Job brief: Autonomous Driving System Safety Lead

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Nuro's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (2 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens nuro.ai, the address Nuro's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Mountain View, California (HQ) · California - HQ
• Posted: 2025-10-14 · over 60 days ago

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What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Lead".

Must have

• 5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area, of which 3+ years should be in robotics software.
• Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, or Doctoral Degree in Computer Science, Math, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or related field.

Conditions

• Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world.
• Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets.

Main duties

• Manage safety claims by understanding the ADS design, interfaces, and technical capabilities of the system and by working closely with Autonomy Robotics and …
• Review and assess evidence from evaluation and validation as arguments for safety case claims, and by working closely with V&V test teams.
• Develop processes for and coordinate the tracking of safety performance indicators, as available from various Systems Engineering and Software Evaluation tea…
• Support safety research, identify appropriate technical standards and best practices that support the safety case, and apply them effectively.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Across Nuro's 94 open listings, 69% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Nuro hires

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