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Senior Software Technical Program Manager - Systems Tooling

Nuro
Mountain View, California
Full Time
Posted December 16, 2025
$160k - $241k
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Job Description

The Technical Program Manager at Nuro is responsible for leading cross-functional initiatives to develop and implement verification and validation tools that ensure the safety, reliability, and readiness of autonomous driving systems for driverless deployment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive cross-functional execution of systems verification and validation tooling programs for driverless deployment.
  • Coordinate integration of tooling with simulation and autonomy stacks to ensure systems readiness.
  • Translate verification needs into concrete tooling requirements across perception, planning, control, and safety validation workflows.
  • Manage project plans, track progress, risks, and dependencies using internal tools.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to develop infrastructure supporting model validation, synthetic data, and automation.
  • Conduct validation tool readiness reviews to meet safety and regulatory standards.
  • Provide updates, decision documentation, and risk assessments to stakeholders.
  • Identify and implement improvements to tooling workflows to accelerate validation cycles.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
  • At least 5 years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or software development in robotics, automotive, or related technology domains.
  • Proven experience leading cross-functional programs involving multiple engineering disciplines such as software, hardware, autonomy, or systems.
  • Strong understanding of system verification and validation, testing frameworks, or simulation infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex dependencies, drive alignment, and communicate effectively across technical and leadership audiences.
  • Proficiency with agile program tools e.g., Jira, Asana and technical documentation platforms e.g., Confluence.
  • Experience translating high-level systems verification needs into concrete tooling requirements across perception, planning, control, and safety validation workflows.
  • Experience building and maintaining detailed execution plans, tracking progress, risks, and metrics.
  • Ability to partner with systems and simulation engineers to evolve infrastructure supporting model validation, synthetic data, test orchestration, and automation at scale.
  • Experience driving validation tool readiness reviews and ensuring the V&V tooling stack meets regulatory and internal safety certification standards for driverless operations.
  • Ability to provide regular program updates, decision documents, and risk assessments to technical and leadership stakeholders.
  • Experience identifying bottlenecks in tooling workflows and implementing improvements to accelerate system validation cycles.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range between $160,360 and $240,540 depending on experience and qualifications
Annual performance bonus
Equity options
Competitive benefits package

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