Nuro

Senior Software Engineer, Collision Avoidance Testing

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3 months ago
Mountain View, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$160k - $291k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Identify and design realistic collision-avoidance and collision-detection scenarios using replay simulations of logs and synthetic simulations of third-party accident reconstructions.
  • Develop validation strategies for Automated Emergency Braking through simulation and structured testing.
  • Identify gaps in simulation and public-road testing and design structured scenarios using relevant NHTSA or NCAP standards.
  • Support models that quantify risk in scenarios with a non-zero probability of collision.
  • Author test and residual-risk reports and recommend improvements to simulation realism, test realism, and autonomy architecture.
  • Support the safety case by identifying, documenting, and communicating collision-avoidance and simulation or test-realism claims.
  • Collaborate with onboard and offboard software engineering, test operations, data science, evaluation infrastructure, simulation, and leadership teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in computer science, mathematics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics, physics, or a related field.
  • Strong algorithmic problem-solving and coding experience, preferably with Python or C++.
  • Experience designing simulation-based evaluation suites and scenarios for autonomous vehicles using well-defined behavioral metrics.
  • Experience developing collision metrics, data analytics, evaluation tooling, or CI/CD test pipelines for quantifying robot performance.
  • At least 5 years of relevant technical work experience, including at least 3 years in robotics software.
  • Working knowledge of systems engineering concepts involving requirements, verification, and validation.
  • Experience developing collision metrics for self-driving vehicles is preferred.
  • Experience with structured or physical testing of robots or vehicles is preferred.
  • Experience writing safety claims and system requirements for SAE L3/L4 systems is preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with STPA and ISO 21448 is preferred.

Benefits

  • Annual performance bonus eligibility
  • Equity eligibility
  • Competitive benefits package

Tech Stack

Categories

RoboticsTesting
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About Nuro

501-1,000 employees

Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to improve everyday life with autonomy. Founded in 2016, Nuro is the universal autonomy platform for the mobility ecosystem, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale—empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.

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