Sourcer, Wayve
2-5 days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
Autonomous mobility driven by AI
Posted today
Autonomous mobility driven by AI
201-500 employees
Posted today
2-5 days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To reimagine autonomous mobility through embodied intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in a sourcing or a recruitment role, preferably within the technology industry
- Research and sourcing skills, confident using various sourcing tools and platforms
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, build relationships with and influence candidates
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities effectively
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Familiarity with recruitment marketing and employer branding strategies would be advantageous
What the job involves
- In the position of Sourcer you will play a critical role in identifying and engaging top talent for Wayve.
- This position requires a proactive approach and strong research and influencing skills, with the ability to build and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates.
- You’ll work closely with recruiters and hiring managers to understand hiring needs and develop effective sourcing strategies to meet these needs
- Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to understand position requirements and develop targeted sourcing strategies
- Utilise various sourcing methods, including job boards, social media, networking events, and other innovative channels to identify potential candidates
- Conduct thorough candidate research and talent mapping to build a pipeline of qualified candidates for current and future openings
- Engage passive candidates through effective outreach, including emails, phone calls, and messages
- Screen and assess candidates' qualifications, experience and fit for the organisation, as well as influencing passive candidates to convert to active
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of candidate interactions and sourcing activities in the applicant tracking system
- Build and nurture relationships with potential candidates to ensure a positive candidate experience and long-term engagement
- Stay informed about industry trends, talent market insights, and competitive intelligence to improve sourcing strategies
- Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition team to continuously identify opportunities for improvement in our processes and tools
Our take
Wayve is developing artificial intelligence (AI) that teaches cars to drive autonomously using reinforcement learning, simulation, and computer vision. Wayve’s core premise is that the big breakthrough in self-driving cars will come from better AI brains rather than more sensors or “hand-coded” rules which it believes are highly restrictive and not at all scalable.
The company said that it trains its autonomous driving system using simulated environments and then transfers that knowledge into the real world, where it emulates how humans adapt to conditions in real time. It ultimately relies on end-to-end deep learning AI rather than hard-engineered AI. This is one of the world's hardest problems to solve, but Wayve has made an exciting start and is taking a very different approach to competitors like Uber and Waymo, who are relying more on sensors.
Following a few years of innovative breakthroughs, Wayve now has backing from high-profile investors such as Microsoft and angels, including Uber's chief scientist Zoubin Ghahramani and Pieter Abbeel, a UC Berkeley robotics professor and pioneer of deep reinforcement learning. The company's strategic partnerships with outfits like Asda and Ocado to test-run autonomous deliveries, as well as publicity through the Minister is a show of confidence in the future of Wayve's solution to autonomous driving.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2024
$1.1bn
SERIES C
Jan 2022
$200m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- Learning budget
- In-house chef
- Flexible Working
- Private health insurance and therapy
- Workplace nursery scheme
- Onsite bar
- Large social budgets
- Enhanced parental leave
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Alex Kendall
(CEO)Has a PhD from Cambridge in Computer Vision & Robotics. Previously Research Engineer at Skydio and Advisor to Scape Technologies
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