Software Engineer, Behavior Planning

Company Name:
Aurora Operations, Inc.

Job Location:

280 N Bernardo Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043

Job title:

Staff Software Engineer, Behavior Planning

Minimum Salary: $189,000 - $303,000

Education:

Master’s degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, or related

SOC Code: 17-2199.08

SOC Occupation

Title:

Robotics Engineers

Duration:
Regular Hire

Work week:
Full-time

Supervision Experience

Required:

No

Travel:
No

• 5 years of experience with Robotics or related.
• Deep domain expertise and strong software engineering experience in the field of autonomous driving.
• Strong programming and software design skills in C++ and Python.
• Expertise with CUDA and PyTorch.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, building, and product ionizing motion planning algorithms.
• Demonstrated experience with statistical techniques for machine learning.
• Experience with the development of simulation engines.
• Demonstrated cross‑functional team experience in a software engineering environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross‑functional software engineering projects.
• Demonstrated ability to architect systems that meet strict safety, latency, and reliability requirements.

• Develop real‑time robotic algorithms for selecting safe and comfortable trajectories for a self‑driving vehicle.
• Design, develop, and implement production‑grade software in C++ and Python for the Aurora Driver, using modern best practices.
• Contribute to engineering best practices on a large and complex code base.
• Provide technical leadership for the architectural elements of online and offline systems for evaluating good trajectories.
• Drive ambitious technical projects across behavior planning and autonomy teams.