Senior Perception ML Engineer - Autonomous Driving

Aurora Innovation; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora Innovation seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Perception to join its autonomous driving team. You will design and deploy state‑of‑the‑art ML models for perception on a real‑time vehicle platform, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to tackle complex autonomy challenges.

Requirements include 6+ years in C++/Python, strong ML/vision background, and publication or industry experience. The role offers hybrid work with on-site requirements in Mountain View, CA.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field with a strong foundation in ML areas.
• 6+ years of research-based or professional experience with C++ and Python.
• Strong grasp of linear algebra, discrete/continuous optimization, supervised/unsupervised methods, and generative/discriminative models.
• Strong publication record or significant industry experience in robotics/computer vision/self-driving technology.
• Experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow (Desirable).
• Advanced production-level knowledge of C++ (Desirable).
• Experience applying computer vision and ML to complex robotics problems (Desirable).
• Experience deploying CV/ML models at scale across large fleets (Desirable).
• Proven ability to work effectively in cross-team environments (Desirable).
• Experience working with 3D data: 3D object detection, tracking, segmentation, LiDAR/Radar/multi-camera.

Responsibilities

• Develop and Optimize Core Perception Solutions: Research and develop models for perception under challenging scenarios.
• Tackle End-to-End Autonomy Challenges: Address object detection, tracking, action recognition, and semantic understanding of traffic scenes.
• Deploy Production‑Ready Software: Guide from prototype to production on a real-time AV platform with large datasets.
• Collaborate and Iterate: Diagnose, analyze, and resolve failure modes from on-road and simulated testing.
• Scale ML Engineering Pipelines: Build and scale ML pipelines for quick experiments and large-scale training/testing.

Skills

C++

Python

ML/Computer Vision

Publications/Industry Experience

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Aurora Innovation seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Perception to join its autonomous driving team. You will design and deploy state‑of‑the‑art ML models for perception on a real‑time vehicle platform, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to tackle complex autonomy challenges.

Requirements include 6+ years in C++/Python, strong ML/vision background, and publication or industry experience. The role offers hybrid work with on-site requirements in Mountain View, CA.