Central Development Operations Lead

Aurora develops and commercially operates AI-powered self-driving freight technology through its Aurora Driver system.

Pittsburgh, United States
About Aurora Innovation, Inc.

Aurora is a public autonomous-vehicle technology company focused on self-driving freight. Its Aurora Driver combines hardware and AI software to operate trucks and underpins its driver-as-a-service trucking product.

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About the Role

You will lead Central Development Specialists who schedule and execute development testing across an extended-hours operation. You will resolve complex tooling issues, coordinate handoffs and resources, support incident response, document performance feedback, and improve processes, data quality, and development readiness.

Requirements

  • 1–2+ years of leadership experience
  • 3+ years of remote assistance, fleet operations, or related high-tempo technical-environment experience
  • Experience leading teams through operational or software change
  • Communication and judgment skills for time-sensitive decisions
  • Ability to learn and teach proprietary software tools
  • Experience identifying testing-tool bugs or UI/UX gaps
  • Flexibility for unplanned office hours

Responsibilities

  • Lead Central Development Specialists supporting development-testing scheduling and execution
  • Provide tooling support and act as a subject matter expert on data integrity and testing quality
  • Escalate and troubleshoot complex technical and tool-specific issues
  • Coordinate daily handoffs, scheduling, planning, and resource escalations across regions and shifts
  • Deliver performance feedback through regular one-to-one meetings
  • Drive process-improvement projects that improve development readiness and efficiency
  • Identify tooling friction and software edge cases that could create operational risks
  • Support incident response and urgent scheduling adjustments

Benefits

  • Annual bonus
  • Equity compensation