Aurora Overview
Bringing self-driving vehicles to our roads is the most transformative opportunity of our generation. Aurora is taking a fresh start with the development of self-driving technology, combining excellence in AI, rigorous engineering, and a team with decades of experience building robots that work.
Led by a team of seasoned experts, including three of the world's leaders of self-driving technology, our mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. We are designing the software and hardware to power the transportation of our future that will make our roads safer, give more people access to mobility, and reduce congestion and pollution in cities - improving the quality of life for all. The challenge in what we are endeavoring to achieve is transcendent; we are developing perhaps the world's most complex computing system and asking it to perform the task of transporting and keeping safe our most precious asset: human life.
We are searching for an Operations Analyst based in San Francisco, CA and/or Palo Alto, CA. This role lives in vehicle operations and reports directly to the Operations Program Manager; working closely with representatives in the org and liaising with Engineering / Product teams. We’re looking for someone who can absorb large amounts of data and qualitative insights and can quickly develop a strong narrative that leads to recommendations and builds our understanding of the business. To that extent, we seek versatile problem solvers who can structure and analyze a variety of complex business challenges.
Responsibilities
- Taking conceptual ideas and creating concrete plans for our leadership team
- Work with large data sets pulled from various systems and databases, and independently build analyses to drive insights and build actionable recommendations
- Develop operational metrics, insights, analyses to help evaluate internal efficiencies and process improvements at the company
- Analyze daily, weekly, and monthly operational performance and dig into results to find trends or anomalies
- Communicate key findings and recommendations to a set of cross-functional stakeholders to help guide decision making
Desired Qualifications
- BS in a quantitative field (e.g. Economics, Math, Statistics, Engineering)
- 2+ years working experience, prior data analytics or consulting experience a plus
- Proficiency in SQL and spreadsheets (e.g. GSheet, Excel)
- Experience creating dashboards/visualizations using, e.g., Tableau (or similar)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment and not afraid to roll up sleeves
- Strong communication skills, and ability to work with multiple stakeholders
- Critical problem solver
- Interest in autonomous vehicles
Working at Aurora
Our work has real purpose. Delivering self-driving will improve lives around the world, expanding access to transportation, revitalizing cities, giving people more time back every day.
We're one team. We're inspired by the challenge of what we're solving and the impact our work will have on society. Our camaraderie is built on respect for our work and the fundamental belief our success will be a result of working together.
The Founding Team
Aurora has assembled the most experienced leadership team in the space. Chris Urmson helped lead Carnegie Mellon's efforts in DARPA's Grand Challenges, then was a founding member of Google's self-driving team. Sterling Anderson worked on the tech at MIT before leading Tesla's Autopilot system. Drew Bagnell, also a Carnegie Mellon alum, is a machine learning expert who helped build Uber's autonomy effort. At Aurora, these three continue to bring experts from all areas of the industry to the team. We are funded by some of Silicon Valley's best venture capital firms, including Greylock and Index Ventures.