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Aurora · 1 month ago

Graphics Pipeline Engineer

San Francisco, California

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$139K/yr - $223K/yr

7+ years exp

Aurora is committed to delivering the benefits of self-driving technology and is looking for a Graphics Pipeline Engineer. In this role, you will lead technical implementations, architect foundational frameworks, and solve complex pipeline challenges to enhance their synthetic data ecosystem.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleTransportation

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead the technical implementation of cross-functional projects, translating stakeholder requirements directly into robust code and spearheading the engineering effort by example

Architect and personally implement foundational Python frameworks, services, and APIs that form the core of our synthetic data ecosystem. This is a hands-on role where you will frequently be writing and deploying code

Drive the adoption and standardization of USD as the core data backbone for our pipeline

Act as the lead developer and subject matter expert on our most complex pipeline challenges, debugging deep technical issues and engineering scalable solutions

Qualification

Python development3D graphics pipelinesUniversal Scene DescriptionComputer graphics fundamentalsC++ developmentCI/CD practicesMentoring engineersVFX pipeline experience

Required

Expert Python development skills

Proven track record of architecting and building large-scale 3D graphics or procedural content generating pipelines

Deep, practical production experience with Universal Scene Description (USD)

Solid understanding of computer graphics fundamentals

A passion for solving challenging, high-impact problems and mentoring other engineers

7+ years experience of building or contributing significantly to large-scale graphics production pipelines

Preferred

Experience with C++ development in a production graphics environment

Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and infrastructure for automated testing and deployment

Experience with various parts of a VFX pipeline (modeling, texturing, effects, rendering, compositing, etc.)

Benefits

Annual bonus

Equity compensation

Benefits

Company

Aurora

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Aurora is building self-driving technology to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling trucks to ride-hailing passenger ones.

Founded in 2017

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://aurora.tech

H1B Sponsorship

Aurora 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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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (11)

2024 (51)

2023 (91)

2022 (77)

2021 (38)

2020 (51)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$4.19B

Key Investors

UberSequoia Capital

2024-08-01Post Ipo Equity· $483M

2023-07-19Post Ipo Equity· $820M

2021-11-04Post Ipo Equity· $1.8B

Leadership Team

Chris Urmson

CEO and co-founder

David Maday

Chief Financial Officer

Recent News

Aurora Blog

Investing in the Future of Transportation, Aurora Raises over $530 million

2025-12-24

lsvp.com

Lightspeed Venture Partners portfolio- Aurora(Ravi Mhatre - Partner & Co-Founder, Raviraj Jain - Partner)

2025-12-24

Business Wire

Detmar Selects Aurora to Deploy Expanded Fleet of Autonomous Trucks for Major Energy Producer

2025-12-08

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