Senior Manager, Hardware Systems & Applications Engineering

Aurora; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 178,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora is seeking a Senior Manager - Hardware Systems Applications Engineering to lead a cross-functional hardware software team in the DFW corridor. The role drives process, staffing, and metrics to improve fleet hardware health and performance.

You will coordinate with software, product, and operations teams in a hybrid work environment, traveling up to 30% to engineering sites and test locations while guiding quarterly goals and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years managing direct reports including remote / offsite personnel.
• 10+ years experience developing RASICs, process definitions, workflow definitions with cross-functional teams.
• 10+ years of work-related experience in the Automotive Engineering field, specifically with sustaining engineering of fielded products.
• Expertise using JIRA for issue management, including creation of custom reports, dashboards etc and driving continuous improvements on existing workflows.
• Ability to be objective (data-driven) and apply an empirical process to solving issues.

Responsibilities

• Work on-site in the DFW area which is our center of excellence for fleet operations.
• Synthesize top-level business goals with the team charter to plan quarterly goals and track them to completion.
• Define key inputs and outputs for the team, and develop internal to team processes for consistent execution.
• Define staffing needs for the team and manage resource planning to meet business needs.
• Develop and manage cross-functional workflows between software, product, operations and other HW engineering teams.
• Develop, maintain and track metrics providing real-time signal on product hardware health and performance.
• Communicate deliverables to leadership weekly, from fleet metrics to specific issue investigations.
• Travel up to 30% to Engineering sites, Operations sites and remote test locations.

Skills

Leadership

Data-driven decisions

Education

BS in Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Mode

Holistics

Job description

Aurora is seeking a Senior Manager - Hardware Systems Applications Engineering to lead a cross-functional hardware software team in the DFW corridor. The role drives process, staffing, and metrics to improve fleet hardware health and performance.

You will coordinate with software, product, and operations teams in a hybrid work environment, traveling up to 30% to engineering sites and test locations while guiding quarterly goals and measurable outcomes.