Nuro · 6 days ago
Lead ML Research Scientist
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$258K/yr - $387K/yr
6+ years expNuro is a self-driving technology company focused on making autonomy accessible to all. The Lead ML Research Scientist will work with autonomy teams to address perception, prediction, and planning challenges using advanced machine learning methods, while also providing technical leadership to a large team.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
Apply and research novel and advanced machine-learning techniques
Solve perception, prediction, and planning problems in a state-of-the-art autonomy system
Build and leverage effective and efficient ML data pipelines
Provide technical and people leadership to a large team
Production and deploy autonomous software to public roads
Qualification
Required
6+ years of work experience with an M.Sc. or Ph.D. focusing on one or more of the following areas: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, or a closely related field
Deep subject matter expertise and research in the following areas: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Robotics
Strong problem solving and programming skills in C++ or Python
Strong culture fit and good team player
Demonstrated research publications in any of the major conferences (RSS, ICRA, CoRL, CVPR, ICLR, ICML, NeurIPS, ICCV, AAAI, etc.)
Benefits
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Competitive benefits package
Company
Nuro
Nuro is a robotics company specializing in the development of autonomous driving technologies.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.34BKey Investors
Disney AcceleratorTiger Global ManagementT. Rowe Price
2025-08-21Series E· $97M
2025-04-09Series E· $106M
2024-04-06Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Jiajun Zhu
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Dave Ferguson
Co-Founder
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