Director of Engineering, Eval Platform

Core responsibilities for this role include:

• Define and own the technical vision and roadmap for the Eval Platform, spanning simulation, evaluation infrastructure, and software quality operations
• Lead, mentor, and grow a multi-team organization (managers and senior ICs), fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Build and scale simulation and evaluation capabilities that support both rapid autonomy iteration and rigorous validation use cases
• Own the autonomy evaluation and validation platform, and partner closely with Autonomy and Systems leadership, ensuring it is reliable, scalable, and trusted

This role creates positive change by developing the critical evaluation platform that underpins autonomous vehicle safety and deployment readiness, ultimately contributing to making autonomy accessible to all and empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Deep technical expertise in building simulation systems and evaluation platforms for large-scale ML/robotics systems
• Strong understanding of autonomy and validation, and how to build high quality tools for these use cases
• Proven experience leading and scaling high-impact engineering organizations, including managers and senior ICs
• Ability to translate complex technical signals into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment

Compensation and benefits include:

• Base pay range: $258,000 - $387,000 annually
• Annual performance bonus
• Equity compensation
• Competitive benefits package
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and psychological safety for all employees

Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. They build the world's most scalable driver by combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware, licensing their core technology to support applications from robotaxis to personally owned vehicles.