# Director of Engineering, Eval Platform

**Company:** [Nuro](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nuro)
**Location:** Mountain View, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $258k – $387k/yr
**Skills:** Simulation Systems, Evaluation Platforms, Machine Learning, Robotics, Autonomy, Validation Tools, Software Infrastructure
**Posted:** 2026-02-10

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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