Nuro Project Manager, Data Quality at Nuro responsible for identifying workflow issues and building evidence-backed recommendations for fixes. Work closely with software operations and offshore QC teams to maintain quality standards.
Responsibilities
We're looking for someone who can walk into a working system, figure out where it's actually breaking, and build the case for how to fix it, without being told where to look.
Give you a workflow and a few weeks, and you'll come back with a theory of what's wrong, evidence for it, and a specific recommendation, not a request for more direction. The procedures, rubrics, and taxonomy you'll touch are downstream of that investigation. They're how your findings get made permanent; they are not the job itself.
You'll spend real time inside the in-house team's workflow. Your job there isn't to absorb and wait, it's to notice what nobody else has flagged, form a working theory of why it's happening, and test that theory against the actual work before you propose anything. Sometimes the right answer isn't a better rubric or a cleaner taxonomy at all; it's realizing the current one is solving the wrong problem. You'll also keep our offshore QC vendor team calibrated to whatever standard your investigation lands on.
This role is a great fit if you get energized by finding the thing nobody's noticed yet and making an evidence-backed case for fixing it, even when that case meets resistance. If you'd rather build your own read on a problem than follow someone else's checklist, want your work tied directly to a product that matters, and thrive with autonomy and a direct line to leadership, this is the role for you.
This is not a good fit if you do your best work with a defined process to execute against. That's a different, valuable skill, but it's not this role.
Finding What's Actually Wrong
Spend real time in the workflow and form your own read on where it breaks, not just where you're told to look
Build a working theory, then go test it against real cases before you propose anything
Be willing to conclude that the rubric, the taxonomy, or the process itself is the actual problem
Turn what you find into a specific, evidence-backed recommendation, not a vague observation
Defend that recommendation when someone pushes back, and update it fast when the pushback is right
Report findings and recommendations to the Head of Software Operations on a regular cadence, without being asked
Qualification
Strong written communicationComfort with tools like NotionExperience in roboticsFamiliarity with UA background in taxonomyAt Nuro
Required
4+ years in a role where you were measured on judgment calls and outcomes, not on adherence to an existing process, such as project management, operations, process design, or QA in a software or tech environment
A track record of finding a problem nobody assigned to you, building your own case for the fix, and pushing it through
Comfortable forming an independent hypothesis with incomplete information, then stress-testing and revising it fast as you learn more
Experience making a case for a change that someone disagreed with, backed by evidence rather than conviction, and either winning the argument or changing your own view when the pushback was right
Sharp pattern recognition and the communication skills to turn observations into a clear, specific recommendation
Strong written communication: your procedures and rubrics leave no room for misreading
Comfort with tools like Notion, Confluence, Airtable, Jira, or similar
Preferred
Experience in robotics, autonomy, mapping, or visual software environments
Familiarity with U.S. roadways and driving behavior
Experience coordinating offshore or distributed contractor teams
A background in taxonomy, ontology, or classification system design
Experience running inter-rater reliability or calibration programs
Autonomy software is being built right now, and the systems supporting that work need to keep up. The improvements you make here will be felt by the engineers, the QC team, and ultimately in the reliability of what Nuro ships into the world.
If that sounds like the kind of work you were made for, we'd love to hear from you.
At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected base pay range is between $99,000 and $149,300 for the level at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.
