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Aurora Tech Stack

Self-driving truck technology and fleet operations platform

Software Development Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1,001–5,000 employees Founded 2017 Public Company

Aurora builds autonomous driving systems for commercial freight, with the Aurora Driver designed to operate long-haul trucks in partnership with OEMs and logistics carriers. The tech stack—C++, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, CUDA, LiDAR, plus cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)—reflects a mature autonomous-systems org running distributed ML training pipelines and real-time vehicle control. Security and infrastructure hiring (17 security roles, 12 ops roles) signals scaling pressures around secure autonomous-vehicle design and fleet operations at production scale.

Tech Stack 167 technologies

Core StackSolidWorks CATIA C++ Python AWS PyTorch Jira Confluence Slack Go Kubernetes gRPC TensorFlow Terraform Keyshot LiDAR UNIX POSIX Protocol Buffers Parquet HDFS GCP Azure Opsgenie MapReduce RTOS TCP/IP CUDA TensorRT Bazel+133 more

What Aurora Is Building

Challenges

  • Scaling fleet operations
  • Partner api integration
  • Identifying talent gaps
  • Complex product integration
  • Cost-effective supply
  • Secure design for autonomous vehicle platform
  • Improving performance review system
  • Improving assurance levels of security across products
  • Ensuring secure design of autonomous vehicle software
  • Improving safety of autonomous vehicle

Active Projects

  • Apqp and ppap process management
  • Prototype to production supply chain
  • Performance review cycle refinement
  • Core security infrastructure services (certificate management, secrets management, authentication/authorization)
  • Federation/sso solution
  • Model training pipelines
  • Autonomous vehicle fleet management solutions
  • Optimizing the aurora driver architecture for our scale-generation vehicle platform and aurora driver hardware kit
  • Security framework development for autonomous vehicle platform
  • Aurora atlas mapping storage and versioning system

Hiring Activity

Accelerating150 roles · 65 in 30d

Department

Engineering
79
Security
17
HR
13
Ops
12
Product
11
Research
4
Data
3
Design
3

Seniority

Senior
56
Staff
56
Mid
21
Manager
6
Director
5
Lead
4
Principal
4
Junior
2

Notable leadership hires: Backend Tech Lead, Technical Lead Manager, 3D Technical Director

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About Aurora

Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) develops self-driving technology for freight-hauling trucks, operating as a public company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Pittsburgh. The Aurora Driver is the core product, designed to integrate with Class 8 trucks and partnered with industry players including OEMs (Volvo, PACCAR), freight operators (Uber Freight, Werner, Schneider, Ryder), and rental fleets (Ryder). The company employs 1,001–5,000 people across engineering, product, security, operations, and research functions, with active hiring accelerating at 66 new roles posted in the last 30 days. Operations span autonomous vehicle fleet management, mapping and versioning infrastructure (Aurora Atlas), model training pipelines, and supply-chain processes.

HeadquartersPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Company Size1,001–5,000 employees
Founded2017
Hiring MarketsUnited States

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Aurora's tech stack?

Core: C++, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, CUDA, LiDAR. Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure. Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Terraform, gRPC, Parquet, HDFS. CAD/simulation: SolidWorks, CATIA, Keyshot. Tools: Jira, Confluence, Slack, Opsgenie, Bazel.

Where is Aurora headquartered?

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. All current hiring is in the United States.

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