Nuro is looking to validate autonomy performance by assessing conflict scenarios and quantifying collision risk. The goal is to identify and manage collision-related risks resulting from functional insufficiency, ensuring safety and driving software architecture and development.
Requirements
- Experience with both simulation and on-road testing of autonomous vehicles using well-defined metrics to score good driving behavior, with strong algorithmic problem solving skills and Python experience.
- Experience with naturalistic driving data involving collisions and collision avoidance.
- Familiarity with STPA, ISO 21448, and ISO 8800.
- Experience working with real-world datasets (e.g. NuScenes) and simulators (e.g. Carla).
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain methods and software which evaluates collision risk in the context of conflict scenarios in on-road logs or in simulation by modeling both crash dynamics and predictive behavior of agents.
- Develop labeling processes and simulation software for the extraction of parameters from logged conflict scenarios.
- Leverage scientific literature and real-world data from public roads and closed course/track to model evasive maneuver responses and collision severity.
- Evaluate, track, and report collision risk, making strategic recommendations based on the results for test realism improvements, changes to autonomy architecture, and mitigations.
- Communicate effectively in a cross-functional product development team and present risks and requirements effectively.
Other
- 5+ years of technical work experience in a relevant area, of which 3+ years should be in robotics software research and development (offboard or onboard).
- Highly collaborative in nature with strong abilities to think and communicate analytically and effectively, both verbal and written.
- Self-starter and fast learner - you should be passionate about picking up new skills and approaching unstructured problems from first principles while prioritizing and managing workload to meet critical project deadlines.
- At Nuro, we celebrate differences and are committed to a diverse workplace that fosters inclusion and psychological safety for all employees.
- Nuro is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and expressly prohibits any form of workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.
