Senior Manager Hardware Systems Applications Engineering

Aurora Innovation•Dallas, TX

1d•$178,000 - $285,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone. At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. We’re searching for a Senior Manager - Hardware Systems Applications Engineering. In this role, you will work on-site in the DFW area which is our center of excellence for fleet operations. You will synthesize top-level business goals with the team charter to plan quarterly goals for the team and work with the team to track and drive them to completion. You will define key inputs and outputs for the team, and develop internal to team processes to ensure consistent execution of the team’s deliverables. You will define staffing needs for the team and manage resource planning of the existing team to meet business needs (Eg shift scheduling, training needs identification etc). You will develop and manage cross-functional workflows between software, product, operations and other HW engineering teams to ensure clear handoff on deliverables. You will develop, maintain and track metrics that provide real-time signal on with respect to Aurora product hardware health and performance. You will communicate upward to leadership WRT team deliverables, ranging from top-level fleet metrics to low-level details on specific issue investigations on a weekly basis. You will travel up to 30% from the “home office” to one of: Engineering sites (PIT, MTV), Operations sites (PAL, FTW, El Paso, PHX, HOU) and Remote test locations (TRC Ohio).

Requirements

BS in Engineering
10+ years managing direct reports including remote / offsite personnel
10+ years experience developing RASICs, process definitions, workflow definitions with cross-functional teams.
10+ years of work-related experience in the Automotive Engineering field, specifically with sustaining engineering of fielded products.
Expertise using JIRA for issue management, including creation of custom reports, dashboards etc and driving continuous improvements on existing workflows.
Ability to be objective (data-driven) and apply an empirical process to solving issues.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience using AI tools and agents to expedite workflow execution.
Hands-on experience using data analytics platforms like Mode, Holistics or similar to develop data driven metrics of success at an enterprise level.

Responsibilities

Synthesize top-level business goals with the team charter to plan quarterly goals for the team and work with the team to track and drive them to completion
Define key inputs and outputs for the team, and develop internal to team processes to ensure consistent execution of the team’s deliverables.
Define staffing needs for the team and manage resource planning of the existing team to meet business needs (Eg shift scheduling, training needs identification etc)
Develop and manage cross-functional workflows between software, product, operations and other HW engineering teams to ensure clear handoff on deliverables.
Develop, maintain and track metrics that provide real-time signal on with respect to Aurora product hardware health and performance
Communicate upward to leadership WRT team deliverables, ranging from top-level fleet metrics to low-level details on specific issue investigations on a weekly basis.