Hot Automotive startups hiring
First on the list in November 2026: Waabi, Applied Intuition and Nuro.
Latest to raise: ALSO, which raised $150M Series D in August 2026. Updated , using Saywise's data on startup funding and open roles. See how we rank them.
Find my matchesThe top 25, November 2026
1
Waabi
Built to think.
Raised $750M Series C in January 2026
9 new roles in 30 days
Backed by Khosla Ventures
Investors: Khosla Ventures, G2 Venture Partners, Uber
56open roles$90k – $320k a year
2
Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition is the physical AI company bringing intelligence to every moving machine on the planet.
Raised a Other round in June 2026
59 new roles in 30 days
Backed by Kleiner Perkins
Investors: Kleiner Perkins, BlackRock, BlackRock-managed funds
236open roles$80k – $423k a year
3
Nuro
Autonomy for all.
Raised a Other round in June 2026
20 new roles in 30 days
Backed by Tiger Global Management
Investors: Tiger Global Management, Baillie Gifford, Bain Capital Ventures, Banyan Capital
119open roles$80k – $426k a year
- 4
ALSO
Born out of Rivian.
Raised $150M Series D in August 2026
5 new roles in 30 days
Investors: Prysm Capital
19 open roles$100k – $280k a year
- 5
Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Making the world's roads and drivers safer.
Raised $350M Series D in March 2026
7 new roles in 30 days
Investors: Allianz X, SoftBank Vision Fund, TPG
18 open roles$91k – $248k a year
- 6
Raised $10M Seed in June 2026
YC X26
Investors: Y Combinator, Crane Venture Partners
4 open roles$96k – $250k a year
- 7
Raised a Other round in May 2026
4 new roles in 30 days
Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Aliya Capital Partners, Battery Ventures, BMW i Ventures
40 open roles$10k – $265k a year
- 8
May Mobility
Transforming cities through autonomous technology to create a safer, greener, more accessible world.
5 new roles in 30 days
YC S17
Investors: Y Combinator
35 open roles$50k – $312k a year
- 9
Pronto
10/10 house help, delivered in minutes.
Raised $20M Series B in May 2026
4 new roles in 30 days
Investors: Lachy Groom
26 open roles$66k – $284k a year
- 10
41 new roles in 30 days
Investors: Rochefort Asset Management
149 open roles$75k – $314k a year
- 11
Wayve
At Wayve, we’re building a global driving intelligence that learns from data and scales across different vehicles and geographies.
27 new roles in 30 days
69 open roles$72k – $600k a year
- 12
Motional
We're making driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.
20 new roles in 30 days
63 open roles$67k – $396k a year
- 13
Vitu
The future of vehicle titling, registration and collateral management.
34 new roles in 30 days
38 open roles$38k – $160k a year
- 14
Tekion
Tekion is redefining automotive retail with an end-to-end, AI-native platform purpose-built for the industry.
15 new roles in 30 days
23 open roles$53k – $312k a year
- 15
UVeye
See for yourself.
19 new roles in 30 days
Investors: Ahaka Capital, CarMax, Epsilon Underwriting & Issuing, F.I.T. Ventures
19 open roles$60k – $170k a year
- 16
42dot
We envision a world where everything is connected and moves autonomously through a self-managing urban transportation operating system.
14 new roles in 30 days
24 open roles$133k – $325k a year
- 17
Raised $50M Series C in March 2026
Backed by Andreessen Horowitz
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Dreamers VC
9 open roles$125k – $215k a year
- 18
12 new roles in 30 days
39 open roles$90k – $300k a year
- 19
CarNow
Transforming the way car dealers connect with customers.
11 new roles in 30 days
Investors: Runway Growth Capital
11 open roles$75k – $250k a year
- 20BA
4 new roles in 30 days
YC F26
Investors: Y Combinator
4 open roles$160k – $200k a year
- 21
DealerOn
Award-winning Car Dealer Websites, Social Media Marketing, SEO, and Digital Advertising for auto dealerships.
6 new roles in 30 days
Investors: NexPhase Capital
19 open roles$38k – $161k a year
- 22
Raised $50K Seed in March 2026
YC W26
Investors: Y Combinator
4 open roles$80k – $170k a year
- 23PO
9 new roles in 30 days
9 open roles$84k – $350k a year
- 24
NuBrakes
On-Demand Consumer and Fleet Maintenance Delivered At Your Home Or Office.
8 new roles in 30 days
Investors: Canvas Prime
10 open roles
- 25
Raised a Series B round in January 2026
4 new roles in 30 days
9 open roles$125k – $280k a year
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