Sr. Director of Systems, Safety and Test Engineering

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 Overview

Aurora is searching  for a Sr. Director of Systems, Safety and Test Engineering to lead Systems engineering, safety engineering and system level testing efforts for the Aurora Driver - Aurora’s flagship self driving product.   

Aurora brings self-driving vehicles to our roads is the most transformative opportunity of our generation. Aurora is taking a fresh start with the development of self-driving technology, combining excellence in AI, rigorous engineering, and a team with decades of experience building robots that work. In this role, you will lead the organization responsible for system requirements, system testing, safety, and play a critical role in ensuring the Aurora Driver system is designed to meet the safety goals.  

**This role could be a Sr. Director or VP depending on the experience of the candidate.**

Led by a team of seasoned experts, including three of the world’s leaders of self-driving technology, our mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. We are designing the software and hardware to power the transportation of our future that will make our roads safer, give more people access to mobility, and reduce congestion and pollution in cities - improving the quality of life for all. The challenge in what we are endeavoring to achieve is transcendent; we are developing perhaps the world’s most complex computing system and asking it to perform the task of transporting and keeping safe our most precious asset: human life. 

We’re looking for people to help solve these complex problems and make this tremendous impact on our future, and who want to be surrounded by great people while we do it. Aurora hires people who want to build the future of transportation and the cloud infrastructure team is no different building the platform the rest of the company runs on!

Required Qualifications

• Direct experience and track record in leading Systems engineering, Safety Engineering, or System Testing functions at an organization building safety critical products encompassing complex hardware and software systems. 
• Independently lead projects around areas like safety requirements, fault management, test life cycle etc. 
• Familiarity with the applications of Artificial Intelligence or Autonomous Systems technologies (e.g., Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Machine Learning) to sensing, perception, multi-unit planning, or command and control of autonomous systems
• Drive efficiency gains, find opportunities to refine processes, and set and adjust priorities based on business needs and available resources
• Collaborate with product and engineering to improve the safety and performance of our technology.
• Communicate clearly, efficiently, and regularly to operations leadership, test requesters, and any other stakeholders.

Essential

• Full lifecycle software engineering experience.
• Complex Systems Leadership of teams of 100+ total reports, including 3-5 Director level directs, including many Sr. Staff+ engineers.
• Breadth and depth with safety, systems,  simulation, testing, triage and design.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience in safety critical industry, particularly with safety-critical software development standards, software safety fault/hazard analysis, and requirements-driven software verification and validation strategies
• Demonstrated proficiency in the application of ISO 21448 (SOTIF)

The base salary range for this position is $271,000 to $460,000 per year.  Aurora’s pay rang