Senior Incident Commander
$127k/y-$204k/y
Aurora2 days ago
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HybridFull-timeSenior
Summary
Aurora is seeking a Senior Incident Commander to join their team in San Francisco, CA. The role involves leading the technical incident response function across various domains including autonomous vehicle platforms and enterprise IT infrastructure.
About the Role
As a Senior Incident Commander, you will take operational leadership of the tactical response to complex, high-severity incidents. Your responsibilities include establishing command and control during incidents, managing escalations and stakeholders, driving continuous improvement through incident retrospectives, developing cross-functional partnerships, and delivering executive communications on active incidents.
About You
Required:
- 5+ years of direct experience in a command-oriented role such as incident management, crisis response, or military/first-responder operations.
- Strong understanding of the interconnectedness of complex systems including on-vehicle compute and enterprise IT infrastructure.
- Experience briefing senior executives on complex incidents.
- Demonstrated capability to remain calm and decisive under pressure.
- Exceptional attention to detail in documenting incident timelines and analyses.
- Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
Preferred:
- An advanced degree in Emergency Management, Computer Science, Business, Operations, Law, or a related discipline.
- Experience leading crisis and incident response in a large-scale tech environment.
- Proven ability to interact with external stakeholders such as regulatory agencies.
- Experience in highly regulated industries such as Autonomous Vehicles or Aviation.
- Certifications in command frameworks like FEMA's National Incident Management System (NIMS/ICS).
Benefits
- Base salary range of $127k–$204k per year.
- Eligibility for an annual bonus and equity compensation.
- Hybrid work environment with in-office requirements at least 3 days per week.
Aurora
Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, more reliable, and more efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system, initially designed to operate freight-hauling trucks. Aurora is partnering with industry leaders across the freight and logistics ecosystem, including FedEx, Volvo Trucks, PACCAR, Uber Freight, Werner, Schneider, and Ryder. For Aurora’s latest news, visit aurora.tech.
San Francisco, CA