Director of Systems Engineering at Nuro leading teams that translate autonomous driving goals into system requirements, performance targets, and verification strategies. Responsible for defining hardware/software architecture, conducting trade studies, and ensuring safe, scalable deployment of the Nuro Driver across vehicle platforms.
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 Role
Nuro is looking for a Director of Systems Engineering to lead a high-caliber team responsible for defining, analyzing, validating, and improving the performance of the Nuro Driver across complex hardware and software systems.
Systems Engineering sits at the center of how we turn ambitious autonomy goals into clear technical requirements, measurable performance targets, and verified system behavior on public roads. This team partners deeply across behavior, sensing, perception, prediction, planning, hardware, safety, test, and product to ensure the NuroDriver™ performs reliably in the real world and can scale across vehicle platforms and commercial use cases.
In this role, you will lead teams responsible for translating critical use cases into system requirements, conducting rigorous analyses and trade studies, informing architectural decisions, and ensuring our verification strategy establishes that the system meets the bar required for safe, scalable deployment. You will be expected to operate with strong technical depth, excellent judgment, and the leadership ability to build, coach, and raise the bar for a high-performing engineering team.
About the Work
About You
You are a technical leader who can operate across abstraction levels, from high-level system architecture and safety-critical requirements down to detailed performance analysis and verification strategy. You are comfortable leading through complexity, making tradeoffs with imperfect information, and partnering across disciplines to drive high-quality decisions.
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Bonus Points
At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected base pay range is between $258,000.00 and $387,000.00 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