Nuro · 2 months ago
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Behavior Verification
Mountain View, California (HQ)
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 Software Engineer, you will implement metrics to evaluate the driving behavior of the Nuro Driver, ensuring safety in autonomous vehicle operations. This role requires collaboration with various teams and the development of generalizable metrics using Python and machine learning models.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop and implement in Python generalizable metrics to verify the driving behavior of an autonomous vehicle
Leverage a combination of machine learning (ML) models and safety metrics from literature to evaluate the end-to-end driving behavior
Evaluate these metrics on a variety of tests: synthetic and log simulation, on-road logs, closed-course testing data, and third-party accident reconstructions
Collaborate closely with Systems, 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
Generate detailed performance and validation reports to prove that the behavior of the autonomous system is safe to deploy in our target Operation Design Domain (ODD)
Qualification
Required
5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area with 3+ years of experience with software development
Hands-on software experience, with the ability to code proficiently in Python or C++
Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or related field
Strong understanding of robotic systems architecture - how sensing, localization, perception, prediction, behavior, and control modules interact
Familiarity with simulation and real-world testing of autonomous systems
Highly collaborative in nature, with strong abilities to think and communicate analytically and effectively
Preferred
Background in autonomous vehicles ideally with developing software for L4 autonomous
Prior experience building computational models for driving behavior or ML based metrics for behavior evaluation
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
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Dave Ferguson
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