Senior Hardware Systems Engineer, Autonomy Diagnostics

Aurora Innovation Inc.; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora Innovation Inc. in Dallas, TX, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer, Hardware Systems, to lead field investigations and troubleshoot complex vehicle hardware issues. You will design tests, drive root-cause analysis, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to implement robust field solutions.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong analytical skills, and willingness to travel to Aurora operations locations (approximately 30% of the time). Hybrid work with field responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical or Aerospace or Mechatronics or Computer Science Engineering and minimum 6 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree and minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
• 2+ years of industry experience in systems engineering.
• 2+ years of industry experience in system test planning and execution (verification and validation).
• Strong organizational abilities to drive and manage field issues end to end.
• Strong communication skills to coordinate with local and remote teams and drive issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Field & Fleet Triage: apply analytical and system-level troubleshooting to provide context.
• Lead End-to-End Field Investigations from bug escalation to root-cause analysis.
• Investigative Test Design & Execution to replicate field anomalies in controlled settings.
• Remediation Strategy Development & Deployment including firmware/architecture updates.
• Scalable Sustaining Processes to streamline bug escalation and field diagnostics.
• Production & EOL Support: investigate production issues and ensure smooth handoff to production.
• HIL Test Bench Troubleshooting: build automated tests and run diagnostics.
• Travel to Aurora Operations locations (about 30% of time).

Skills

Analytical thinking

System-level troubleshooting

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Aerospace/Mechatronics/CS

Master’s degree + 4+ years experience

Tools

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

Cummins Insite

Eaton Service Ranger

KB Diag

Job description

Aurora Innovation Inc. in Dallas, TX, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer, Hardware Systems, to lead field investigations and troubleshoot complex vehicle hardware issues. You will design tests, drive root-cause analysis, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to implement robust field solutions.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong analytical skills, and willingness to travel to Aurora operations locations (approximately 30% of the time). Hybrid work with field responsibilities.