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NuroNuroMountain View, CA

Director of Engineering, Eval Platform

Leads engineering for Eval Platform, defining vision and roadmap for simulation, evaluation infrastructure supporting autonomy development and validation. Requires deep expertise in ML/robotics simulation, proven leadership of high-impact teams, and executive communication.

258k – 387k/yr
On-siteEngineering Management

About the role

About the Work

  • Define and own the technical vision and roadmap for the Eval Platform, spanning simulation, evaluation infrastructure, and software quality operations.
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a multi-team organization (managers and senior ICs), fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
  • Build and scale simulation and eval capabilities that support both rapid autonomy iteration and rigorous validation use cases.
  • Own the autonomy evaluation and validation platform, and partner closely with Autonomy and Systems leadership, ensuring it is reliable, scalable, and trusted by autonomy engineering, validation, and leadership.
  • Represent Eval Platform at the executive level, clearly communicating tradeoffs, progress, risks, and readiness.

About You

  • Deep technical expertise in building simulation systems, evaluation platforms for large-scale ML / robotics systems.
  • Strong understanding of autonomy and validation, and how to build high quality tools for these use cases.
  • Proven experience leading and scaling high-impact engineering organizations, including managers and senior ICs.
  • Ability to translate complex technical signals into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment.

Compensation: Base pay range $258,000 - $387,000, plus annual performance bonus, equity, and competitive benefits.

Skills

Simulation SystemsEvaluation PlatformsMachine LearningRoboticsAutonomyValidation ToolsSoftware Infrastructure

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