Technical Program Manager - Motion Planning

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Technical Program Manager to join Aurora’s Motion Planning team. The Motion Planning team is part of Aurora’s Autonomy team and responsible for developing core technologies that allow the Aurora Driver to plan and execute trajectories..

In this role, you will

• Serve as the Technical Program and Product Manager for a key Autonomy module: Motion Planning. In this role, you will lead planning and execution activities for Motion Planning engineering development that contribute to high-level company milestones and the success of the Aurora Driver.
• Collaborate closely with other autonomy software and hardware teams, policy leads, operations, and triage specialists on technical matters to ensure the Motion Planning team’s work is aligning to broader organizational development.
• Deeply understand trends in onroad and offline performance and coordinate with the team to resolve any technical deficiencies.
• Deeply understand the operating design domain of the Aurora Driver and ensure that product requirements and technical requirements are understood and properly implemented.
• Lead aspects of verification and validation testing by ensuring that the team’s progress is properly captured in metrics, dashboards, and other tools that guide development.
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks and communicate status to upper management and project stakeholders, and engage and energize the project teams to achieve aggressive goals.
• Manage complex projects at a large scale, spanning many functional teams and cross-functional initiatives. Instill an efficient program and product management mindset and workflow across the team, and function as a go-to resource for program management mentorship
• Remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress, identify gaps in communication or schedule, manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities, and drive results proactively.
• Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities and push the team to be effective.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Product Manager, or Engineering Manager, or Engineer in an autonomous systems, robotics, data science, machine learning, computer vision, or software development environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Data Science, Information Systems or a related area, or the equivalent in experience with evidence of exceptional ability preferred.
• A strong familiarity with machine learning models, robotics or computer vision systems and their architecture.
• Direct, measurable impact through the design, development and launch of groundbreaking products or delivery of significant and novel technology programs.
• Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand 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 ability to apply them where best suited.
• Passion for shipping new to market products and the ability to dynamically adapt to new responsibilities needed to do so

The base salary range for this position is $163k-$261k per year. 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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