Senior Vehicle Platform Systems Engineer

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 semi-trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Toyota, FedEx, Volvo Trucks, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, U.S. Xpress, Werner, Covenant, Schneider, and Ryder. 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, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Senior Vehicle Platform Systems Engineer to help us leverage our OEM partners' strengths in vehicle design and manufacturing to scale our commercial operations.

In this role, you will

• Act as Aurora’s technical interface to our automotive partners
• Develop system level requirements for vehicle platforms based on Aurora’s intended application, functional needs, and hardware generations and manage the exchange of content with OEM partners
• Analyze vehicle platform architectures, systems, and interfaces to understand vehicle behavior and identify potential functional, safety, or performance gaps
• Develop, document, and execute detailed system level test plans for ensuring system requirements are met
• Collaborate on generating platform-specific integration and fault-handling requirements for consumption by Aurora teams
• Own and deliver evidence to support Aurora’s Safety Case claims related to vehicle platform safety and performance
• Support new platform / vehicle / system commissioning of actuation interfaces, perform fault injection, analyze data to characterize system performance, support fleet issue troubleshooting, and provide cross-functional coordination
• Support process improvement initiatives related to ways of working with OEM partners

Required Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong physics and engineering fundamentals spanning electrical, mechanical, and software systems
• Experience designing and evaluating systems relative to automotive safety standards
• Four or more years of experience engineering and/or integrating complex automotive or robotic systems
• Experience managing requirements, traceability, reviews, and releases in industry-standard tools
• Strong data analysis skills and experience designing and executing experiments on electrical, mechanical, and software systems
• Knowledge of automotive system architectures and optimization at a system level (eg. control system, electrical system, electro-mechanical system)
• Strong organizational skills; ability to coordinate efforts and requirements across a large number of stakeholders, internal and external, and across multiple continents
• BS or MS, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or another relevant engineering field

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience developing and/or implementing vehicle level control software for major subsystems (powertrain, battery, chassis, etc.)
• Experience working with external organizations in a partnership or OEM/Supplier relationship
• Knowledge of class 8 truck-specific systems (e.g. air systems, trailers, etc.) 

The base salary range for this position is $156K - $234K 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.

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