Nuro · 4 hours ago
Senior/Staff Systems Engineer, Autonomy Verification
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$176K/yr - $320K/yr
5+ years expNuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. As a Senior/Staff Systems Engineer working on Autonomy Verification, you will be responsible for verifying that the Nuro Driver is safe to deploy and complies with the rules of the road, requiring collaboration across various teams and ownership of requirements and test strategies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
Create requirements for an autonomous system, ensuring safe operation within its ODD and compliance with the rules of the road
Design generalizable metrics and acceptance criteria to verify that the autonomous system satisfies these requirements, leveraging safety standards and methodologies
Propose and leverage diverse test strategies - synthetic and log simulation, on-road logs, closed-course testing, third-party accident reconstructions - to verify requirements
Collaborate closely with Behavior, Perception, Data Science, Product, Legal, and Public Trust teams to develop acceptance criteria for metrics and tests
Partner with simulation infrastructure and test integration teams to set up automated verification workflows
Quantify coverage of the tests for our ODD, ensuring simulation realism and relevance for deployment. Link the results from the tests as evidence to support the Autonomy Safety Case
Qualification
Required
5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area with 3+ years of experience with development or validation of autonomous vehicles/robotic systems
Experience creating behavior requirements for SAE L2, L3, or L4 autonomous systems or other robotic systems to operate safely within its ODD
Experience with simulation and real-world testing of autonomous systems
Strong understanding of the autonomy architecture - how sensing, localization, perception, prediction, behavior, and control modules interact
Hands-on software experience, with the ability to code in Python or C++
Highly collaborative in nature, with strong abilities to think and communicate analytically and effectively
Preferred
Background in autonomous vehicles ideally with L4 AV deployment
Prior experience building computational models for driving behavior or ML based metrics for behavior evaluation
Familiarity with safety standards and methodologies like STPA, ISO-21448, ISO 8800
Experience developing a safety case or compiling evidence supporting a safety case in a structured manner
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
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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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