27 October 2021 | Leadership
Wayve appoints AV Expert Dan McCloskey as new VP of Hardware
Self-driving industry veteran, Dan McCloskey, joins Wayve as the new VP of Hardware. Bringing over 10 years of autonomous vehicle experience, he will lead the Hardware, Functional Safety and Systems Engineering teams at Wayve.

“I’m thrilled to be welcoming Dan to our team. With his deep hardware knowledge across the AV stack and invaluable industry experience, there is no one better suited to lead our Hardware organisation. Over the last four years, Wayve has pioneered the machine learning software to unlock autonomy and we have now earned the right to build out a world-class hardware platform to embody it in the real world. I’m excited to see Dan’s leadership drive us forward to design a market-ready autonomous vehicle, supporting our upcoming commercial last-mile delivery pilots and scaling autonomy worldwide.”
Dan McCloskey, VP of Hardware, Wayve commented:
“I have been fortunate to be at the forefront of self-driving development and see AV technology evolve from early experiments to fielded deployments of passenger and goods delivery. In joining Wayve, I’m excited to be at the forefront of the next generation of this technology, as we apply advancements in deep learning and hardware technologies to improve the scalability and accessibility of this technology. I’m thrilled to build and be a leader on the team that can further deliver on the promise of this technology.”