Staff/Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Behavior & Planning
Core
Technical leader for Nuro's Behavior & Planning team, designing and deploying state-of-the-art ML models for autonomous driving prediction, decision-making, and planning.
Role type
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Autonomy)
Builds
Universal autonomy platform (Nuro Driver) for robotaxis, logistics fleets, and personal vehicles.
Domain
Autonomous driving / Robotics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning foundations, sequential decision making, generative modeling, foundation/world models, Python, C++, full ML development cycle, technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, mentorship
Preferred skills
Autonomous vehicles or robotics experience, team management experience, PyTorch/JAX/TensorFlow, research publications in top venues
Technologies
PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow
Responsibilities
Lead ML initiatives across the autonomy stack from idea to on-road deployment, design and productionize SOTA models (LLM/VLM, RL, diffusion, transformers), build models generalizing to new geographies and vehicle platforms, partner with Perception/Simulation/Infra teams, own full model lifecycle, mentor engineers and shape technical strategy
Seniority
Staff, high-ownership technical leader
