Staff Security Software Engineer

Aurora Overview

Bringing self-driving vehicles to our roads is the most transformative opportunity of our generation. Aurora is taking a fresh start with the development of self-driving technology, combining excellence in AI, rigorous engineering, and a team with decades of experience building robots that work.

Led by a team of seasoned experts, our mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. We are designing the software and hardware to power the transportation of our future that will make our roads safer, give more people access to mobility, and reduce congestion and pollution in cities - improving the quality of life for all. The challenge in what we are endeavoring to achieve is transcendent; we are developing perhaps the world's most complex computing system and asking it to perform the task of transporting and keeping safe our most precious asset: human life. Aurora hires people who are excited to build the future of transportation.

Aurora’s Security Software Engineering team’s mission is to design, implement, and evaluate security components across Aurora’s software, hardware, and services.Our team is responsible for the secure design and implementation of technology built for the onboard vehicle platform and the cloud services with which the vehicle communicates. In addition to contributing to the security architectural strategy, the team is involved in architecture reviews, reviewing and proposing threat models, security code reviews, and release-security for Aurora’s products. The focus of this team however, is the design and development of new security frameworks and technologies for our autonomous vehicle platform. We are searching for an experienced software engineer with security development experience that is excited to lead development of security-specific software components for the autonomous vehicle platform to join us on this mission. Job level is negotiable based on experience.

In This Role, You Will

• 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

Required Qualifications

• 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

Desired Qualifications

• 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

The base range for this position is $171,000 - $247,000. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

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