Test Triage Analyst I

About the role

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.

In this role, you will perform autonomy system failure and issue root cause analysis across real-world and simulated testing environments through learned expertise of sub-system and system-wide architecture and performance standards. This includes:

• Critical analysis consisting of deep technical knowledge, hypothesis formation, thorough investigation of autonomy capabilities and modules, and hypothesis confirmation or revisions based on additional data.
• Collaborating with internal and external domain experts to ensure alignment on root cause analysis and severity scoring frameworks.
• Synthesizing data into reports, feedback, and visualizations to create digestible information for a variety of teams.
• Quickly using and providing feedback for a variety of web-based tools required to perform root cause analysis and supporting analytics work across test modalities.
• Participating in peer-to-peer quality assurance to stay calibrated within the team and to current Aurora standards.
• Facilitating meetings with both internal and external stakeholders and presenting analytical insights related to autonomy capability performance.
• Creating, maintaining, applying, and owning hierarchical tags based on existing and evolving taxonomies to help teams understand common failures, trends, and top issues using a common reference.
• Keeping documentation and training materials up to date so the team remains informed and prepared.

Requirements

• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to verbalize the "why" and "how" of what we are working on.
• Passion for working with teams and collaborating with partners.
• Ability to understand, communicate, and analyze the technical details of system-level failures and differentiate sub-system level failures of highly complex autonomous software systems, including root cause analysis, troubleshooting, escalations, and corrective actions.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to bridge the gap between operations, safety, product, and technical groups.
• Experience creating, executing, and optimizing processes, identifying workflow bottlenecks, and proposing potential solutions.
• Planning and organizational abilities that allow for independent prioritization and follow-through.
• Comfortable navigating a fast-paced, fluid working environment.

Qualifications

Required

No specific degree required, but the role demands the skills and experience outlined in the Requirements section.

Desirable

• BS or MS in a STEM-related field such as Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science, or Engineering.
• 1+ year(s) of experience working with autonomous vehicles or robotics industries, particularly in domains like triage, motion planning, perception, mapping, localization, and testing operations.
• Experience in test evaluation, root cause analysis, or quality assurance/control domains.
• Intermediate knowledge and experience using coding, scripting, or querying languages with relational databases such as JQL, SQL, PostgreSQL, Python, C++, or BASH.
• Experience with simulation software.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $72,000–$108,000 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 job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

Schedule

Aurora operates in a hybrid work environment where employees are in the office at least 3 days per week.