Staff Software Engineer, AV Frameworks & Runtime

Aurora Innovation Inc.; Seattle, Mountain View, San Francisco, Pittsburgh (WA, CA, CA, Allegheny County); On-site; USD 189,000 - 303,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity compensation

Benefits

Job summary

Aurora Innovation Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the Aurora Driver's Autonomy Frameworks. You will architect and evolve the AV runtime framework across on-vehicle and offline execution, designing high-performance, low-latency IPC and APIs in C++.

You will own deployment, contribute to safety, mentor engineers, and collaborate across time zones. This role offers a path to influence the long-term framework roadmap and work with a world-class team.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Expert-level C++ programming skills with thread-safe, memory-efficient design in Linux.
• Proven experience building middleware, runtime frameworks, or distributed systems (pub/sub, IPC, schedulers).
• Deep understanding of concurrency, memory models, and Linux internals (processes, threads, scheduling).
• Ability to work across multiple programming languages and paradigms.
• Passion for robust, production-ready code.
• Ability to navigate and work across large codebases.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaborate across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture of Aurora's AV runtime framework across on-vehicle and offline execution.
• Design and implement high-performance, low-latency inter-module communication (shared memory, zero-copy IPC, RPC).
• Own stack configuration, deployment, and process lifecycle management on the vehicle compute platform.
• Improve determinism and offline execution fidelity to reproduce on-vehicle behavior at scale.
• Build framework capabilities for fault traceability, health monitoring, and recovery for safety.

Skills

C++

Middleware

Linux

Concurrency

Multi-language

Production code

Codebase navigation

Communication

Autonomy

Team collaboration

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

ROS 2

ThreadX

FreeRTOS

Job description

Aurora Innovation Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the Aurora Driver's Autonomy Frameworks. You will architect and evolve the AV runtime framework across on-vehicle and offline execution, designing high-performance, low-latency IPC and APIs in C++.

You will own deployment, contribute to safety, mentor engineers, and collaborate across time zones. This role offers a path to influence the long-term framework roadmap and work with a world-class team.