branding strategies would be advantageous.
At Wayve we want the best of all worlds so we operate a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our office to fuel innovation, culture, relationships and learning, and time spent working from home.
We understand that everyone has a unique set of skills and experiences and that not everyone will meet all of the requirements listed above. If you’re passionate about self-driving cars and think you have what it takes to make a positive impact on the world, we encourage you to apply.
For more information visit Careers at Wayve.
To learn more about what drives us, visit Values at Wayve
DISCLAIMER: We will not ask about marriage or pregnancy, care responsibilities or disabilities in any of our job adverts or interviews. However, we do look to capture information about care responsibilities, and disabilities among other diversity information as part of an optional DEI Monitoring form to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring process and ensure that the process is inclusive and non-discriminatory.
