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.

What we are looking for

We’re searching for a Central Development Operations Specialist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This role is responsible for safely monitoring and executing development-focused missions supporting new tooling and features for our autonomous vehicle fleet on closed-course tracks and public roads.

This role utilizes Commercial training and practices so that Central Development Operations specialists can provide engineering and product teams with direct feedback on new features and tool performance ahead of Commercial rollout. This role requires strong coordination with Testing Teams, Program Managers, Leads, and cross-functional engineering stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is focused on safety, highly organized, mission-driven, and excellent at rapidly communicating, with a strong ability to read and execute test procedures and translate in-vehicle and tooling observations into clear, actionable feedback. This person will rapidly grasp complex IT systems to monitor, direct, and support development vehicle test deployment across test tracks and public roads, while helping validate the tools and workflows that will ultimately scale to Commercial operations.

Duration: This role is a 12-month assignment (with the potential to extend).

Hours: Guaranteed 40 hours per week.

Bonus: Eligible for a performance based bonus of up to $2,000.

Employees who work in Aurora Operations are expected to be open to working a variety of shifts. This role follows a 4x10 schedule, and most sites have night and weekend shifts, with many day shifts including one weekend day as part of the regular schedule. We do our best to match shifts with personal preference, but we reserve the right to assign employees to shifts and schedules based on business needs. All employees may be required to work overtime or on holidays, especially during our busy seasons.

In this role you will

Send out scheduled test assignments to the field testing team at the start of shift, and provide monitoring, triage, and remote command support for triggers or tooling issues as tests are performed

Read test procedures and translate observations into operational feedback for Testing Program Managers, informed by Commercial workflows

Onboard into and help refine commercial command-center best practices, mirroring those workflows for development use cases

Provide structured feedback on feature/tool performance and report findings to Testing Program Managers

Respond to trigger requests/emergencies and safely send remote commands

Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives through triage work and quarterly initiative based cross-functional projects

Escalate complex or persistent issues to Vehicle Reliability Engineering (VRE) with complete documentation, following formal escalation procedures

Escalate operational blockers with suggested solutions to own closing the loop between execution teams and cross-functional program and engineering teams

Work as a team, win together, and serve as an ambassador for Aurora when interacting with the public

Required qualifications

Ability to read and accurately execute technical test procedures

Ability to constantly focus on a laptop monitoring proprietary tooling for extended periods

Maintains up-to-date, working knowledge of the self-driving stack and daily software/operational changes

Past track record of proactively surfacing the right questions when procedures or tooling change, rather than defaulting to escalation or repeated errors

Valid U.S. driver's license, 5+ years driving history, clean record through a MVR check