Senior Systems Test Engineer, Autonomy Behavior
Design, implement, and automate verification & validation pipelines and triage workflows for Nuro's Level 4 autonomous driving platform, collaborating across hardware, software, and robot operations teams using Python or C++.
- Compensation
- $160.4K–$291.2K / yr
- Location
- Mountain View, California (HQ)
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area
- 3+ years of experience with testing of autonomous vehicles/robotic systems
- Ability to code in Python or C++ for automation and tooling development
- Experience designing, implementing, and managing large scale simulation or test automation pipelines
- Strong understanding of systems engineering concepts related to autonomy architecture (sensing, perception, prediction, planning)
- Highly collaborative with strong analytical communication skills for cross-functional projects
Nice to have
- Experience with large scale simulation, behavior verification, or Fault detection and Response testing for L2+ autonomous systems
- Prior experience defining and implementing triage prioritization strategies and workflows
- Familiarity with linking test results as evidence to support the Autonomy safety case
- Experience implementing testing pipelines, validation tooling, and triage workflows for complex projects
Full description
Who We Are
Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides.
Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale, from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles.
With years of real-world deployment experience and a flexible, partner-led business model, Nuro is working toward a future where millions of autonomous vehicles powered by our technology help make everyday life safer, easier, and more connected.
Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Uber, NVIDIA, Google, Softbank, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, and other leading investors.
**About the Team
**The Systems Engineering team is responsible for the requirements, architecture, and validation of autonomous driving capabilities across engineering disciplines. This includes designing performance metrics, evaluation methods, and criteria for success, which the team then drives cross-functional via requirement definition and system validation. Systems Engineering works at the intersection of hardware, software, and robot operations, with a deep understanding of technologies in all three. We are a small, high-impact team that sets the checkpoints for autonomy deployment.
About the Role
The Senior Systems Test Engineer (STE), Autonomy Behavior role is responsible for transforming Nuro's Verification & Validation (V&V) ecosystem. You will focus on the technical implementation, standardization, and automation of V&V processes. This involves creating a unified, automated architecture for validation , designing and managing streamlined triage workflows , and continuously improving the testing pipelines to drive informed, data-driven autonomy development. Your work is key to proving the system's safety by generating test results that support the Autonomy Safety Case.
**About the Work
The STE role involves hands-on technical work to design, align, structure, and continuously improve automated test pipelines and workflows:
- Design and implement automated test pipelines and tooling, ensuring easy adoption and minimal friction for Systems engineers.
- Drive standardization across all testing modalities by designing, implementing, and managing unified triage workflows across all workstreams.