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Staff Security Software Engineer

Aurora
Mountain View, California
Full Time
Posted January 8, 2026
$189k - $274k
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Job Description

The role involves designing, developing, and integrating security components for Aurora's autonomous vehicle platform, ensuring the safety and security of self-driving technology through architectural reviews, threat modeling, and security framework development.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop security components for autonomous vehicle platform
  • Integrate security capabilities within autonomy and infrastructure frameworks
  • Conduct architectural reviews and evaluate security threat models
  • Lead the implementation of security frameworks and technologies
  • Collaborate with partner teams to ensure security integration
  • Guide and mentor security and non-security engineers

Requirements

  • Design and develop new security components for Aurora's autonomous vehicle platform.
  • Build and embed security components within autonomy frameworks and infrastructure frameworks.
  • Work with partner teams to perform architectural design reviews of software, hardware, and services.
  • Lead successful integration of security capabilities and components with partner teams.
  • Work with Vehicle Platform partners and OEMs to ensure successful security integration into the Aurora Driver platform.
  • Guide and mentor both security and non-security engineers.
  • Familiarity with C 17 and STL, and understanding and explanation of autonomous vehicle security concepts.
  • Ability to learn and create new C frameworks.
  • Ability to translate product requirements into code independently.
  • Ability to write high quality production code, unit tests, and integration tests.
  • Ability to debug across module boundaries.
  • Familiarity with automotive protocols and security standards.
  • Experience building and evaluating threat models.
  • Familiarity with and ability to implement best practices related to cryptographic protocols, infrastructure, and network security.
  • Ability to translate company goals into product requirements.
  • Ability to lead a team and organize projects to deliver desired outcomes.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with other teams.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a security-specific or security-adjacent industry.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in the robotics or automotive industry or equivalent.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range: 189,000 - 274,000 USD
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Hybrid work environment with at least 3 days in office per week
Benefits (unspecified but included in compensation package)

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