Nuro
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
$176K–$264K
Mountain View, California (HQ) +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, California (HQ)
Nuro HQ - Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 3+ years of embedded C industry experience, including an RTOS. Bonus: 5+ years in automotive or autonomous-vehicle embedded development, including a production launch.
- Education
- B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
About the job
Develop and integrate safety-critical embedded software for automotive controllers that connect Nuro’s autonomous driving platform to vehicle systems.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and test embedded C software across controller layers, from RTOS and drivers to middleware and vehicle applications.
- Integrate the Nuro Driver™ with vehicle platforms, including CAN and Ethernet interfaces, and bring up and debug systems on benches and in vehicles.
- Build verification infrastructure and develop and verify software within an ISO 26262 process with requirements traceability.
What they ask for
- B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
- 3+ years of industry experience developing embedded software in C, including work on a real-time operating system.
- Solid fundamentals in data structures, concurrency, and algorithm design.
- Working knowledge of microcontroller internals and peripherals, with depth in at least one stated area such as device drivers, CAN or automotive Ethernet, bootloaders, embedded security, or vehicle integration and test.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of automotive or autonomous-vehicle embedded development, including a production launch.
- Experience with ISO 26262 or other listed safety-critical development; experience with the listed automotive platforms, software, or vehicle-network integration.
Pay
$176,400 and $264,000 (USD, base salary)
Tools
C, RTOS, CAN, Ethernet, ISO 26262, Infineon AURIX TC3xx, SafeRTOS, FreeRTOS
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