Senior Autonomy Test & Validation Engineer

Nuro; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 291,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuro is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Behavior Testing to transform its Verification & Validation ecosystem. You will design and implement automated test pipelines, unify testing modalities, and drive data‑driven autonomy development to support the Autonomy Safety Case.

This role requires hands‑on engineering, cross‑functional collaboration with Data Platform, Simulation, and Infra teams, code reviews, and documentation to ensure scalable, reliable validation across autonomy

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area with 3+ years of experience with testing of autonomous vehicles/robotic systems.
• Hands-on software experience with the ability to code in Python or C++ for automation and tooling development.
• Experience in designing, implementing, and managing large scale simulation or test automation pipelines.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering concepts related to autonomy architecture, particularly how sensing, perception, prediction, and planning modules interact.
• Highly collaborative, with strong abilities to think and communicate analytically to drive cross-functional projects and provide technical guidance to partner teams like Simulation and Data Platform.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated test pipelines and tooling, ensuring easy adoption and minimal friction for Systems engineers.
• Drive standardization across all testing modalities by designing, implementing, and managing unified triage workflows across all workstreams.
• Establish a continuous feedback loop to improve V&V processes, specifically by leading root cause analyses and identifying testing gaps with Systems engineers.
• Turn identified system and pipeline gaps into concrete technical requests for partner teams (e.g., Data Platform, Simulation, Infra).
• Collaborate on and validate implemented solutions with partner teams, providing technical guidance, code review, and documentation to ensure solutions are scalable and meet the needs of Systems engineers.

Skills

Python

C++

Autonomy testing

Simulation pipelines

Job description

Nuro is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Behavior Testing to transform its Verification & Validation ecosystem. You will design and implement automated test pipelines, unify testing modalities, and drive data‑driven autonomy development to support the Autonomy Safety Case.

This role requires hands‑on engineering, cross‑functional collaboration with Data Platform, Simulation, and Infra teams, code reviews, and documentation to ensure scalable, reliable validation across autonomy