Senior Radar Systems Engineer

Nuro•Mountain View, CA

About The Position

Nuro is seeking a Senior Radar System Engineer to lead the technical strategy, evaluation, and supplier development for their radar sensing capabilities. This role involves setting technical direction, improving sensor evaluation and selection processes, and mentoring engineers. The ideal candidate will have end-to-end experience in designing radar systems, from antennas and MMICs to DSP and supply chain management. This position will significantly influence Nuro's definition of radar excellence, setting hardware standards, evaluating market sensors, and collaborating with suppliers to meet the autonomous driving system's needs.

Requirements

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunication, Physics, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
6+ years of professional engineering experience, with substantial hands-on work on Radar or closely adjacent sensing systems.
Deep, demonstrable expertise in Radar fundamentals: link budget, antenna technologies, signal processing (FFT, CFAR, detection) and design tradeoffs.
Demonstrated ability to balance price and performance, making sound engineering and commercial trade-offs around cost, manufacturability, and capability to land on the right solution at scale.
Proven track record of evaluating, specifying, and selecting sensor hardware, with a structured, data-driven approach to benchmarking and qualification.
Direct experience influencing suppliers at the component (Tier 2) and module/system (Tier 1) level, including driving technical requirements from evaluation through production.
Comprehensive understanding of the automotive Radar ecosystem, vendors, technology landscape, cost and manufacturability drivers, and emerging trends.
Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and elevating the technical capability of those around you.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs clearly to both expert and executive audiences.
A collaborative, partnership-oriented approach and the credibility to build trust with internal teams and external suppliers alike.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with automotive or other safety-critical product cycles, including validation, reliability, and functional safety standards (e.g., ISO 26262), is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Influence suppliers by working directly with vendors on component-level decisions and with Tier 1 module suppliers on system-level performance, cost, and reliability.
Balance cost and performance by making trade-offs between price, manufacturability, and performance to ensure technically excellent and commercially viable sensor choices at scale.
Connect teams by partnering with Perception, Systems, and Product to translate their needs into clear sensor requirements, and by providing supply base insights to leadership for roadmap development.
Set the technical direction for Radar evaluation and selection strategy.
Define Radar performance requirements, specifications, and evaluation criteria, grounded in real downstream perception and system needs.
Build, run, and standardize rigorous bench and in-context evaluation methodologies for candidate Radar sensors.
Drive supplier engagements at both Tier 1 and Tier 2 levels, influencing component roadmaps and full-module designs to align with requirements.
Lead technical due diligence on Radar vendors and technologies, producing clear comparative assessments and recommendations.
Mentor and grow the existing Radar team.
Partner with Perception, Software, and Mechanical teams to ensure Radar selections integrate cleanly into the broader sensing and compute architecture.
Build and maintain strong, long-term partnerships across the Radar supply base, joint development programs, and relevant industry/standards bodies.
Communicate technical roadmaps, trade-offs, and recommendations clearly to engineering peers and executive stakeholders.