Aurora Innovation
Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer
$163K–$290K
Mountain View, CA +1 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Pittsburgh, PA
About the job
Leads reliability assessments, failure analysis, risk mitigation, and predictive modeling for Aurora Driver hardware systems to support robust product design and scaled production.
What you'll do
- Conduct reliability evaluations and design test campaigns for internal and external hardware designs.
- Lead failure analysis and corrective actions, including DFMEA sessions and risk mitigation plans.
- Develop predictive reliability models and collaborate across engineering, operations, and manufacturing teams.
What they ask for
- Proven experience developing and validating hardware products, including root cause analysis to inform design improvements.
- Deep understanding of failure physics for electronic, mechanical, and optoelectronic components.
- Ability to design and execute shock, vibration, and thermal reliability test flows for contract manufacturing environments.
- Direct experience improving reliability of mass-produced optomechanical assemblies and managing feedback loops with external vendors.
Nice to have
- Prior experience leading R&D at automotive companies.
- Familiarity with AEC-Q, ISO-16750, and other automotive reliability standards.
Pay
$181,000 - $290,000 per year (base salary); $163,000 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
AEC-Q, ISO-16750, BGA
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