
Shift Supervisor, On-Road Operations (Overnight)
Nuro · SF, CA
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at Nuro (automotive) in SF, CA. You will be responsible for hiring & onboarding operators, actively managing their growth & performance and leading continuous improvement processes and projects.
- They ask for
- 2+ years
- Tools it names
- Robotics
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
- Openings
- 2 with this title at this site
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in California: typical posted base $84k–$106k.
Median of the low and high ends of 24 live postings that list pay, out of 42 production supervisor openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
California plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 52 other live production postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 3+)
Typical $76k–$95k, from 17 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 72%
- Lean 55%
- 5S 28%
- EHS / safety 26%
- Root cause 25%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Robotics, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Nuro
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- 2
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- 3
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Full description from NuroAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
About the Role
Our In-Vehicle Team is looking for a Shift Supervisor to build a best in class AV operator team to successfully execute on our operational missions and meet Nuro’s challenging goals. As a Front Line manager, you will be responsible for hiring & onboarding operators, actively managing their growth & performance and leading continuous improvement processes and projects. You will work closely with cross functional stakeholders within operations and with other teams to ensure the team’s work remains a valuable part of the company’s metrics.
About the Work
Responsibilities
will include providing feedback & guidance to operators, ensuring their training & competency is up to date and providing coaching/ mentoring.
- ◆Performance Management: You will be responsible for the performance reviews of the operators you manage in line with the performance evaluation metrics. As needed you will work with stakeholders to update these metrics and/or determine ways to better capture these metrics
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Who We Are
Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides.
Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale, from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles.
With years of real-world deployment experience and a flexible, partner-led business model, Nuro is working toward a future where millions of autonomous vehicles powered by our technology help make everyday life safer, easier, and more connected.
Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Uber, NVIDIA, Google, Softbank, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, and other leading investors.
People Management
- •Hiring & Onboarding: You will be responsible for running the interview process and successfully executing the onboarding for new hires in line with the plan. You will work closely with the L&D team to develop the interview & onboarding process and the grading rubric.
- •People Development: You will be expected to lead and manage a team of ~ 20 operators.
Execution Management
- •You will be responsible for Start of Shift and End of Shift activities that include capturing operator attendance, supporting software burns and data importing, and prep for the operators (keys, disks etc.)
- •You will work closely with the planning team to ensure all operators are trained and ready to execute when new features/ capabilities are rolled out.
- •You will work closely with the planning team to understand the goals for the week and the allocation strategy. In addition you will provide visibility on operator availability on a periodic basis
- •You will respond to operator and onsite incidents as per internally established procedures
- •You will actively review plan vs actual performance of your team on a weekly basis to understand drivers for deviations and identify action items to resolve those
- •You will work cross functionally with other organizations and manage continuous improvement processes and projects to enhance efficiency and throughput (deep “what’s working and not” feedback)
- •You will constantly engage with your peers in other locations to share best practices and drive standardization
About You
- •You enjoy working with people and have at least 2+ years experience managing teams of at least 10+ direct reports - hiring, performance managing, coaching and/or mentoring or combination of other relevant work experience
- •You are a natural leader and take ownership for your team’s work
- •You have an understanding of US Labor laws, Employment laws and Driving laws
- •You are a strong problem solver, and take the initiative to resolve issues on your own
- •You are comfortable with reviewing data and have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- •You enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a willingness to help out where needed
- •You have a friendly, positive attitude with a willingness to learn and grow
- •You are excited about robots and helping progress tools that will support the development of AI and robotics endeavors
- •You have the ability to work a flexible schedule that meets the business needs, including nights, evenings and weekends.
Bonus Points
- +You have at least 4+ years experience managing a large teams (15 +) direct reports
- +You have at least 2+ years of experience in the AV/delivery industry
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