Nuro
Software Engineer, Sensor Platform
$132K–$165K
Mountain View, California (HQ) +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, California (HQ)
Nuro HQ - Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 2+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D in degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
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 sensors and autonomous software.
- Improve software reliability through metrics monitoring, automated testing, and vendor collaboration.
- Debug complex systems, resolve root causes, and lead cross-functional sensor and compute projects.
What they ask for
- Experience in robotics or autonomous driving systems.
- Proficiency in C++, particularly concurrency, and ability to work with embedded and real-time systems.
- Familiarity with how the Linux kernel affects driver performance.
- Clear communication and effective collaboration with engineers, PMs, and other stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience with robotics hardware, peripheral-device programming and protocols, radar/lidar/cameras, or GPU programming and driver optimization.
- Knowledge of Linux kernel/device-driver programming or networking protocols.
Pay
$132,300 and $165,370 (USD, base pay range)
Tools
C++, Linux kernel, USB, SPI, I2C, UART, Nvidia GPUs, TCP, UDP
AI focus
Develops sensor and compute software for autonomous driving systems; the posting does not specify work on AI models.
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