Software Systems Engineer, Intern

Who We Are 

Nuro exists to better everyday life through robotics. We have an exemplary team of entrepreneurs and engineers, designers, and scientists. We believe AI and robotics are at the cusp of transforming daily life and we are dedicated to building meaningful products with this technology. Join us and play a critical role in our mission.

About the Role

Our software organization is growing and we are looking for talented students to join our Systems & Safety teams as part of the Pathfinders Internship Program. 

As a Pathfinder, you will gain meaningful work experience while applying the knowledge and skills you have gained in the classroom. You will have the opportunity to make connections with interns and employees across the company, and to make a quantifiable impact on one of our teams. 

We hire students at the graduate levels for roles lasting 12, 14 or 16 weeks. Longer term internships are available for research positions. 

About The Work

As a Systems Engineer, Autonomy Software, Fault Detection and Response you will work very closely with the software engineering, autonomy product, and data science teams. You will build scalable validation methodology for fault detection, isolation and recovery, and tools for assessing autonomy performance and behavior in degraded states. As a key part of Nuro's systems approach, you will contribute to maintaining Autonomy’s fault-centric architecture and stress test the autonomy software stack from system level down to modules through deterministic and probabilistic software-driven techniques. Your work is expected to have short term impact in our next deployments, as well as long term impact on autonomy feature roadmapping and Nuro’s scaled fleet operations. 

About You

• You are pursuing a PhD or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field graduating in December 2023 or later
• You have experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Adaptive stress testing or probabilistic software diagnostics
• Software development or QA in one or more of autonomy’s core modules: localization, perception prediction, planning, controls, teleoperation
• Experience with Linux or Unix computer systems engineering such as communication protocols, designing fault-tolerant systems, and atomicity and coordination of concurrent activities
• Analyzing and managing FDIR (fault detection, isolation, recovery) for the software stack on semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicles or equipment
• Defining requirements using data-driven and first-principle techniques
• Implementing test coverage for faults
• Identifying emergent behavior in a safety-critical complex system including interactions between modules
• End-to-end functional decomposition, defining physical/logical architectures, allocating functionality, and reliability analysis of safety-critical complex systems via STPA or other hazard analysis techniques

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.