Director of Engineering, Test and Release Management

About the Company

At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business.

A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight.

Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.

Meet the Team:  

The Test Execution and Release Management department within Product Engineering and Release is responsible for system integration, verification and validation of entire product ecosystem to enable a safe, well tested, and fast product release.   

What you’ll do:  

The Director will own the vision for product validation and release processes, including the scope definition, implementation, and execution of software, firmware and hardware releases for our autonomous trucking platform. Successful candidates will possess strong communication skills, enabling transparent and visual progress tracking towards larger milestones. A robust background in large-scale, safety-critical systems and/or software development processes within complex development systems is essential to ensure compliance with company and engineering policies and procedures. Experience in the autonomous and/or automotive sectors is highly desirable. 

• Provide strategic leadership and vision for enabling product releases by aligning existing verification and validation strategies with sound defect management and system performance tracking to enable company's goals and objectives. 
• Develop and communicate a clear roadmap for tooling and automation required for release management, outlining priorities, milestones, and success criteria. 
• Continuously evaluate and optimize product validation, release management processes, tools, and methodologies to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability. 
• Identify potential risks, issues, and dependencies related to releases, and develop strategies to mitigate them. Monitor and analyze system performance metrics and driving performance indicators to identify areas for improvement and optimization. 
• Establish and maintain configuration management procedures and change control procedures to manage the impact of changes on release scope, schedule, and resources. 
• Serve as a primary point of contact for communication with Safety teams, senior management, customers, partners, and other stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment across the organization. Collaborate with quality assurance and V&V teams to maintain high standards of software and hardware quality …