Who We Are

Aurora’s mission is to deliver the

Benefits

of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. 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 will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge.

tech or follow us on LinkedIn . 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 Senior Software Engineer, Perception to join our autonomous driving team.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering teams to design and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models directly onto our real-time vehicle platform. This is an exciting opportunity to solve complex, high-impact autonomy challenges and directly shape the future of the Aurora Driver. In this role, you will Develop and Optimize Core Perception Solutions: Research and develop state-of-the-art deep learning and machine learning models to improve perception under challenging scenarios, such as long-range multi-sensor detection and degraded sensor conditions.

Tackle End-to-End Autonomy Challenges: Address object detection, tracking of traffic actors, action recognition, and semantic understanding of diverse traffic scenes. Deploy Production-Ready Software: Guide software development from initial prototype to production deployment on a real-time AV platform, leveraging large-scale data sets for training and analysis. Collaborate and Iterate: Partner with team members to diagnose, analyze, and resolve failure modes encountered during on-road and simulated testing to produce robust, well-tested systems.

Scale ML Engineering Pipelines: Build and scale robust ML pipelines to facilitate quick experimentation as well as large-scale training and testing.

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Required Qualifications

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field with a strong foundation in one or more focus areas of ML, including deep learning, computer vision, recursive state estimation, structured prediction, and optimization. 6+ years of research-based or professional experience with C++ and Python . Comprehensive grasp of linear algebra, discrete/continuous optimization, supervised/unsupervised methods, and generative/discriminative models.

Qualifications

Experience utilizing deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow . Advanced production-level knowledge of C++ is highly preferred. Prior experience applying computer vision and machine learning directly to complex robotics problems.

Experience deploying computer vision/ML models at scale across large physical fleets. Proven ability to work effectively in environments requiring close cross-team collaboration. Experience working with 3D data, including 3D object detection, tracking, semantic segmentation, or processing point clouds from LiDAR, Radar, and multi-camera system The base Salary range for this position is $162,000 - $260,000.

Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

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