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Aurora · 7 hours ago

Senior Staff TLM, Performance Engineering & Optimization

positionPittsburgh, PA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$191K/yr - $306K/yr
date8+ years exp

Aurora is a company dedicated to delivering self-driving technology safely and efficiently. They are seeking a Senior Staff Tech Lead Manager for their Performance Engineering Optimization team, responsible for leading a team of engineers and defining the technical direction to enhance software performance and hardware utilization.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleTransportation
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Be responsible for leading the PEO team
Define technical direction for the team, including roadmap definition and execution against milestones
Responsible for managing a team of experienced engineers and their career growth
Contribute and lead at a Technical capacity
Create and contribute to tooling that probes, collects & processes monumental amounts of performance data both on-vehicle & in-simulation
Own the delivery of initiatives around tooling and pipelines that process and efficiently visualize & compare said data
Collaborate cross functionally with engineers in various domains within Aurora, including Autonomy, Sensing, Vehicle Platform Infrastructure on optimization efforts

Qualification

C++ programmingLinux fundamentalsPerformance tuningDevOps practicesCUDA/GPU ProfilingPython programmingCloud storageData scienceFrontend development

Required

Strong C++ programming and software design skills on performance critical code
BS, MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science or a related field
Minimum 8-10+ years of professional experience
Experience and knowledge of Linux fundamentals
Strong Linux fundamentals and solid grasp of performance tuning Linux based soft real time applications
Experience with modern DevOps practices
Experience with CUDA and/or GPU Profiling

Preferred

Knowledge and interest in programming with Python and high level languages
Knowledge and interest in cloud storage, cloud based data pipelines
Experience in data science and data engineering on cloud platforms
Experience with frontend development technologies

Benefits

Annual bonus
Equity compensation
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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.
dateFounded in 2017
location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
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

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Chris Urmson
CEO and co-founder
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Sterling Anderson
Co-Founder & CPO
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Recent News

Aurora Blog
Investing in the Future of Transportation, Aurora Raises over $530 million
2025-12-24
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Lightspeed Venture Partners portfolio- Aurora(Ravi Mhatre - Partner & Co-Founder, Raviraj Jain - Partner)
2025-12-24
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Detmar Selects Aurora to Deploy Expanded Fleet of Autonomous Trucks for Major Energy Producer
2025-12-08
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