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Aurora’s mission is to deliver 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 will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.
At Aurora, you'll solve massively complex problems alongside other passionate, smart people, growing as an expert while broadening your field of knowledge. For Aurora’s latest news, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.
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.
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 are searching for a Staff Software Engineer in the Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) Platform team.
The team is responsible for designing and maintaining the HIL infrastructure to accelerate development, automated testing and deployment of Aurora software.
In this role, you will
- Write high-quality, highly testable code in a fast-paced environment using Modern C++
- Create real-time software modules to induce and verify fault conditions in software modules
- Implement high-throughput, real-time sensor playback mechanisms to reproduce complex real-world scenarios
- Contribute to the development of scalable and robust automated testing framework
- Contribute to engineering best practices in a large and complex code base
- Support the overall V&V of the Aurora Driver
- Collaborate with internal teams such as Deployment, Embedded, Perception and vehicle subsystems.
- Contribute to the strategy of hardware-based testing of the Aurora Driver software
Required Qualifications
- Strong software development skills using modern C++ (11, 14, 17, 20)
- Experience writing high-quality, highly testable code in a fast-paced environment
- Experience working with any one of the following - Camera systems, Lidar or Radar
- Experience debugging complex hardware/software systems and interactions
- Experience designing high performance software infrastructure
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
- Minimum 5+ years of professional experience
- C++ development in large codebases
- Real-time software development
- Linux fundamentals and system architecture knowledge
Desirable Qualifications
- Experience with CANBus architecture
- Experience working on Sensor drivers
- Experience with real-time simulation
- Experience with the Go Programming language
Pay Range:
The base salary 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.
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Aurora considers candidates without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, parent or caregiver status, ancestry, political affiliation, veteran and/or military status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Aurora considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at careersiteaccommodations@aurora.tech.
For California applicants, information collected and processed as part of your application and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Aurora’s California Employment Privacy Policy.
To learn more about life at Aurora please visit our company culture page.
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