Nuro
Senior Software Engineer, Sensor Platform
$160K–$241K
Mountain View, California (HQ) +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, California (HQ)
Nuro HQ - Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 6+ years with a bachelor's or master's degree; 4+ years with a Ph.D.
- Education
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field; Ph.D. accepted for the 4+ year experience alternative.
About the job
Designs and develops reliable, high-performance sensor and compute software platforms for autonomous vehicles and robotics.
What you'll do
- Design and develop sensor and compute systems, and architect or deploy sensor and autonomous software.
- Improve reliability through monitoring, automated testing, vendor collaboration, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
- Lead cross-functional sensor and compute projects and mentor software engineers.
What they ask for
- Experience in robotics or autonomous driving systems.
- Strong C++ proficiency, particularly concurrency, and system software development from device drivers to applications.
- Deep understanding of Linux kernel-level algorithmic correctness and performance optimization.
- Clear communication and effective collaboration with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience with robotics hardware, peripheral devices and protocols, radar, lidar, or imaging cameras.
- Experience with machine learning, image processing, GPU programming, Linux device drivers, or networking.
Pay
$160,360 and $240,540 (base salary range; the posting does not state an ISO currency code).
Tools
C++, Linux, USB, SPI, I2C, UART, Nvidia GPUs, TCP, UDP
AI focus
Develops sensor and compute software for autonomous vehicles and robotics; the posting also lists machine learning and image processing as bonus experience.
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