Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-28

Wayve salaries 2026: posted ranges by role and level

64 open roles at Wayve publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $248k to $311k; the highest posted maximum is $600k. Ranges come from Wayve's own postings on its careers site, refreshed every 6 hours. All Wayve roles.

By function

Function	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Research	6	$341k	$419k	$394k	$512k
Engineering	28	$276k	$322k	$292k	$460k
Infrastructure	16	$261k	$308k	$291k	$418k
Data	2	$243k	$289k	$266k	$311k
Go-to-market	2	$178k	$246k	$212k	$250k
Operations	8	$178k	$234k	$206k	$408k

By level

Level	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Staff+	16	$312k	$389k	$351k	$460k
Lead / Manager	13	$280k	$311k	$294k	$580k
Senior	12	$210k	$285k	$247k	$351k
Unspecified	23	$210k	$267k	$238k	$382k

By role

The most posted roles first.

Role	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Machine Learning Engineer	5	$312k	$382k	$341k	$460k
Software Engineer	5	$210k	$260k	$235k	$375k
Research Scientist	3	$370k	$419k	$394k	$512k
Engineering Manager	3	$276k	$311k	$294k	$311k
Applied Scientist	2	$311k	$441k	$376k	$512k

Highest posted ranges at Wayve

One row per role.

Role	Level	Range	Location
Director, Application Engineering - US	Lead / Manager	$490k to $600k	Detroit, Michigan USA
Director AV Product Engineering	Lead / Manager	$440k to $580k	London, United Kingdom
Principal Research Scientist, Robot Foundation Model	Staff+	$407k to $512k	Sunnyvale, California USA

Method: base-salary ranges parsed from the compensation field or description of each posting; placeholder ranges (top at least 3x the bottom) excluded; medians use the range midpoint; level inferred from the title. All AI companies · Wayve jobs.