Software Engineer

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Software Engineer 

In this role, you will

• Be responsible for designing, delivering, and maintaining software systems at the core of our self-driving vehicles.


• Work across the autonomy group (localization, perception, planning, controls) and the software
  organization at large, on high-priority, projects that are cross-functional in nature with
  the goal of speeding up the delivery of a production autonomous vehicle. Examples of
  such projects are managing onboard latency, visualizing autonomy, end-to-end
  autonomy metrics, performance optimization, and working with simulation to improve
  the correlation of simulation with offboard behavior.


• Collaborate every day with leading experts in machine learning, sensor development, large-scale software systems,
  simulation, and robotics and identify opportunities for advancing the state of
  autonomous systems and implementing their own groundbreaking ideas.


• Design, develop, and test onboard and off-board autonomy software.


• Develop tools for increasing the development speed of building autonomy software.


• Develop tools for introspection, visualization, and performance analysis.


• Improve the performance of autonomy systems through architectural and algorithmic optimizations.

Required Qualifications

• Strong knowledge or proficiency with Linux Programming; 


• General Familiarity with parallel Programming;


• Moderate Knowledge with multi-Threaded Development;


• Moderate Knowledge of Distributed Systems development;


• Proficiency in Deep Learning Acceleration and Performance;


• General Familiarity with Applied Machine Learning;


• Proficiency with Software Architecture;


• Proficiency with C/C++ Programming and Python; and


• Proficiency with Computer Architecture and low-level performance tuning.


• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related.


• 2 years of experience with Performance Engineering

The base range for this position is $76,918- $183,800 per year.  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.