- Job Type: Full-Time
- Function: Data Science
- Industry: Transportation
- Post Date: 02/20/2026
- Website: aurora.tech
- Company Address: 280 N Bernardo Ave, Mountain View, California 94043, US
About Aurora
Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before.Job Description
Who we are
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. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.
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 Machine Learning Engineer - Models and Validation.
In this role, you will
- Build learned models used to develop and evaluate the Motion Planner in large scale simulations on complex scenarios.
- Build novel generative models to augment our simulation data and create unseen realistic and plausible scenarios for training and evaluating the Motion Planner and other sub-systems.
- Support the various parts of the ML model development workflow, including dataset management, label quality, feature processing pipelines, model training and evaluation infrastructure.
- Work closely with Behavior Planning and Safety Engineering teams to understand their requirements and inform our technical approach.
- Work with the Behavior Simulation and Perception Simulation teams to add any necessary core functionality required to deploy our models.
- Develop tools to visualize, introspect and extract insights from running our models.
- Support your team with code reviews and ideas as part of a collaborative environment.
Required Qualifications
- Motivated and can work independently in a fast paced environment, navigating problem ambiguity.
- Strong knowledge of ML fundamentals.
- ML model building experience (data preparation, training, model design, evaluation)
- Robotics-related domain knowledge.
- Strong knowledge of PyTorch, Python, numpy and common data science libraries.
- 2+ years of industry experience in a related field.
Desirable Qualifications
- Experience with Motion Planner development.
- Experience deploying ML models in production environments.
- Project work, or publications in top-tier conferences or workshops.
The base salary range for this position is $139,000-$223,000 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 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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Working at Aurora
At Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together — all without any jerks.
We believe in-person work increases collaboration, empathy and our ability to lead effectively. As a result, we operate in a hybrid work environment where Aurorans are in office at least 3 days per week.
Our Careers page provides insight into what it is like to work at Aurora, and you can find all the latest updates in our Newsroom.
Our commitment to safety
At the core of everything we do is our commitment to safety. Building best-in-class self-driving technology will take time, and we believe that each employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way. Aurora expects commitment to our safety policies from every employee, and seeks candidates who take an active responsibility, can contribute to building an atmosphere of trust, and invest in the organization’s long-term success by prioritizing working safely, no matter what.
Our commitment to inclusion
Aurora considers candidates without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, parent or caregiver status, ancestry, political affiliation, veteran and/or military status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Aurora considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at careersiteaccommodations@aurora.tech.
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