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 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:<ul><li>Leverage VLMs to curate geographically diverse datasets matching real-world driving distributions</li><li>Develop high fidelity synthetic data frameworks across sensor modalities</li><li>Optimize ML-powered validation of data quality and model readiness</li></ul>Tailor Your Impact:<ul><li>High-Output Generalist: Work across autonomy, infrastructure, databases, simulation, and ML development, gaining domain knowledge in Robotics and ML.</li><li>Robotics Expert: Build state of the art solutions for data discovery, auto-labeling, and synthetic generation/reconstruction in close collaboration with Infrastructure and Autonomy.</li></ul>About the Work You’ll solve autonomy’s hardest data challenges through applied ML and systems rigor:<ul><li>Architect hybrid systems combining deep learning and classical algorithms for scalable data curation and annotation.</li><li>Design frameworks to quantify synthetic data’s real-world fidelity and improve synthetic data rendering quality.</li><li>Build tools that automatically surface data gaps impacting perception model performance.</li><li>Collaborate with autonomy engineers to turn raw sensor streams into targeted training priorities – addressing critical gaps that limit perception and autonomy performance</li></ul>About You <ul><li>BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area.</li><li>Experience <ul><li> 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.</li></ul></li><li>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.</li></ul>Bonus Points <ul><li>Familiarity working with synthetic or autonomous driving data.</li><li>Experience building ML systems for robotic applications</li></ul>At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected pay range is between $183,825.00 and $275,975.00/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.

We believe that great technology should benefit everyone. The team at Nuro is accelerating a future where robots make life easier and help us connect to the people and things we love. Together, we're pushing the boundaries of robotics to improve human life.
Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu have devoted their careers to robotics and machine learning, most recently as Principal Engineers at Google's self-driving car project (now Waymo). They founded Nuro in 2016 to harness the power of robotics and artificial intelligence to solve new challenges at a global scale.
Our vehicle is a fully autonomous, on-road vehicle designed to transport goods quickly, safely, and affordably.
With no driver or passengers to worry about, our vehicle has been engineered from the ground up to keep what's outside even safer than what's inside.
Efficient, electric, and fully autonomous, it delivers life's needs at a price anyone can afford.

Sr. Software Engineer, Perception ML Data

Who We Are&nbsp;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 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:<ul><li>Leverage VLMs to curate geographically diverse datasets matching real-world driving distributions</li><li>Develop high fidelity synthetic data frameworks across sensor modalities</li><li>Optimize ML-powered validation of data quality and model readiness</li></ul>Tailor Your Impact:<ul><li>High-Output Generalist: Work across autonomy, infrastructure, databases, simulation, and ML development, gaining domain knowledge in Robotics and ML.</li><li>Robotics Expert: Build state of the art solutions for data discovery, auto-labeling, and synthetic generation/reconstruction in close collaboration with Infrastructure and Autonomy.</li></ul>About the Work You’ll solve autonomy’s hardest data challenges through applied ML and systems rigor:<ul><li>Architect hybrid systems combining deep learning and classical algorithms for scalable data curation and annotation.</li><li>Design frameworks to quantify synthetic data’s real-world fidelity and improve synthetic data rendering quality.</li><li>Build tools that automatically surface data gaps impacting perception model performance.</li><li>Collaborate with autonomy engineers to turn raw sensor streams into targeted training priorities – addressing critical gaps that limit perception and autonomy performance</li></ul>About You <ul><li>BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area.</li><li>Experience <ul><li>&nbsp;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.</li></ul></li><li>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.</li></ul>Bonus Points&nbsp;<ul><li>Familiarity working with synthetic or autonomous driving data.</li><li>Experience building ML systems for robotic applications</li></ul>At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected pay range is between $183,825.00 and $275,975.00/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.

Sr. Software Engineer, Perception ML Data

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