Nuro · 23 hours ago
Autonomous Driving System Safety Lead
Mountain View, California (HQ)
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$213K/yr - $320K/yr
5+ years expNuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. As the Autonomous Driving System Safety Lead, you will own and author safety claims for onboard and offboard software, working closely with various teams to ensure comprehensive safety cases are developed.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsTransportation
Responsibilities
Manage safety claims by understanding the ADS design, interfaces, and technical capabilities of the system and by working closely with Autonomy Robotics and Software Infrastructure leads
Generate atomic claims through claim decomposition, delegating to the cross-functional teams where appropriate and managing quality where delegated
Generate counter-arguments (challenges) to claims, and ensure that they are either addressed or mitigated
Review and assess evidence from evaluation and validation as arguments for safety case claims, and by working closely with V&V test teams
Develop processes for and coordinate the tracking of safety performance indicators, as available from various Systems Engineering and Software Evaluation teams, to monitor driverless (driver-out L4) deployment
Escalate functional and technical risks, and missing work items such as test gaps, ADS design risks, and AI architecture insufficiencies to senior leadership and propose mitigations
Support safety research, identify appropriate technical standards and best practices that support the safety case, and apply them effectively
While this role starts as an individual contributor, there is opportunity to grow a team after the initially defined technical milestones
Qualification
Required
5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area, of which 3+ years should be in robotics software
Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, or Doctoral Degree in Computer Science, Math, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or related field
Working knowledge of and ability to apply systems engineering concepts of requirements, verification, and validation, with a deep understanding of how robotic systems work
Experience working in a safety-critical industry (e.g. robotics, automotive, aviation/aerospace, medical devices) for a complex robotic system
Hands-on experience with ISO 21448 and familiarity with ISO 8800
Highly collaborative in nature with strong abilities to think and communicate analytically and effectively, and the ability to build good working relationships
Preferred
Background in autonomous vehicles ideally with L4 AV deployment
Experience writing safety claims and system requirements for SAE L2/L3/L4 systems to operate safely
Experience with ISO 8800
Experience with naturalistic driving data and human benchmarking analysis
Experience with simulation of autonomous vehicles applied to verification and validation
Technical and strategic management experience with a small team
Benefits
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Competitive benefits package
Company
Nuro
Nuro is a robotics company specializing in the development of autonomous driving technologies.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.34BKey Investors
Disney AcceleratorTiger Global ManagementT. Rowe Price
2025-08-21Series E· $97M
2025-04-09Series E· $106M
2024-04-06Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Jiajun Zhu
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Dave Ferguson
Co-Founder
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