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About this Opportunity
Who We Are
Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles. It underpins Aurora’s driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Continental, FedEx, Hirschbach, PACCAR, Ryder, Schneider, Toyota, Uber, Uber Freight, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, and Werner.
Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all.
We’re searching for a Senior Product Designer for ML Experience. This person will partner closely with senior leaders, engineers, product managers, and designers to design and deliver machine learning and data analysis tools used to create labeled datasets that fuel our machine learning and autonomy development teams.
Aurora’s Product Design team – which includes Product Designers, Industrial Designers, Service Designers, and UX Researchers - is responsible for creating a remarkably better experience for the people who build and use Aurora’s products and services. That means we are constantly challenging the status quo to deliver experiences that are simple, clear, and intuitive by design. We strive to make our products feel like magic by anticipating unmet needs, abstracting away complexity, and removing the potential for error.
In this role, you will
Design the end-to-end user experience for ML Data and Analysis Tools
Frequently engage in UX Research to understand and evaluate the usefulness and usability of our workflows and tools
Leverage usability insights to guide your involvement across a large solution space
Take charge of the design process to plan, scope, define and deliver high quality responsive interfaces that meet accessibility guidelines
Partner closely with engineering, product, and UX research peers to define and deliver solutions that are feasible, work for users and our business
Build prototypes to find solutions worth building and get feedback on design iterations from users and stakeholders
Contribute to our design system to create consistent user experiences and streamline the development process across our products
Required Qualifications
Minimum of 4 years of product design experience
High proficiency with Figma for prototyping
Ability to communicate design concepts and rationale to cross functional collaborators and stakeholders
Experience working closely with engineering, product, and design peers to define, design, ship, and iterate on highly usable products
Eager to take on new challenges and willing to do what it takes to get the job done
A portfolio demonstrating product design experience
Desirable Qualifications
Experience designing and shipping enterprise software, data products, or 3D visualization tools with complex technical requirements
Familiarity with Lidar and Radar sensor visualization
Experience designing for ML, AI-powered products, or self driving technology
Enjoy turning ambiguous and highly technical problems into intuitive interactions
Strong interaction design, information architecture, and visual design skills
Experience building and maintaining design systems
Ability to work collaboratively across teams of people from all disciplines and levels
Experience with qualitative and quantitative data to inform design decisions
Ability to travel periodically
The base salary range for this position is $94K-$151K per year. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.
Working at Aurora
At Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together — all without any jerks.
We have offices in several locations across the United States, where we encourage team and cross-functional collaboration. Aurora offers competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits, and additional healthcare support including medical transportation reimbursement, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits. We empower our employees and their families with options to further their unique physical, mental, and financial well-being.
Safety is central to everything we do. Every employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way. We seek candidates who take active responsibility, can contribute to building an atmosphere of trust, and invest in the organization's long-term success by working safely — no matter what.
We believe that self-driving technology has broad benefits – including increased access to transportation. To realize those benefits, we need a workforce with diverse experiences, insights, and perspectives — a workforce that reflects the communities our technology will serve.