Senior Software Engineer, Nuro

Simulation

$167.2-250.8k

+ Bonus + Equity

Python
C++
Mid and Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Mountain View, CA

Nuro

Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer

Open for applications

Nuro

Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer

501-1000 employees

B2BLogisticsRoboticsElectric VehiclesComputer VisionAutomationDelivery

Open for applications

$167.2-250.8k

+ Bonus + Equity

Python
C++
Mid and Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Mountain View, CA

501-1000 employees

B2BLogisticsRoboticsElectric VehiclesComputer VisionAutomationDelivery

Company mission

To better everyday life through robotics.

Role

Who you are

  • You have 3+ years of experience working in software engineering or related fields
  • You are a talented software developer with experience in C++ and Python
  • You enjoy tackling challenges in new problem spaces, solving pivotal problems, and building real solutions that bring your ideas to life
  • You thrive in a highly-collaborative environment, working effectively with engineers, PMs, and other stakeholders on project ideas, prioritization, and execution
  • You have a high standard of technical excellence, and have experience maintaining and raising the technical bar for your team
  • You’re experienced with all stages of a project’s lifecycle. You can quickly take a project from zero to one or scale an existing one up to be relied upon in critical pipelines and workflows
  • You have start-up DNA: You have demonstrated an ability to thrive in the ambiguity of a dynamic, start-up environment or have the DNA to do so
  • You are passionate about bettering everyday life through robotics

Desirable

  • Previous experience in simulation for autonomous vehicles or other areas of autonomous vehicle development

What the job involves

  • Simulation is at the core of autonomy development
  • The Sim Core team is responsible for building the core simulator that powers all simulations at Nuro, allowing us to develop and test our autonomous driving technology in a repeatable and scalable manner
  • The team focuses on tackling various challenges associated with executing the autonomy system in a fully virtual setting - from data integration and orchestration, to performance and resource optimization, to framework and interface design - collaborating with teams across the company to set and expand the range of what’s possible to simulate
  • Expand the functionality, performance, and usability of our core simulator
  • Design and build solutions to unify and simplify the interactions of complex systems
  • Work across a large array of potential efforts, ranging from new greenfield projects to expanding/scaling existing systems
  • Work closely with teams that use simulation, including evaluation/metrics teams, autonomy engineers, and systems engineers
  • Drive extensive collaborations with other teams and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions, especially teams that build the infrastructure that simulation depends on

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. The company is turning its focus to commercializing and scaling the production of its third-generation vehicle at a new facility in Southern Nevada as it hopes to expand its services across the US.

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Top investors

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-29% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Nov 2021

$600m

SERIES D

Nov 2020

$500m

SERIES C

Total funding: $2.1bn

Company benefits

  • Free Caltrain pass and commuter benefits
  • Company stock options
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • Earn it - We seek and expect excellence and are not afraid of hard work
  • 1% better everyday - We continuously focus on improving both as individuals and as a company
  • Find a way - We embrace uncertainty and thrive on solving the hardest problems
  • Act now - We trust our team's judgment—everyone is a problem solver
  • One team - Nuro only succeeds if we are all working toward a common goal

Company HQ

Mountain View, CA

Leadership

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

(President)

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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