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Senior Vehicle Platform Systems Engineer
Aurora Innovation (View all Jobs)
Mountain View, California
Interview Process
1. Simplified real-world coding task on Coderpad.io 2. Time-boxed take-home assignment 3. Face-to-face meeting with teammates.
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.
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 Vehicle Platform Systems Engineer to help us leverage our OEM partners' strengths in vehicle design and manufacturing to scale our commercial operations.
In this role, you will
- Act as Aurora’s technical interface to our automotive partners
- Develop system level requirements for vehicle platforms based on Aurora’s intended application, functional needs, and hardware generations and manage the exchange of content with OEM partners
- Analyze vehicle platform architectures, systems, and interfaces to understand vehicle behavior and identify potential functional, safety, or performance gaps
- Develop, document, and execute detailed system level test plans for ensuring system requirements are met
- Collaborate on generating platform-specific integration and fault-handling requirements for consumption by Aurora teams
- Own and deliver evidence to support Aurora’s Safety Case claims related to vehicle platform safety and performance
- Support new platform / vehicle / system commissioning of actuation interfaces, perform fault injection, analyze data to characterize system performance, support fleet issue troubleshooting, and provide cross-functional coordination
- Support process improvement initiatives related to ways of working with OEM partners
Required Qualifications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong physics and engineering fundamentals spanning electrical, mechanical, and software systems
- Experience designing and evaluating systems relative to automotive safety standards
- Four or more years of experience engineering and/or integrating complex automotive or robotic systems
- Experience managing requirements, traceability, reviews, and releases in industry-standard tools
- Strong data analysis skills and experience designing and executing experiments on electrical, mechanical, and software systems
- Knowledge of automotive system architectures and optimization at a system level (eg. control system, electrical system, electro-mechanical system)
- Strong organizational skills; ability to coordinate efforts and requirements across a large number of stakeholders, internal and external, and across multiple continents
- BS or MS, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or another relevant engineering field
Desirable Qualifications
- Experience developing and/or implementing vehicle level control software for major subsystems (powertrain, battery, chassis, etc.)
- Experience working with external organizations in a partnership or OEM/Supplier relationship
- Knowledge of class 8 truck-specific systems (e.g. air systems, trailers, etc.)
The base salary range for this position is $156K - $234K 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.
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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 in several 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 page provides insight into career opportunities at Aurora, and you can find all the latest news on our Blog.
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.
We are committed to helping qualified military community members leverage their talents in service of our mission. To understand how your military experience aligns with career opportunities at Aurora, review your military job classification at MyNextMove.org and consider applying for open positions corresponding to your identified skills and experiences!
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