# Software Engineer II, Perception at Aurora

- Company: Aurora
- What the company does: Step inside the world of self-driving freight, powered by the Aurora Driver. Delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. Backed by Greylock, Index and Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://aurora.tech/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $126K to $201K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-16
- Apply by: 2026-11-30
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aurora-operations-inc/70b6130c-1207-47bc-8bba-06ad3a1d4154?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/aurora-software-engineer-ii-perception/

## About the role

Tackle end-to-end perception challenges, including tracking dynamic actors, recognizing actions and attributes, and developing deep semantic understanding of diverse traffic environments. Research and develop state-of-the-art machine learning models to enhance perception performance in challenging, real-world scenarios, such as highway versus urban driving, long-range multi-sensor tracking, varying weather conditions, and degraded sensor conditions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 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
- Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or Bachelor with 1+ years of relevant industry experience in software engineering)
- Proficient software engineering skills in C++ and Python, with a focus on writing clean, scalable, and efficient production-quality code
- Basic knowledge in one or more focus areas: deep learning, computer vision, recursive state estimation, structured prediction, numerical optimization, and others
- Basic knowledge about 3D object tracking algorithms
- Experience with PyTorch, Tensorflow, and/or other deep learning frameworks

Tags: Software Engineering

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