Sr. Software Engineer, Perception ML Data

Nuro, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that is revolutionizing everyday life through robotics. As a Perception ML Data Engineer, you will play a crucial role in bridging machine learning innovation with autonomy infrastructure. Your expertise will help tackle autonomy's toughest data challenges, ensuring that our autonomous systems effectively learn from high-quality, diverse datasets. This position offers the chance to work on state-of-the-art solutions that directly impact the future of autonomous driving technology. If you are passionate about integrating ML solutions into real-world applications, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

Annual performance bonus

Equity options

Comprehensive health benefits

Flexible work schedule

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience with Python and C/C++.
• Experience in implementing ML solutions in real-world systems.
• Familiarity with synthetic or autonomous driving data is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect hybrid systems for scalable data curation and annotation.
• Design frameworks to improve synthetic data rendering quality.
• Collaborate with engineers to enhance perception model performance.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Machine Learning

Data Curation

Robotics

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Bachelor's in Robotics

Bachelor's in Statistics

Bachelor's in Physics

Bachelor's in Math

Tools

Deep Learning Frameworks

Data Annotation Tools

Synthetic Data Generation Tools

Job description

Sr. Software Engineer, Perception ML Data

Who We Are

Nuro exists to better everyday life through robotics. Founded in 2016, Nuro has spent eight years developing autonomous driving (AD) technology and commercializing AD applications. The Nuro Driver is our world-class autonomous driving system that combines AD hardware with our generalized AI-first self-driving software. Built to learn and improve through data, the Nuro Driver is one of the few driverless autonomous technologies on public roads today.

Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Fidelity, Bailie Gifford, T. Rowe Price, Google, and other leading investors. We’ve partnered with some of the world’s most respected brands including Uber, FedEx, Domino’s, Walmart, Kroger, and 7-Eleven.

About the Role

We’re a team of high-output generalists where ML and systems engineering converge to push autonomy performance forward. As a Perception ML Data Engineer, you’ll bridge machine learning innovation and autonomy infrastructure to ensure our models learn from the most relevant, diverse, and high-quality data. Your work will directly impact how autonomous systems understand rare scenarios, adapt to global geographies, and scale safely.

Design and advance systems that:

• Leverage VLMs to curate geographically diverse datasets matching real-world driving distributions
• Develop high fidelity synthetic data frameworks across sensor modalities
• Optimize ML-powered validation of data quality and model readiness
• High-Output Generalist: Work across autonomy, infrastructure, databases, simulation, and ML development, gaining domain knowledge in Robotics and ML.
• Robotics Expert: Build state of the art solutions for data discovery, auto-labeling, and synthetic generation/reconstruction in close collaboration with Infrastructure and Autonomy.

About the Work
You’ll solve autonomy’s hardest data challenges through applied ML and systems rigor:

• Architect hybrid systems combining deep learning and classical algorithms for scalable data curation and annotation.
• Design frameworks to quantify synthetic data’s real-world fidelity and improve synthetic data rendering quality.
• Build tools that automatically surface data gaps impacting perception model performance.
• Collaborate with autonomy engineers to turn raw sensor streams into targeted training priorities – addressing critical gaps that limit perception and autonomy performance

About You

• BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area.
• Experience
  
  • 4+ years of industry software engineering experience with Python fluency and C/C++ familiarity. Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical projects from design to completion.
• You possess practical experience in implementing ML solutions and enjoy integrating them into real-world systems. Your focus is on deploying impactful, integrated solutions rather than purely theoretical ML experimentation.

Bonus Points

• Familiarity working with synthetic or autonomous driving data.
• Experience building ML systems for robotic applications

At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected pay range is between $167,200.00 and $250,800.00/year 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.

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