Nuro
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Behavior Testing
$160K–$291K
Mountain View, California (HQ) +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, California (HQ)
Nuro HQ - Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area, with 3+ years testing autonomous vehicles/robotic systems.
About the job
Build and improve automated verification and validation systems for autonomous-driving behavior, producing test evidence that supports the Autonomy Safety Case.
What you'll do
- Design and implement automated test pipelines and tooling, and standardize triage workflows across testing workstreams.
- Lead root cause analyses, identify testing gaps, and turn gaps into technical requests for partner teams.
- Collaborate with partner teams to validate scalable solutions, providing technical guidance, code review, and documentation.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area, including 3+ years testing autonomous vehicles or robotic systems.
- Ability to code in Python or C++ for automation and tooling.
- Experience designing, implementing, and managing large-scale simulation or test automation pipelines.
- Strong understanding of autonomy systems engineering and interactions among sensing, perception, prediction, and planning modules.
Nice to have
- Experience with large-scale simulation, behavior verification, or Fault detection and Response testing for L2+ autonomous systems.
- Experience with triage prioritization, safety-case evidence, or testing pipelines and validation tooling for complex projects.
Pay
USD $160,360–$291,150 base salary
Tools
Python, C++
AI focus
Develop testing and validation processes for autonomous-driving behavior and safety; no AI model development is specified.
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