TLM, ML Collision Avoidance

Who We Are 

Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. Founded in 2016, Nuro is building the world’s most scalable driver, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives the automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale, empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.

About the Team
The Nuro Driver’s collision avoidance system is a simple, redundant autonomy stack, which performs simple maneuvers to prevent collision as an additional layer of robustness. It is similar in concept to an L2 ADAS system, with a significant emphasis on an AI driven approach. The backup systems team engineers this system, including perception, prediction and risk reasoning, commanding emergency paths, and proving the system’s performance. Our team also works on some other safety features within the Driver, for instance reduced operation following hardware failures

About the Role
As a TLM for Autonomy on the ML collision avoidance team, you will lead a team of talented software engineers, guiding technical direction and fostering their growth. You will be responsible for both the technical vision and execution of critical AI components within our safety-critical backup autonomy stack.

About the Work

You will be responsible for leading and contributing to several of the following areas:

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and building a highly motivated team.

• Define technical roadmap and strategy for AI components within the backup system, ensuring alignment with overall product and safety goals.

• Oversee the design, development, and deployment of machine learning models for general obstacle detection and motion prediction, using multiple sensors, with a focus on simple but effective representations for reliable performance.

• Guide the team in data mining and analysis to predict future conflicts and to make principled decisions on initiating emergency maneuvers.

• Collaborate with controls and behavior teams to ensure seamless integration and handoffs to and from emergency mode for safe and physically achievable emergency maneuvers.

• Work closely with operations and systems teams to prove that collision prevention meets consumer vehicle standards, including designing and overseeing testing methodologies.

• Lead large-scale simulated testing to identify unintended risks of the backup system, and accurately measure differentiation in the failure modes of the primary and backup systems.

• Direct the implementation and testing of short-term fallback driving modes for the primary Nuro Driver, including fine-tuning or modifications of our "foundational" perception and behavior models.

Manage project timelines, resources, and deliverables, ensuring high-quality and timely execution.

About You

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area.

• Experience:

• 4+ years of industry engineering experience, with a significant focus on AI, robotics, autonomous systems, or ADAS.

• 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership or management role, leading software engineering teams.

• 2+ years of dedicated expertise in machine learning.

• Strong proficiency in C++ and Python.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical projects from design to completion.

• Bonus points for experience in any of these:

• Experience managing teams focused on 3D geometry and state estimation fundamentals.

• Leadership experience in lidar, camera, or radar-based ML, and sensor fusion..

• Background in traditional robotic planning with kinematic constraints.

• Experience validating robotic systems with simulation and statistical metrics, including defining metrics and test strategies.

• Deep understanding of ADAS concepts like TTC, PRT, and standards like FMVSS127.

At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected base pay range is between $235,030 and $352,290 for the level at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.

At Nuro, we celebrate differences and are committed to a diverse workplace that fosters inclusion and psychological safety for all employees. Nuro is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and expressly prohibits any form of workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. #LI-DNP