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Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning Systems

4 months ago


San Francisco, United States Aurora Innovation Full time

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 Software Engineer to join Aurora's Motion Planning Infrastructure team. The Motion Planning Infrastructure team is responsible for the software that Aurora's core motion planning algorithms integrate into; team scope includes integration into the on-vehicle software framework, latency monitoring and architecture optimization, software quality, internal and external interfaces for the Planner, route planning, and specialized tools for MP developers.

In this role, you will

  • Be responsible for the overall design of the Motion Planning software stack
  • Identify, propose, and implement solutions to architectural issues with the Motion Planning software stack, with overall goals of:
    • improving maintainability and safety case compliance
    • streamlining and removing sharp corners, improving robustness, and improving flexibility to support the evolution of the algorithmic components and operating domain.
  • Own the software interfaces used to communicate with external subsystems as well as within the high-level components inside the Motion Planner
  • Work closely with Motion Planning leadership and cross-functional partner teams to prioritize, design, and implement work within this role's scope.
Required Qualifications
  • 8+ years of robotic systems software engineering experience
  • Excellent data-oriented software engineering / programming skills:
    • C++ coding (all on-board code is in C++)
  • Deep experience working with distributed / asynchronous systems
  • Strong competency in cross-functional collaboration, building influence, and technical leadership
Desirable Qualifications
  • Motion Planning experience in application to autonomous vehicles, particularly in the areas of:
    • Graph / Path Planning
    • Routing
  • Python coding (strongly preferred, not required)


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 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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