Senior Software Engineer, Rendering and Sensor Simulation
$189k/y-$303k/y
Auroraa day ago
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Summary
Aurora is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Rendering and Sensor Simulation to join their team in San Francisco, CA. The role involves developing, optimizing, and maintaining Alba, their in-house sensor simulation software for autonomous driving systems.
About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for developing core components of Alba, collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate it with other autonomous driving systems, identifying performance bottlenecks, and contributing to the architectural design of the sensor simulation platform.
About You
Required:
- Strong proficiency in C++ with a deep understanding of software engineering principles.
- Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of physically based rendering and production rendering systems.
- Experience in performance engineering using manual code instrumentation and profiling tools (e.g. Intel Vtune).
- Extensive experience in writing and optimizing high-performance code, particularly for computationally intensive applications.
- Proven track record of optimizing existing codebases using techniques such as multi-threading, vectorization, and leveraging performance libraries (e.g. ISPC).
Preferred:
- Experience with Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools such as Houdini.
- Familiarity with Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD).
- Experience with GPU programming, in particular Optix and CUDA.
- Experience with third-party graphics libraries (e.g., Embree, OIIO).
- Knowledge of network distributed programming.
- Proficiency in Python.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $189k–$303k per year.
- Eligibility for an annual bonus and equity compensation.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
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