- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- Mountain ViewCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Jun 8, 2026
Full-time
Senior Software Engineer, Collision Avoidance Testing
Job description
Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides. Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale, from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles.
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, or Doctoral Degree in Computer Science, Math, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or related field.
- Strong algorithmic problem solving skills and coding (preferably Python or C++) experience to implement scalable solutions.
- Experience with designing simulation-based evaluation suites and scenarios for testing autonomous vehicles using well-defined metrics to score good behavior.
- Experience developing collision-type metrics, data analytics, evaluation tooling, or CICD test pipelines to quantify robot performance in test environments.
- Experience with probability modeling.
- Highly collaborative in nature with strong abilities to think and communicate analytically and effectively, both verbal and written.
- Self-starter and fast learner - you should be passionate about picking up new skills and approaching unstructured problems from first principles while prioritizing and managing workload to meet critical project…
- 5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area, of which 3+ years should be in robotics SW.