Staff Machine Learning Software Engineer - Behavior Planning

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 Staff Machine Learning Software Engineer for our Motion Planning Behavior Planning Team.

In this role, you will

• Build machine learning approaches for motion planning for creating, generating, and selecting comfortable and safe trajectories for a self-driving vehicle
• Develop policies and plans to manage multi-actor interactions and plans under uncertainty
• Develop approaches that interleave motion planning with forecasting of other agents
• Develop and implement scalable production-grade algorithms for the Aurora Driver
• Lead design and development of architectural components of the decision making system of Aurora

Required Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
• 7+ years of strong programming and software design skills ideally in C++ and/or Python
• Knowledge of classical and modern ML approaches such as linear models, recurrent models, convolutional neural networks, transformer networks
• Expertise with modern ML and GPU toolkits such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, TensorRT, and/or CUDA
• Expertise with deployment of production ML models for self driving, computer vision, or natural language processing at scale

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience with imitation and reinforcement learning
• Experience in designing, building, and productionizing motion planning algorithms, state estimation algorithms, probabilistic modeling, or statistical techniques

The base salary range for this position is $170k-$272K 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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Working at Aurora

At Aurora, we bring together people with extraordinary talent and experience united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and continue to build a culture where we win together—all without any jerks.

We have offices in 8+ locations across the United States. We offer a competitive benefits package to qualifying employees. Our Career Page includes everything you need to know about working at Aurora.

At the core of everything we do is our commitment to safety. Building best-in-class self-driving technology will take time, and we believe that each employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way. Aurora expects commitment to our safety policies from every employee, and seeks candidates who take an active responsibility, can contribute to building an atmosphere of trust, and invest in the organization’s long-term success by prioritizing working safely, no matter what.

We believe that self-driving technology has broad benefits – including an increase in safety and access to transportation – and to achieve those benefits, we want and need a workforce with diverse experiences, insights, and perspectives; said another way, a workforce that reflects the communities and people our technology will benefit. You can find all the latest news on our Blog

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