Senior Robotics Reliability Engineer, Nuro
$145.8-219k
+ Annual performance bonus and equity
Requires Thursdays in office.
4-5 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer
Open for applications
Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$145.8-219k
+ Annual performance bonus and equity
Requires Thursdays in office.
4-5 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To better everyday life through robotics.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for someone who can proactively identify systemic weaknesses and architect long-term solutions
- Keen systematic analysis and problem-solving skills; a passion for understanding and debugging complex systems
- Strong ability to reverse engineer unexpected behaviors to source code triggers
- Coding proficiency, preferably in C/C++, Python, Golang, and/or Bash
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, able to identify problems and take initiative to fix them
- BS, MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or other related technical field
- Experience building tools for automating and troubleshooting Linux systems
- Experience in an on-call support rotation
- Experience monitoring and securing server infrastructure at scale
- Understanding and hands-on experience with Unix/Linux internals and networking
Desirable
- Experience working with robotics, sensors, automotive, or aerospace systems
- Experience in a site reliability, systems, and/or release engineering role
- Experience in building AI/ML services for troubleshooting and incident response
What the job involves
- The Robotics Reliability Engineering (RRE) team at Nuro is dedicated to ensuring the reliability and resilience of the software and systems that power our autonomous vehicle fleet
- RRE acts as the frontline incident response team for complex technical issues that arise during fleet operations—especially those that block on-road missions or impact fleet-wide performance
- When operational teams encounter problems they can’t resolve, RRE steps in to triage, diagnose, and coordinate the resolution, often collaborating with both hardware and software engineering groups
- As a Robotics and Reliability Engineer, you'll be the technical point of contact (POC) for diagnosing and resolving on-site issues
- You'll work directly with our robotic systems, acting as the first line of defense for a wide range of technical challenges, from system-level glitches to software and connectivity problems
- Your role goes beyond just fixing things
- You'll lead projects from end to end, driving improvements through automation, process enhancements, and cross-functional collaboration
- A key part of the role will be to develop clear data visualizations that help the entire team understand problem trends and make data-driven decisions
- Additionally, you'll serve as a technical mentor for our team, sharing your knowledge to improve our collective problem-solving capabilities and building foundational infrastructure
- You'll participate in on-call support rotation to diagnose and mitigate software issues with Nuro’s vehicle fleet
- Support our operations team as they carry out autonomous vehicle testing and customer facing missions, ensuring our software and hardware are operating properly
- Analyze software issues for contributing factors, themes, and corrective actions
- Document results to share the learnings across Nuro’s organization
- Develop monitoring, auditing and reporting systems and workflows for Nuro’s secure and reliable fleet operations with timely insights
- Our tools include Prometheus, Grafana, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes
- Propose, design, review, execute, and lead technical projects for the Robotics Reliability Engineering team
- Build tools and automation to advance our capabilities for streamlined diagnosis and troubleshooting
- Collaborate with other technical teams including Hardware, Performance, Connectivity, Security, Embedded SW and others to identify cross-team risks and solutions
Our take
Nuro offers custom-built autonomous vehicles for the delivery of physical goods, rather than people. Its vehicles have a distinctive, futuristic, design that has not only made the vehicles noticeable from a marketing point of view, but, has also made its vehicles stand out to other road users, improving safety.
Nuro is an exciting addition to the autonomous vehicle landscape. Without a passenger inside the vehicle, it has been able to sidestep some of the safety issues that have plagued other autonomous vehicle brands. Additionally, the company has landed several high-profile partners, including Uber, Walmart, Chipotle, and Kroger.
With home deliveries at an all-time high, many companies are looking for ways to get goods to customers’ homes as fast as possible. Low-cost, efficient services such as Nuro's offering are becoming increasingly attractive. Following Series E funding, the company is focusing on growing new commercial partnerships and scaling its technology.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2025
$203m
SERIES E
Nov 2021
$600m
SERIES D
Total funding: $2.3bn
Company benefits
- Free Caltrain pass and commuter benefits
- Company stock options
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Jiajun Zhu
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)After an MA in Computer Science at the University of Virginia, Jiajun worked as Principal Software Engineer at Google for over 8 years. He left this role in August 2016 to co-found Nuro with Dave.
Dave Ferguson
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Experienced Robotics Engineer with stints at Google (Computer Vision and Machine Learning Lead) and Intel (Senior Research Scientist). PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.
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