Senior Radar Systems Engineer
Mountain View, CA$193.9k - $291.2kFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Senior role guiding technical strategy, evaluation, and supplier development for Nuro’s radar sensing capability. Hands-on leadership to define radar requirements, evaluate and select sensors, and mentor the radar team, partnering with Perception, Systems, and Product to integrate radar into the sensing and compute architecture.
Responsibilities
- Set the technical direction for Radar evaluation and selection strategy.
- Define Radar performance requirements, specifications, and evaluation criteria, grounded in real downstream perception and system needs.
- Build, run, and standardize rigorous bench and in-context evaluation methodologies for candidate Radar sensors.
- Drive supplier engagements at Tier 1 and Tier 2, influencing component roadmaps and full-module designs to align with requirements.
- Lead technical due diligence on Radar vendors and technologies, producing comparative assessments and recommendations.
- Mentor and grow the existing Radar team.
- Partner with Perception, Software, and Mechanical teams to ensure Radar selections integrate into the broader sensing and compute architecture.
- Build and maintain long-term partnerships across the Radar supply base, joint development programs, and industry/standards bodies.
- Communicate technical roadmaps, trade-offs, and recommendations to engineering peers and executive stakeholders.
Qualifications
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunication, Physics, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 6+ years of professional engineering experience with substantial hands-on work on Radar or closely adjacent sensing systems.
- Deep expertise in Radar fundamentals: link budget, antenna technologies, signal processing (FFT, CFAR, detection) and design tradeoffs.
- Experience balancing price and performance with sound engineering and commercial trade-offs at scale.
- Proven track record evaluating, specifying, and selecting sensor hardware with data-driven benchmarking.
- Direct experience influencing suppliers at Tier 2 and Tier 1 levels, driving requirements from evaluation through production.
- Comprehensive understanding of the automotive Radar ecosystem, vendors, cost and manufacturability drivers, and trends.
- Experience mentoring engineers and elevating technical capability.
- Familiarity with automotive or safety-critical product cycles and standards (ISO 26262) preferred.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to convey complex trade-offs to experts and executives.
- Collaborative, partnership-oriented approach with credibility to build trust with internal teams and external suppliers.
Skills
Required:Radar system design and evaluationSupplier engagement and managementBench and evaluation methodologyCross-functional collaboration
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus
- Equity
- Competitive benefits package
- Diversity and inclusion commitment
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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