Nuro
Senior/Staff Controls Engineer, Core Development
$194K–$352K
Mountain View, California (HQ) +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, California (HQ)
Nuro HQ - Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 5+ years of industry experience, including 3+ years focused on L2+ or higher automated driving controls software at scale.
- Education
- MS or Ph.D. (preferred) in mechanical, mechatronics, electrical, aerospace, robotics, or a closely related field.
About the job
Designs and deploys production vehicle-control software for Nuro’s Level 4 autonomous driving platform, covering diverse vehicle platforms and operating conditions.
What you'll do
- Develop robust, optimized controls software following ISO 26262 safety standards and improve planner-controller interactions and control strategies across an expanded ODD.
- Integrate the controls stack with new vehicle platforms and explore machine learning to improve vehicle dynamics, performance, drivability, and platform bring-up.
- Collaborate with autonomy, hardware, base software, vehicle testing, and systems teams.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of industry experience, including 3+ years developing and deploying L2+ or higher automated driving controls software at scale.
- Deep knowledge of vehicle dynamics, controls theory, and control strategy development and testing.
- Experience implementing classical and modern controls methods and/or ML for Controls.
- Strong embedded C or C++ programming skills; strong foundations in math and physics.
Nice to have
- MS or Ph.D. in a relevant field.
- Embedded C programming (preferred).
Pay
$193,930 and $352,290 (base salary range)
Tools
ISO 26262, Machine Learning, embedded C, C++, Claude Code, Gemini, Cursor
AI focus
Explore machine learning for vehicle dynamics and controls to improve vehicle performance, drivability, and reduce time for new vehicle platform bring-ups; use GenAI-assisted engineering workflows.
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