Director of Engineering, Eval Platform

Nuro; California (MO); On-site; USD 258,000 - 387,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

Nuro is seeking a Director-level leader for the Eval Platform to shape the simulation, evaluation, and compute/storage roadmap that underpins autonomous driving development. This role will drive multi-team collaboration and ensure robust, scalable tools for rapid autonomy iteration.

The candidate will mentor managers and senior ICs, promote technical excellence, and partner with Autonomy and Systems leadership to deliver trustable validation and deployment readiness across the platform.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in building simulation systems and evaluation platforms for large-scale ML/robotics systems.
• Strong understanding of autonomy and validation; ability to build high-quality tools for these use cases.
• Proven experience leading and scaling high-impact engineering organizations, including managers and senior ICs.
• Ability to translate complex technical signals into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical vision and roadmap for the Eval Platform, spanning simulation, evaluation infrastructure, compute and storage platform.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a multi-team organization (managers and senior ICs), fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Build and scale simulation and eval capabilities that support rapid autonomy iteration and rigorous validation use cases.
• Own the autonomy evaluation and validation platform, partnering with Autonomy and Systems leadership to ensure reliability and trust across teams.
• Represent Eval Platform at the executive level, communicating tradeoffs, progress, risks, and readiness.

Skills

Simulation & evaluation

Technical leadership

ML & robotics

Strategic planning

Tools

Simulation frameworks

Data pipelines

Compute & storage platforms

Job 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 Role

The Eval Platform team owns the simulation and evaluation and validation platform that underpins autonomy development and driverless readiness validation. This platform is mission-critical for both rapid iteration during development and rigorous validation used to assess safety, performance, and deployment readiness.

We are looking for a seasoned engineering leader to lead the Eval Platform as a Director-level role. This leader will define the technical vision, execution strategy, and organizational structure for a multi-disciplinary org spanning simulation, evaluation infrastructure, and compute and storage platform.

The evaluation platform brings together data, simulation, metrics, and analysis workflows into a coherent system that allows the teams to:

• Iterate quickly to improve the autonomy performance

• Measure autonomy performance and risk with credibility and rigor

• Make confident, data-driven decisions about driverless deployment

About the Work

• Define and own the technical vision and roadmap for the Eval Platform, spanning simulation, evaluation infrastructure, compute and storage platform .

• Lead, mentor, and grow a multi-team organization (managers and senior ICs), fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.

• Build and scale simulation and eval capabilities that support both rapid autonomy iteration and rigorous validation use cases.

• Own the autonomy evaluation and validation platform, and partner closely with Autonomy and Systems leadership, ensuring it is reliable, scalable, and trusted by autonomy engineering, validation, and leadership

• Represent Eval Platform at the executive level, clearly communicating tradeoffs, progress, risks, and readiness

About You

• Deep technical expertise in building simulation systems, evaluation platforms for large-scale ML / robotics systems

• Strong understanding of autonomy and validation, and how to build high quality tools for these use cases.

• Proven experience leading and scaling high-impact engineering organizations, including managers and senior ICs

• Ability to translate complex technical signals into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment

At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected base pay range is between $258,000 and $387,000 for the level at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.

At Nuro, we celebrate differences and are committed to a diverse workplace that fosters inclusion and psychological safety for all employees. Nuro is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and expressly prohibits any form of workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. #LI-DNP