Senior Vehicle Reliability Engineer

Aurora is seeking a vehicle reliability technician to join our team in Dallas-Fort Worth. This role supports the third shift of Vehicle Operations (6 PM - 4 AM CST).

About the Role

You will work closely with site reliability engineers, vehicle service technicians, and vehicle operators to troubleshoot, diagnose, and track issues with the autonomous vehicle fleet.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to vehicles encountering software or hardware issues.
• Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis for common software and hardware faults across multiple platforms.
• Collaborate with engineers, operations, and product teams to improve product performance, reduce faults, and enhance test efficiency.
• Triage vehicle issues, providing data, analysis, and support to engineering teams to determine root causes and corrective actions.
• Create runbooks to facilitate standard and accelerated troubleshooting.
• Perform sensor calibrations, fleet upgrades, and new platform bring-up.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience with the Linux operating system in a support and troubleshooting capacity.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Detail-oriented self-starter with strong learning and independent work capabilities.
• Strong communication skills, able to collaborate across different teams, offices, and time zones.
• Excellent documentation skills.

Desirable Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related STEM field.
• Previous automotive or AV technical experience.
• Deep understanding of computer networking systems.
• Programming skills (e.g., Python, Go, C++, SQL).

Benefits

The base hourly wage range for this position is $41.75 - $66.75 per hour. Aurora offers an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits. The company operates in a hybrid work environment with in-office requirements.