Staff Technical Product & Program Manager, Aurora
Architecture & Fallback Strategy
$181-262k
+ Annual bonus + Equity
Self-driving technology company
Job no longer available
Self-driving technology company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$181-262k
+ Annual bonus + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
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Company mission
To deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
8% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
The trucking industry is facing growing pressure from driver shortages, rising delivery demand, and the need for safer, more efficient freight transport. Long highway routes are expensive and tiring for drivers, especially on repetitive trips so companies are looking for new ways to move goods faster and more reliably while keeping costs low and improving safety.
Aurora Innovations is developing self-driving technology for long-haul trucks through its "Aurora Driver" system. Already, the company is operating autonomous freight routes across Texas and nearby states, often handling the highway portion of deliveries while human drivers complete local drop-offs. On top of this, the company is partnering with major companies like McLane, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, and Hirschbach to bring autonomous trucking into real commercial use.
In an exciting move, Aurora is now going beyond testing and into large-scale operations. McLane has approved driverless freight runs between Dallas and Houston, while Volvo and Aurora have expanded autonomous deliveries into Oklahoma City. With plans to scale routes across the US and agreements for hundreds of future autonomous trucks, Aurora is gearing up to play a very powerful position in autonomous freight transport.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2020
$400m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Feb 2019
$600m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.1bn
This company has top investors
Leadership
Chris Urmson
(Co-Founder & CEO)Chris graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a PhD in Robotics. Prior to co-founding Aurora in 2017, they were the CTO of Self-Driving Cars at Google.
Drew Bagnell
(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)Drew is a Consulting Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where they received their PhD in Robotics. Previously, they were an Autonomy Architect & Perception Lead at Uber Advanced Technology Center.
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