Nuro · 5 months ago
Head of Safety Management Systems
Mountain View, California (HQ)
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$184K/yr - $278K/yrNuro is a self-driving technology company focused on making autonomy accessible to all. They are seeking a Head of Safety Management Systems to lead the Safety Office, direct the executive Safety Committee, and enhance safety in the design, testing, and operation of their autonomous vehicle technologies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
Head the Office of Safety within Public Trust
Play a key role in directing the efforts of the company’s executive Safety Committee
Preparing the company-wide Safety Cases for each of our products, reviewing and improving sections prepared by each of the relevant technical and operational functions, and providing a uniform voice and consistency to the final document
Serve as Nuro’s “SMS Executive” in articulating and implementing Safety Management Systems across the company
Implement safety strategy through managers and safety responsible engineers in each functional area
Review and consult on Safety Case components, including V&V, prepared by each organization prior to preparation of the company-wide Safety Case
Ensure accountability through dotted-line reporting relationships to safety responsible engineers across the company
Establish training and other requirements to improve safety education among safety responsible engineers and across the company more generally
Play a key role in cross-functional safety organizations and activities governing the development, validation, and operation of our products
Play a key role in emergency planning and response
Keep current on emerging issues in safety and autonomy, and review and provide guidance to the Safety Committee as appropriate regarding emerging regulatory and voluntary industry standards and issues
Ensure Nuro actively participates in national and international dialogue on autonomous vehicle engineering and safety, and articulate goals for Nuro policies regarding safety for consideration by the whole Safety Committee
Ensure Nuro is properly represented on safety matters in dialogue with legislators, regulators, industry standard setting bodies, and the media
Qualification
Required
Deep technical expertise in safety engineering, preferably in a high-tech environment in transportation, with experience in frontier technology and AI/ML development
Technical experience, preferably with hands-on experience working in SW, HW and Operations
A team player, able and willing to work in a collaborative environment, while also freely sharing their expert advice and counsel
Focused on the company's mission, and seeks practical solutions that advance safety in an environment conducive to development
Able and willing to capably articulate Nuro's safety strategy and story to regulators, industry bodies, and the general public
Benefits
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Competitive benefits package
Company
Nuro
Nuro is a robotics company specializing in the development of autonomous driving technologies.
Founded in 2016
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (50)
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2023 (91)
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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
Recent News
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