Director, Vehicle System Software

Who We Are

Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. Founded in 2017 by experts in the self-driving industry, Aurora is revolutionizing transportation - making it safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. Its flagship product, the Aurora Driver, is a platform that brings together software, hardware, and data services, to autonomously operate passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and heavy-duty trucks. Aurora is partnered with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem including Toyota, Volvo, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, FedEx, and U.S. Xpress. Aurora tests its vehicles in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Texas and has offices in those areas as well as in Bozeman, MT; Seattle, WA; Louisville, CO; and Detroit, MI. To learn more, visit www.aurora.tech.

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 Director, Vehicle System Engineering

In this role, you will

• Lead and manage teams of software engineers working on building Aurora's on vehicle platform software.
• Partner closely and work effectively across multiple functions within Aurora to ensure new vehicle platforms, software platforms, software releases, and fleets are integrated, reliable, efficient, and monitored.
• Develop processes to uplevel the productivity of the team and quality of deliverables as well as drive operational excellence across the team.
• Create roadmaps and strategies to meet safety and security requirements to meet autonomous vehicle requirements.
• Execute on Aurora's plan to scale capabilities; define and evolve the team and processes as Aurora scales its vehicle operations.

Required Qualifications

• BS in related field
• 10+ years of experience in a leadership capacity, managing multiple engineering teams
• Proven track record of growing, motivating and managing high performing teams
• Excellent people management, interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in collaboration with hardware, systems, and operations teams
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience in safety critical software development
• Experience in creation of new process to meet evolving industry standards
• Experience in control systems
• General understanding of software development process
• Project management experience