Aurora · 1 day ago
Staff Security Software Engineer
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$171K/yr - $247K/yr
5+ years expAurora Innovation is dedicated to delivering the benefits of self-driving technology. They are seeking a Staff Security Software Engineer to design and develop security components for their autonomous vehicle platform, ensuring secure integration and architecture.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleTransportation
Responsibilities
Design and develop new security components for our autonomous vehicle platform
Build and embed security components within autonomy frameworks and infrastructure frameworks
Work with partner teams to perform architectural design reviews of software, hardware, and services
Lead successful integration of security capabilities and components with partner teams
Work with Vehicle Platform partners and OEMs and ensure successful security integration into the Aurora Driver platform
Guide and mentor both security and non-security engineers
Qualification
Required
Familiar with C++17 and STL/golang
Understand and explain autonomous vehicle security concepts
Able to learn and create new C++ frameworks
Translate product requirements into code independently
Able to write high quality production code, unit tests, integration tests
Able to debug across module boundaries
Familiarity with automotive protocols and security standards
Experience building and evaluating threat models
Familiarity with and Ability to implement best practices related to cryptographic protocols, infrastructure and network security
Ability to translate company goals into product requirements
Able to lead a team and organize projects in order to deliver desired outcome
Able to work cross functionally with other teams
Minimum 5 years of experience in a security-specific or security-adjacent industry
Minimum 2 years of experience in the robotics or automotive industry or equivalent
Preferred
Experience evaluating the security of software and services
Foundational knowledge of embedded firmware security and hardware security, preferably in the robotics or automotive space
Familiarity working with or developing fuzzers
Familiarity with cloud security (AWS) and infrastructure-as-code
Familiarity with Trusted Platform Modules, HSMs, and trusted boot
A history of giving back to the security industry via open source contributions, published papers, or conference presentations
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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