Aurora's mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. The Staff Software Engineer - Vehicle Platforms will help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills in C++
- Ability to work across multiple programming languages and paradigms
- Experience working with networking protocols, such as TCP, UDP, CAN bus protocols, RTP, gRPC, TFTP, HTTP
- A passion to work at the hardware/software interface
- Ability to navigate and work effectively in large codebases
- Experience working with various sensors, e.g. lidars, radars, cameras, audio, etc.
- Experience with performance evaluation and optimization.
Responsibilities
- Define vehicle compute and network architecture
- Perform bring up of new vehicle platforms
- Integrate new sensors and embedded devices and build interfaces for autonomy software
- Define network connectivity from vehicle to offboard services
- Address vehicle-specific concerns for vehicle runtime, e.g. vehicle stack configuration, networking stack configuration, performance, hardware health monitoring, and networking monitoring
- Evolve the fleet from a collection of individual vehicles into a full service platform with integrated metrics and monitoring
- Optimize performance on CPU and GPU and other limited onboard hardware resources
Other
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
- A passion for writing robust, intuitive, high-performance code, and being pragmatic about it
- Good communication skills and the ability to work efficiently with cross functional and geographically dispersed teams
- The base salary range for this position is $146,000.00-$234,000.00 per year.
- The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.
