Description

Company Name: Aurora Operations, Inc.

Job Location: Bozeman, MT 59718

Job title: Senior LiDAR Systems Engineer

Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or related

SOC Code: 17-2199.08

SOC Occupation Title: Robotics Engineers

Duration: Regular Hire  

Work week:  Full-time

Supervision Experience Required: No

Travel: 10%: Regular travel will be required between all Aurora offices (Mountain View, Pittsburgh, and Dallas).

Experience: 5 years of experience in LiDAR systems engineering or related. Requires skills and experience to involve: Demonstrated experience developing and testing both coherent and time-of-flight LiDAR technologies. Demonstrated experience integrating LiDAR with autonomous vehicle hardware and perception systems. Demonstrated experience with LiDAR test infrastructure development, LiDAR testing and LiDAR test automation. Demonstrated experience performing verification and validation for the automotive industry at both the LiDAR sensor and integrated module level. Fluent in Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, and OOP Python libraries. Demonstrated experience with Linux. Demonstrated experience with User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), and Controller Area Network (CAN) communication protocols. Demonstrated experience with oscilloscopes, data acquisition systems, thermal chambers and vibration tables. Demonstrated experience working with and debugging complex hardware and software systems. Demonstrated experience with handling large data sets and writing scripts to post-process test data.

Job duties: The Senior LiDAR Systems Engineer position will Lead end-to-end system-level validation of LiDAR modules for autonomous vehicles through sample loops and qualification gates. Perform robotic system, functional, and parametric evaluation in bench, hardware-in-the-loop, and environmental test environments. Process and interpret sensor data. Review engineering requirements, derive test specifications, develop test plans, design test environments and test cases aligned with performance and safety-critical regulations. Develop and maintain sensor test fixtures, data acquisition flows, and sensor test infrastructure. Manage sensor test campaigns, executions and runs according to schedule. Troubleshoot complex LiDAR hardware and firmware issues, bugs and failures, perform root-cause analysis, and coordinate corrective actions. Interface with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure design intent is met and systemic issues are closed. Maintain documentation, sensor test reports, and MLC-readiness packages. Develop Python-based data analysis tools and automation libraries for LiDAR health data processing, point cloud performance evaluation and automated reporting. Present plans and results at cross functional hardware development gates to senior leadership.

To apply, email resumes to [email protected] including REF#00487.