Vehicle Validation Engineer

Job description

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 Team

The team comprises a group of engineers committed to the validation and enhancement of autonomy at the vehicle level. Responsibilities include the formulation of technical requirements, design revisions, and the implementation of countermeasures through systematic plan development, test execution, and comprehensive data analysis. The team operates cross-functionally to validate autonomy performance and conducts rigorous root cause analysis to resolve complex technical issues.

About the Work

• Define validation objectives: Transform high-level company goals and ODD into verifiable requirements, identifying coverage gaps to ensure testing reflects actual design intent.
• Develop analytical frameworks: Engineer first-principles models to evaluate system behavior against performance targets, assessing whether specifications meet underlying intent.
• Establish validation criteria: Define measurable pass/fail standards grounded in rigorous engineering reasoning rather than arbitrary thresholds.
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