# Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Behavior Fault Architecture and Detection Validation
**Company:** [Nuro](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nuro)
**Location:** Mountain View, CA
**Salary:** $176K-$320K
**Skills:** C++, C, Linux, Unix, Fault-Tolerant Systems, Fdir, Stpa, Motion Planning, Robotics Software, Data Engineering
**Posted:** 2026-02-10
> Senior/Staff engineer focusing on fault architecture, detection, and validation in autonomous driving software stack. Identifies faults, defines handling requirements, designs fail-operational systems, and develops testing tools. Requires 3+ years in robotics software and C++/C expertise.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Dive into system-level implications of autonomy architecture to understand failure modes for Behavior and Routing.
- Define requirements for fault handling throughout the autonomy software architecture.
- Drive fault-centric validation from prototype to production.
- Support development of tools and data engineering frameworks to inject faults and assess safety via simulation and testing.
- Work with developers to extract metrics for autonomous driving in degraded states.
- Contribute to tooling for automated evaluation of test logs.

## Requirements
- 3+ years of technical work experience in robotics software or relevant area.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Math, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or related field.
- Strong programming and algorithmic skills in **C++/C**.
- Experience in **multiple** of: robotics behavior/motion planning/routing; Linux/Unix systems engineering (fault-tolerant systems); FDIR for autonomous vehicles; data-driven requirements; fault test coverage; emergent behavior analysis; functional decomposition/STPA; adaptive stress testing.

## Compensation
Base pay range: **$176,400 - $319,720**, plus annual bonus, equity, and benefits.
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