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Aurora Innovation · 5 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Rendering and Sensor Simulation

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$189K/yr - $303K/yr

Aurora Innovation is focused on delivering self-driving technology safely and broadly. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop and maintain their sensor simulation software, Alba, which plays a critical role in the safety and reliability of autonomous vehicles.

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Responsibilities

Develop, optimize, and maintain core components of Alba, Aurora's sensor simulation software
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Alba with other autonomous driving systems and ensure seamless data flow
Identify and address performance bottlenecks, continuously improving the speed and scalability of the simulation system
Contribute to the architectural design and evolution of the sensor simulation platform

Qualification

C++Performance engineeringHigh-performance code optimizationPhysically based renderingGPU programmingPythonDigital Content Creation toolsNetwork distributed programmingThird-party graphics libraries

Required

Strong proficiency in C++ with a deep understanding of software engineering principles
Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of physically based rendering and production rendering systems
Experience in performance engineering using manual code instrumentation and profiling tools (e.g. Intel Vtune)
Extensive experience in writing and optimizing high-performance code, particularly for computationally intensive applications
Proven track record of optimizing existing codebases using techniques such as multi-threading, vectorization, and leveraging performance libraries (e.g. ISPC)

Preferred

Experience with Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools such as Houdini
Familiarity with Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD)
Experience with GPU programming, in particular Optix and CUDA
Experience with third-party graphics libraries (e.g., Embree, OIIO)
Knowledge of network distributed programming
Proficiency in Python

Benefits

Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits

Company

Aurora Innovation

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Aurora Innovation helps companies, businesses and organisations with many incoming calls, high availability requirements as well as service.
dateFounded in 1996
location
Uppsala, Uppsala Lan, SWE
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://aurorainnovation.com/

H1B Sponsorship

Aurora Innovation has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (11)
2024 (51)
2023 (91)
2022 (77)
2021 (38)
2020 (51)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$3.11M
2017-04-05Series Unknown· $3.11M

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