Lead Technical Program Manager, Nuro
AI Platform
$176.4-264.6k
This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer
Open for applications
Autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$176.4-264.6k
This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package
Office located in Mountain View, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To better everyday life through robotics.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in technical program management, software engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical discipline, including substantial ownership of complex programs spanning multiple teams
- 2+ years of direct people-management experience, with demonstrated success developing TPMs or engineers and addressing performance gaps
- Strong technical depth in at least one relevant area, such as distributed systems, embedded software, ML infrastructure, data platforms, or robotics, with the ability to learn unfamiliar systems quickly and reason across their interfaces
- A track record of delivering ambiguous technical programs from initial definition through integration, release, and operational adoption
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: able to distinguish symptoms from root causes, test assumptions, and use evidence to guide prioritization and trade-offs
- Ability to influence teams without direct authority, resolve disagreements, and communicate technical issues, risks, and decisions clearly to engineers, executives, and external partners
- Sound judgment about when to investigate personally, when to delegate, and how much process a program needs
- A degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a technically strong, hands-on Manager of Technical Program Management to lead the TPM team supporting Nuro’s AI Platform organization
- AI Platform builds the offboard and onboard system that accelerate autonomy development and enable reliable deployment
- Its work spans the data flywheel for developing AI systems—from data collection and data mining through training, simulation, and evaluation—as well as onboard firmware, middleware and services, cloud services, and fleet operations tooling
- You will develop a team of TPMs and drive complex programs across engineering, product, operations, and external partners
- This role combines people leadership with direct ownership of critical programs: understanding the underlying technical problems, shaping clear plans, resolving dependencies, and driving decisions through implementation
- Success means faster development, more reliable systems, and readiness to deploy across vehicle platforms and commercial programs
- Lead and develop the TPM team. Set clear expectations for technical depth, ownership, and execution. Coach TPMs, manage performance and career development, hire strong talent, and align team assignments with the highest-priority needs
- Drive critical programs directly. Personally lead selected programs that require substantial technical judgment or coordination across teams. Turn ambiguous goals into defined scope, milestones, accountable owners, and measurable outcomes
- Shape priorities and execution plans. Partner with engineering and product leaders to connect platform roadmaps to autonomy development and deployment goals. Surface resource constraints, sequence dependencies, and resolve trade-offs across near-term commitments and longer-term platform investments
- Resolve technical and organizational blockers. Engage in design reviews, integration planning, and issue investigations to understand root causes, challenge assumptions, and drive decisions. Bring the right experts together and ensure decisions translate into completed work
- Drive integration and deployment readiness. Coordinate requirements, interfaces, testing, release gates, rollout plans, and operational readiness across onboard software, offboard services, and partner systems. Ensure gaps have clear owners and closure criteria
- Manage execution with external partners. Align vehicle manufacturers, technology suppliers, and commercial partners on deliverables, responsibilities, acceptance criteria, and schedules. Resolve dependencies jointly with engineering, product, business, and legal teams
- Improve how the organization executes. Establish practical planning and review processes that make risks and decisions visible. Use metrics to identify bottlenecks and improve reliability, development speed, and operational efficiency. Apply AI tools and automation to reduce repetitive coordination and reporting work
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 in 2025, 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)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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