Aurora · 2 months ago
Staff Technical Product Manager, Aurora Architecture
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $290K/yr
5+ years expAurora is a company focused on delivering self-driving technology safely and efficiently. They are seeking a Technical Product Manager to partner with engineering leaders to develop coherent architectures that facilitate rapid development and transferability of driving technology across hardware and cloud platforms.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleTransportation
Responsibilities
Partner closely with senior executives and engineering leaders to drive the development of architectural proposals, evaluate new technologies, and execute efforts to de-risk architectural decisions across hardware and software systems
Coordinate with various engineering teams/departments to ensure that the architecture meets business objectives and enables transitions through various generations of hardware
Work with a team of experts from across Aurora to take complex, highly ambiguous challenges and transform them into actionable architectural solutions and improvements that can be implemented by teams across Aurora
Drive successful definitions, recommendations, decisions, execution, and delivery of major architectural initiatives, including:
+ Foundational toolchain and performance efforts for Automotive SoC-based compute platforms
+ Optimizing the Aurora Driver Architecture for our scale-generation vehicle platform and Aurora Driver Hardware Kit
+ Driving architectural improvements to Autonomy stacks to enable more efficient onboard execution at scale
Serve as a go-to resource for information and up-to-date status for relevant programs, facilitating regular executive program reviews and ensuring agenda alignment with the acting chair
Develop detailed and credible engineering plans for architectural projects
Partner with stakeholders across hardware and software to understand the company product roadmap and how architectural changes will support future products
Proactively identify and remove obstacles to unblock team execution and balance competing priorities, escalating when necessary to maintain momentum and clear roadblocks
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5 years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Product Manager, or Engineering Manager in autonomous systems, robotics, embedded systems, or software development, with an architecture focus
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Information Systems, or a related area
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adjust communication based on audience, including senior executives
Strong technical aptitude and an ability to understand complex technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges, and risks; ability to work closely with engineers
Strong experience in project management; practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and flexibility to adapt and apply them when appropriate to improve and not hinder team execution velocity, quality, and efficacy
Ability to work in either Mountain View, CA, with occasional travel expected to support architectural de-risking activities and cross-functional team alignment
Preferred
A graduate degree in a related field (or equivalent experience)
Experience with Pytorch, Tensorrt, CUDA, and/or DRIVE OS
Experience with big software platform migrations or optimizing hardware resources (data, memory, compute)
Experience with managing programs with a mix of internal and external (third party) stakeholders
Benefits
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits
Company
Aurora
Aurora is building self-driving technology to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling trucks to ride-hailing passenger ones.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.19BKey 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
Sterling Anderson
Co-Founder & CPO
Recent News
2025-12-24
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