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Aurora’s mission is to deliver 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 will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.
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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 Staff Software Engineer to join Aurora’s Test Automation Engineering team.
The Test Automation Engineering team is a new team within Aurora’s hardware organization. The team is tasked with creating and supporting test automation software infrastructure and accompanying test cases to enable hardware and firmware verification and validation (V&V) across the entire product lifecycle. Our framework is responsible for test deployment, UI, sequencing, logging, results and data visualization, and any other needs related to automated hardware and software V&V. Our testing use cases and customer teams include Electrical Validation, Manufacturing Test, Vehicle Integration, Hardware Reliability, and Firmware Validation.
This team is composed of highly motivated and skilled software engineers from a variety of engineering backgrounds. We are currently working to define and build a scalable, robust, and full featured automation framework, with immediate deployment and testing needs. We may move fast, but we keep an eye on the future. Our product and support will be critical to Aurora’s success as the company scales its hardware organization.
In this role, you will
- Architect, implement, and test software framework features supporting automated electrical hardware and firmware V&V testing
- Develop robust, shareable, reliable automated hardware and firmware test cases
- Proactively drive down framework and test gaps and issues, increasing reliability and test coverage for the organization
- Model exemplary software development practices
Required Qualifications
- B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 8 years of proven experience in hardware/software development and test
- OR M.S. in relevant field and 6 years of experience
- OR PhD in relevant field and 3 years of experience
- Highly proficient in Python programming
Desirable Qualifications
- Proficiency in C++ programming
- Experience in electrical hardware V&V, including manufacturing test, electrical validation, and reliability testing
- Experience in firmware V&V, including Hardware in the Loop testing
- Experience with cloud based CI (e.g. Buildkite) integration
- Experience with hardware test asset management systems: automated bench reservations, deployments, health checks, etc.
The base salary range for this position is $189,000-$302,000 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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Aurora considers candidates without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, parent or caregiver status, ancestry, political affiliation, veteran and/or military status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Aurora considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].
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Founded in 2017 by experts in the self-driving industry, Aurora is on a mission to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. To move both people and goods, the company is building the Aurora Driver, a platform that brings together software, hardware and data services to autonomously operate passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and heavy-duty trucks. Aurora is backed by Sequoia Capital, Baillie Gifford, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, among others, and is partnered with industry leaders including Toyota, Uber, Volvo, and PACCAR. Aurora tests its vehicles in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Dallas. The company has offices in those areas as well as in Bozeman, MT; Seattle, WA; Louisville, CO; and Wixom, MI. To learn more, visit aurora.tech.
Aurora is backed by Amazon and Sequoia, among others, and has partnerships with leading transportation companies including PACCAR, Uber, FCA, and Hyundai Group. It tests its vehicles in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Dallas and has offices in those cities as well as in Bozeman, Seattle, Denver, and Detroit.
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