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Staff Security Software Engineer

Aurora
Seattle, Washington
Full Time
Posted October 14, 2025
$220k - $350k
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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 integrity of the software, hardware, and cloud services involved in self-driving technology.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop security components for autonomous vehicle platform
  • Integrate security capabilities within autonomy and infrastructure frameworks
  • Conduct architectural design reviews and evaluate threat models
  • Lead the integration of security features with partner teams and OEMs
  • Guide and mentor security and non-security engineers in security best practices

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.
  • Translate product requirements into code independently.
  • Able to write high quality production code, unit tests, and integration tests.
  • Able to debug across module boundaries.
  • Familiarity with automotive protocols and security standards.
  • Experience building and evaluating threat models.
  • Ability to implement best practices related to cryptographic protocols, infrastructure, and network security.
  • Ability to translate company goals into product requirements.
  • Able to lead a team and organize projects to deliver desired outcomes.
  • Able 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: $220,000 - $350,000 with annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits
Work schedule: Not specified
Work environment perks: Not specified
Additional benefits: Annual bonus, equity compensation, benefits, and accommodations for disabilities

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