Aurora Innovation · 3 months ago
Senior Staff Graphics Pipeline Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$212K/yr - $340K/yr
7+ years expAurora Innovation is committed to delivering self-driving technology that enhances mobility and logistics. The Senior Staff Graphics Pipeline Engineer will lead technical implementations, architect foundational Python frameworks, and drive the standardization of USD within the pipeline, while mentoring other engineers in solving complex challenges.
Customer ServiceMobile AppsTelecommunications
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
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 Innovation
Aurora Innovation helps companies, businesses and organisations with many incoming calls, high availability requirements as well as service.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$3.11M2017-04-05Series Unknown· $3.11M
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