Aurora Innovation · 17 hours ago
Senior Staff Product & Program Manager, Autonomy Sensing
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$197K/yr - $285K/yr
7+ years expAurora Innovation is on a mission to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely and broadly. They are seeking a Senior Staff Product & Program Manager to lead cross-functional programs within the Autonomy Sensing team, focusing on technical roadmaps and strategic guidance for product development.
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Responsibilities
Lead large cross-functional programs that are predominantly driven by Autonomy Sensing/Perception engineering scope
Deeply understand the company-level roadmap and translate this into a Sensing/Perception technical roadmap with clear milestones and metrics
Deeply understand customer and business needs and use this understanding to prioritize work across the Sensing/Perception organization
Help facilitate tradeoff discussions based on awareness of engineering effort and product needs (ROI awareness)
Own the overlap of technical roadmaps among partner teams within Autonomy Sensing including: Perception, Machine Learning Data Engine, and Sensor Simulation
Provide strategic guidance on make/buy data decisions
Influence a strategy for real world sourcing versus simulation by exploring all available options and presenting possible solutions
Author PRDs to define product requirements for the Sensing/Perception team
Define new metrics and dashboards to improve how we measure and track execution
Own program schedules, program reviews, and executive communications
Identify key bottlenecks within Autonomy Sensing from both a staffing perspective as well as a process perspective
Propose solutions for eliminating bottlenecks and accelerating output
Serve as a thought leader in both the Product Management and Program Management space by providing best-in-class PM and TPM leadership, mentorship, and product/program execution
Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities and push the team to be effective
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 7 years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Technical Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer in an autonomous systems, robotics, machine learning, or software development environment
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Information Systems or a related area, or the equivalent in experience with evidence of exceptional ability preferred
A strong familiarity with robotics or computer vision systems and their architecture or broad background with ML or data systems
Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks; ability to work closely with engineers
Benefits
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits
Company
Aurora Innovation
Aurora Innovation helps companies, businesses and organisations with many incoming calls, high availability requirements as well as service.
51-200 employees
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Funding
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Growth StageTotal Funding
$3.11M2017-04-05Series Unknown· $3.11M
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