Senior/Staff Systems Engineer, Platform Systems

Nuro•Mountain View, CA

1d•$160,360 - $291,150

About The Position

Nuro is seeking a Senior/Staff Systems Engineer to join their Platform Systems team. This role involves leading system-level requirements definition, architecture design, integration strategy, and validation for key platform areas such as autonomy sensors, AV compute, motion control, pose/localization, or end-to-end latency. The engineer will be responsible for characterizing and quantifying system performance, defining targets and acceptance criteria, and recommending operating constraints for various ODDs and vehicle platforms. They will also define and quantify test coverage, partner with software teams on interfaces and validation, collaborate with hardware teams and vendors, and support V&V efforts. A significant part of the role includes analyzing test data, performing root cause analysis for complex issues, and driving them to resolution.

Requirements

Deep understanding of how robotic systems work and ability to leverage this knowledge to plan for verification and validation.
3+ years of experience in one of the platform areas — autonomy sensors, AV compute, motion control, pose/localization, or end-to-end latency.
Experience testing in HIL environments or on road testing.
Hands on experience in systems engineering.
Ability to read code in C++ and write code in Python / MATLAB.
Strong communication skills - both verbal and written.

Nice To Haves

AV or ADAS background.
Familiarity with other safety standards such as STPA, ISO-21448

Responsibilities

Lead system-level requirements definition, architecture design, integration strategy, and validation in one of the platform areas — autonomy sensors, AV compute, motion control, pose/localization, or end-to-end latency.
Characterize and quantify system performance for that area: define nominal targets, minimum performance, and acceptance criteria across all ODDs, and defend those numbers with data rather than convention.
Recommend operating constraints for current and future ODDs on different vehicle platforms — for example trajectory constraints for a given virtual driver, or sensor performance envelopes.
Define and quantify test coverage for your area, including the realism and relevance of proposed tests across simulation, SIL/HIL, closed course, and on-road.
Partner with software teams to define interfaces, performance metrics, failure modes, and validation strategies; validate platform modules against ground truth where applicable.
Collaborate with hardware and EE teams and external vendors on component selection, characterization, and integration; review and recommend changes to supplier requirements and test plans.
Support V&V by reviewing and suggesting additional tests and implementing test cases in SIL/HIL environments.
Analyze and interpret test data from simulation, HIL/SIL, and on-road testing to confirm requirements are met, and perform root cause analysis for complex cross-functional issues found during integration and testing, driving them to resolution.