Staff ML Engineer, Perception & Tracking

Aurora; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 303,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora in Mountain View, CA seeks a Staff Software Engineer and ML expert to advance perception tracking for the Aurora Driver platform across U.S. roads.

You will design end-to-end perception solutions, develop deep learning models, and collaborate across teams to deploy production-grade software at scale.

This role emphasizes research, data analysis, and scalable architectures, with a hybrid work setup and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or Bachelor with 2+ years of relevant industry experience).
• Proficient software engineering skills in C++ and Python, with focus on clean, scalable production-quality code.
• Working knowledge in ML focus areas: deep learning, computer vision, recursive state estimation, structured prediction, optimization.

Responsibilities

• Tackle end-to-end perception challenges, including tracking dynamic actors and developing semantic understanding of traffic environments.
• Research and develop state-of-the-art deep learning models to enhance perception in real-world driving scenarios.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to iterate on the Perception system and translate insights into robust software solutions.

Skills

C++

Python

Deep learning

ML research

Education

Master's degree or higher in CS/Robotics/EE

Tools

CUDA

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Aurora in Mountain View, CA seeks a Staff Software Engineer and ML expert to advance perception tracking for the Aurora Driver platform across U.S. roads.

You will design end-to-end perception solutions, develop deep learning models, and collaborate across teams to deploy production-grade software at scale.

This role emphasizes research, data analysis, and scalable architectures, with a hybrid work setup and competitive compensation.