Aurora Innovation
Staff Security Software Engineer
$171K–$303K
Mountain View, CA +3 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
San Francisco, CA
Pittsburgh, PA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- Minimum 2 years in a security-specific or security-adjacent industry and minimum 8 years of software engineering development.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Designs and implements security frameworks and systems for Aurora’s autonomous vehicle platform and its connected cloud services.
What you'll do
- Architect and lead hands-on implementation of vehicle security systems that support Aurora’s Safety Case.
- Integrate security capabilities with partner teams, Vehicle Platform partners, and OEMs.
- Contribute to security architecture strategy, reviews, threat models, code reviews, release security, and engineer mentoring.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Expertise writing production-quality code in C++.
- At least 2 years of experience in a security-specific or security-adjacent industry.
- At least 8 years of software engineering development experience.
Nice to have
- Golang experience.
- Experience evaluating software and service security; embedded firmware or hardware security; fuzzers; AWS cloud security; infrastructure-as-code; Trusted Platform Modules, HSMs, or trusted boot; or security-industry contributions.
Pay
$189,000 - $303,000 per year (base salary); $171,000 - $273,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C++, Golang, AWS, Trusted Platform Modules, HSMs
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