Senior Staff Software Engineer, Sensor / Map Fusion

Aurora; Louisville (CO); On-site; USD 191,000 - 306,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join its Map Fusion team, focusing on enhancing self-driving technology. This role involves developing critical algorithms that integrate semantic mapping with motion planning, ensuring safe and efficient transportation solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering, particularly in C++ and Python, and a strong understanding of robotics systems. Join a dynamic team that values integrity, collaboration, and a commitment to safety, while contributing to the future of transportation and mobility.

Benefits

Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits

Healthcare support including medical transportation reimbursement

Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits

Annual bonus

Equity compensation

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with strong C++ and Python fluency.
• Fluency in Robotics Systems and Technical Leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop mission-critical online algorithms for semantic mapping and motion planning.
• Create validation frameworks on large data in cloud compute settings.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics Systems

Technical Leadership

Job description

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 trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles. It underpins Aurora’s driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Continental, FedEx, Hirschbach, PACCAR, Ryder, Schneider, Toyota, Uber, Uber Freight, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, and Werner. 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, transfer crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Staff Software Engineer to join Aurora’s Map Fusion team. The Map Fusion team is responsible for:

• Dynamically updating map content based on perceived lane boundaries and construction blockages on-the-fly.
• Updating routing plans based on unexpected construction observed online.
• Producing smooth paths that can be used as initial seeds for motion planning trajectory optimization through construction and other unexpected circumstances.
• Proving that all of this functionality can be achieved in a high-integrity, highly available way.

In this role, you will

• Develop mission-critical online algorithms in the intersection of semantic mapping and motion planning.
• Create validation frameworks running on large amounts of data in large cloud compute settings.
• Provide safety case evidence.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with strong C++ and Python fluency.
• Robotics Systems fluency (Coordinate Frames, System Dynamics).
• Technical leadership (people management is not required).

Desirable Qualifications

• Bayesian experience.
• Deep/ML experience.
• Experience with system testing/validation.

The base salary range for this position is $191K - $306K 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.

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.

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.

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Aurora considers candidates without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, parent or caregiver status, ancestry, political affiliation, veteran and/or military status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Aurora considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail].

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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.

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.