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# Senior Manager Hardware Systems Applications Engineering

- **Company:** Aurora Innovation, Inc.
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $178,000.0 - $285,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JIRA, Software Tools, Data Analytics, Custom Reports
- **Published:** July 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=eb9078cd84d78f73

## About the Role

* BS in Engineering
 * 10+ years managing direct reports including remote / offsite personnel
 * 10+ years experience developing RASICs, process definitions, workflow definitions with cross-functional teams.
 * 10+ years of work-related experience in the Automotive Engineering field, specifically with sustaining engineering of fielded products.
 * Expertise using JIRA for issue management, including creation of custom reports, dashboards etc and driving continuous improvements on existing workflows.
 * Ability to be objective (data-driven) and apply an empirical process to solving issues.

Desirable Qualifications

 * Hands-on experience using AI tools and agents to expedite workflow execution.
 * Hands-on experience using data analytics platforms like Mode, Holistics or similar to develop data driven metrics of success at an enterprise level.

## Description

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 Manager - Hardware Systems Applications Engineering.

In this role, you will

 * Work on-site in the DFW area which is our center of excellence for fleet operations.
 * Synthesize top-level business goals with the team charter to plan quarterly goals for the team and work with the team to track and drive them to completion
 * Define key inputs and outputs for the team, and develop internal to team processes to ensure consistent execution of the team's deliverables.
 * Define staffing needs for the team and manage resource planning of the existing team to meet business needs (Eg shift scheduling, training needs identification etc)
 * Develop and manage cross-functional workflows between software, product, operations and other HW engineering teams to ensure clear handoff on deliverables.
 * Develop, maintain and track metrics that provide real-time signal onwith respect to Aurora product hardware health and performance
 * Communicate upward to leadership WRT team deliverables, ranging from top-level fleet metrics to low-level details on specific issue investigations on a weekly basis.
 * Travel up to 30% from the "home office" to one of: Engineering sites (PIT, MTV), Operations sites (PAL, FTW, El Paso, PHX, HOU) and Remote test locations (TRC Ohio)


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