Who We Are
Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling semi-trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Toyota, FedEx, Volvo Trucks, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, U.S. Xpress, Werner, Covenant, Schneider, and Ryder. For Aurora’s latest news, visit aurora.tech and @aurora_inno on Twitter.
We’re searching for a StaffSoftware Engineer to come and join the System Software Architecture (SSA) team at Aurora. As a software engineer in the SSA group at Aurora, you will be responsible for designing, delivering, and maintaining software systems that run onboard our self-driving vehicles. The team works cross functionally with the autonomy group (localization, perception, planning, controls) and the software organization at large, on high-priority, initiatives that need commitment from multiple teams to land successfully. Past projects have included managing onboard latency, improving the fidelity of offline timing models based on on-road data, upgrades to our sensor configuration and reducing tail latencies through deep, system level optimizations. Team members collaborate every day with leading experts in machine learning, sensor development, large-scale software systems, simulation, and robotics and have opportunities for advancing the state of autonomous systems and implementing their own groundbreaking ideas.
As a team, we strive to increase the pace of development and amplify our impact by developing systems and components targeted at critical parts of the self-driving problem. We are involved in efforts in both leadership and support capacities, while bringing a cross-org perspective to the task at hand, and deploying disciplined engineering, evaluation of data, and rigorous testing.
In general, our team exists to catalyze change across the organization toward a more robust, stable and safe Aurora Driver.
In This Role, You Will
- Design, develop, and test onboard software that spans application, middleware, and OS layers.
- Develop tools for increasing the development speed of building software that runs onboard.
- Develop tools for introspection, visualization, and performance analysis.
- Improve the performance of our onboard software through architectural and algorithmic optimizations
- Understand, debug and solve for system level optimization and improvements.
Required Qualifications
- Experience developing software using C++.
- Strong experience developing in a Linux or Unix environment.
- At least 3 years of experience in a software engineering role
Desirable Qualifications
- C++
- Experience with Linux performance optimization at the system level.
- Familiarity with Real-Time System concepts
- Software Architecture
- API Development
- Delivery of cross team initiatives
Pay Range
The base range for this position is $189,000 - $302,000. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.
Benefits
Aurora offers medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, and disability insurance. Aurora also provides a 401k plan, various wellness benefits, family planning benefits, FSA and commuter benefits, and professional development resources. The successful candidate may take flexible/reasonable vacation, will receive 11 paid company holidays per year, may take reasonable sick time, and is eligible for paid parental leave. The successful candidate will also receive an equity grant in the form of restricted stock units (subject to vesting requirements), as well as the opportunity to earn an annual bonus. Relocation assistance may be provided where applicable. A further description of available benefits can be found here.
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Working at Aurora
At Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together — all without any jerks.
We have offices inseveral locations across the United States, where we encourage team and cross-functional collaboration. Aurora offers competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits, and additional healthcare support including medical transportation reimbursement, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits. We empower our employees and their families with options to further their unique physical, mental, and financial well-being.
Our Learning and Development offerings include Aurora Academy, where our people learn, develop, and practice the essential skills that drive Aurora’s mission, continually up-leveling our team along the way. Our Careers pageprovides insight into career opportunities at Aurora, and you can find all the latest news on ourBlog.
Safety is central to everything we do. Every employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way. We seek candidates who take active responsibility, can contribute to building an atmosphere of trust, and invest in the organization’s long-term success by working safely — no matter what.
We believe that self-driving technology has broad benefits – including increased access to transportation. To realize those benefits, we need a workforce with diverse experiences, insights, and perspectives — a workforce that reflects the communities our technology will serve.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At Aurora, every employee is empowered to take an active role in building an inclusive, collaborative, and unified culture that leverages our diverse strengths, perspectives, and backgrounds.
Transforming how the world moves people and goods involves seeking to understand backgrounds, insights, and lived experiences that differ from our own. One way we accomplish that is with our 15 employee-led Aurora Unified Groups, which support diverse voices and drive inclusive collaboration. We believe that teamwork, belonging, and trust motivate and support our employees to do their best work. As our team grows, we strive to attract and retain exceptional talent that adds new perspectives and experiences and continues to drive innovation. Learn more on our Culture Page.
