Staff Data Scientist

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.

On the Aurora Data Science team, you will join a world-class group whose mission is generating insights and intelligence to improve the Aurora Driver and help accelerate our path towards safe and broad commercialization of Autonomous Vehicle technology. We are looking for an exceptional Data Scientist that can play a key role in accelerating the development of the Aurora Driver by contributing towards the automation, monitoring, and analysis of our development and operational processes. This is an opportunity to leverage vast amounts of data from both online (on-road) and offline (simulation) test modalities to help Aurora achieve its product and commercialization goals. 

The ideal candidate will be someone who thrives working cross-functionally, getting things done, and has an ability to navigate complex and exciting projects with our partner Software, Hardware, and Operations teams. If your passions align with working on cutting edge Data Science projects to deliver impactful analysis, tools, and workflows that will transform the Transportation space, then joining Aurora Data Science is the perfect opportunity for you.

In this role, you will

• Work with our Engineering and Operations teams to inform the development of the Aurora Driver and streamline critical validation activities
• Partner closely with those stakeholders to design and implement analysis, metrics, and dashboards to accelerate their development processes and help them measure, understand, and improve their performance
• Collaborate with a team of world-class Data Scientist and Analysts on Data Science problems spanning multiple subsystems (eg. Motion Planning, Perception, Controls, etc.)
• Develop statistical models to support forecasting and planning across a variety of problem areas
• Work closely with engineering and product leads to support their decisions with data-driven input
• Collaborate with our Data Science and Analytics communities to ensure the adoption of best practices, tools, and processes across the company

Essential Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience as a Data Scientist, Analyst or similar technical role
• Demonstrable expertise in coding, programming concepts, and technical tools, combined with the enthusiasm and passion to build. Must be expert at using Python
• Advanced knowledge and experience using relational databases (SQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) and knowledge of best practices for Data Engineering
• Strong understanding of both common and advanced Data Science modeling tools and technologies (eg. numpy, sklearn, pytorch, etc.)
• Experience driving Data Science analysis end-to-end, working closely with Engineering and Product to productionize pipelines, surfacing insights scalably
• Experience driving cross functional alignment across major technical programs
• Proven ability to communicate technical, data-driven analysis to both technical and non-technical audiences across stakeholders, including translating and cascading Executive input into their work 

Desirable

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Statistics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Economics, or a related quantitative field
• Experience working with data transformation tools such as DBT
• Experience working on ETL pipelines and leveraging big data engines 
• Experience using Amazon Web Services (AWS) tools
• Experience in the Autonomous Vehicle, Robotics, or Advanced Transportation spaces

The base salary range for this position is $189k-$302K per year. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidat