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Autonomy Engineering Recruiting Manager

California - HQFull-time$160k–$240k2026-10-12 → 2026-11-10

Core

Build and lead the recruiting function for Nuro Driver, the engineering organization building foundational end-to-end models for Level 4 autonomous driving.

Role type

Senior recruiting manager (technical recruiting)

Builds

The recruiting team and pipeline for ML, autonomy, systems engineering, controls, and localization roles

Domain

Autonomous driving / Robotics / AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Technical recruiting, team leadership, market mapping, candidate negotiation, data analysis, stakeholder management

Preferred skills

AV/robotics/ML hiring experience, hiring senior engineers, innovative problem solving

Technologies

Nuro Driver, ML, autonomy, systems engineering, controls, localization

Responsibilities

Lead 4-5 recruiters and manage workload; personally run key-hire searches for ML and autonomy; define hiring strategy and quarterly plans; coach recruiters on technical screening and sourcing; calibrate with engineering leaders on interview design and decision speed; build trusted reporting on pipeline metrics.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities