How to apply to Nuro

Who can join

• Legally authorized to work in the US and available for on-site work in one of Nuro's operating areas. Operator postings appear for South San Francisco (Bay Area), Los Angeles, and Houston; Fleet Technician roles run out of the Las Vegas satellite site.
• A current valid driver's license for the state where you will work, and possession of a US driver's license for 3 or more years.
• A clean driving record.
• Able to pass a criminal background check and a drug test.
• Available to reliably work 5 days a week on one assigned shift: a Morning, Afternoon/Evening, or Overnight block of roughly 8.5 hours (for example, Houston Overnight runs 12:00am to 8:30am, Los Angeles Afternoon/Evening runs 2:15pm to 10:45pm).
• Physically able to sit 3 to 4 hours at a time for up to 8 hours per day in an enclosed vehicle, lift up to 25 pounds on a regular basis, and tolerate a vehicle that may brake, swerve, slow, or stop abruptly.
• No engineering degree or robotics background is required for the in-vehicle Operator role. The separate Fleet Technician role is different: it asks for a BA/BS in IS, IT, or ME (or about 4 or more years of equivalent hands-on experience) and vehicle or robotics diagnostic experience.

Step by step

1. 1

   Find a live Operator posting on Nuro's Greenhouse board

   Nuro posts Autonomous Vehicle Operator openings on its Greenhouse board (job-boards.greenhouse.io/nuro, reached from nuro.ai/careers). Postings are specific to a city and a shift (Morning, Afternoon/Evening, or Overnight), so pick the exact posting that matches where you live and the hours you can work.

2. 2

   Apply directly through the Greenhouse application

   Submit your resume through the Greenhouse posting itself. There is no public API, no third-party fast-track, and no legitimate shortcut into the role. Apply on Nuro's own board.

3. 3

   Recruiter and screening interview

   Expect a recruiter or hiring screen that checks the basics: work authorization, shift availability, your driving history, and whether you can meet the physical demands. Nuro does not publicly disclose the operator-specific interview structure or number of rounds. Across all Nuro roles, Glassdoor users report an average process of about 23 days and a moderate difficulty score of 3.24 out of 5, but that figure is not operator-specific.

4. 4

   Background check, drug test, and driving-record review

   Before you start you must pass a criminal background check and a drug test, and your driving record is reviewed against the clean-record and 3-plus-years-of-US-license requirements.

5. 5

   Offer as a temporary 12-month hourly employee

   If hired you join as a temporary, full-time hourly Nuro employee with an expected end date about 12 months from hire, paid biweekly with full benefits.

6. 6

   Paid training and checkpoints

   You train before operating solo and must pass a number of training checkpoints both in and out of the vehicle. For Bay Area roles, worker and posting reports describe the first roughly two weeks of training being based in San Francisco or Santa Clara.

7. 7

   Run missions and generate data

   On the job you operate the vehicle in manual and autonomous mode up to 8 hours per day, collect real-world data using Nuro's proprietary software, give feedback to engineers, run daily vehicle inspection checks before and after missions, and occasionally serve as a company ambassador on leadership or investor ridealongs.

Tips to get accepted

• Apply directly on Nuro's Greenhouse board, never through a third-party recruiter or a paid fast-track service. There is no public API and no legitimate shortcut into the role.
• Choose the city-and-shift posting you can genuinely commit to for 5 days a week. Postings are shift-specific (Morning, Afternoon/Evening, Overnight), and reliable availability on one shift is part of what they screen for.
• Protect your driving record and check that you have held a US license for at least 3 years before applying. It is a hard requirement, and a clean record is what keeps you eligible.
• Sell calm, safe, attentive driving over speed or car enthusiasm. You spend up to 8 hours a day switching between manual and autonomous mode and must react safely when the vehicle brakes, swerves, or stops abruptly.
• Go in knowing it is a 12-month temporary role, not a permanent hire. Plan around the fixed end date and the discretionary contract completion bonus rather than assuming conversion to a permanent job.
• If you have a mechanical, EV, or robotics maintenance background rather than a driving one, look at the Fleet Technician role (for example in Las Vegas) instead, which maintains and calibrates the fleet and asks for a degree or equivalent hands-on experience.