Director of Engineering, Eval Platform

Nuro; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 258,000 - 387,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Equity

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

A self-driving technology company in California is seeking a Director for the Eval Platform to define the technical vision and oversee simulation and evaluation systems. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in building evaluation platforms and managing engineering teams. This role requires the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and operate in a fast-paced environment. The position offers competitive base pay and bonuses, along with equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• Deep technical expertise in building simulation systems and evaluation platforms for large-scale ML/robotics systems.
• Proven experience leading and scaling engineering organizations, including managers and senior ICs.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical vision and roadmap for the Eval Platform.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a multi-team organization fostering technical excellence.
• Build and scale simulation and eval capabilities for rapid autonomy iteration.
• Own the autonomy evaluation platform and ensure it is reliable and trusted by leadership.
• Represent Eval Platform at the executive level, communicating tradeoffs and readiness.

Skills

Building simulation systems

Evaluation platforms

Strong understanding of autonomy

Leading high-impact engineering organizations

Translating technical signals into actionable insights

Comfortable in high-ambiguity environments

Job description

Overview

Who We Are Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. Founded in 2016, Nuro is building the world’s most scalable driver, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives the automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale, empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.

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 software‑driven operational workflows.

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, and software quality operations.
• 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.