Engineering Manager 2

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.

Summary:

A successful candidate will have experience performing thought leadership, people management, cross-function collaboration, and driving initiatives to transform and evolve the system triage and forensics processes.  A robust background in large-scale, safety-critical systems and/or software development processes within complex development systems is necessary to guide company engineering procedures. 

What you'll be doing:

• Deliver through your team as well as collaborate across teams to deliver greater value to Torc internal engineering and Torc customer facing teams
• Lead triage, tracking, and reporting of metrics for test escapes
• Provide system performance metrics based on data collected by our self-driving truck 
• Report on software quality using concepts such as defect ratios and software heatmap viewpoints 
• Track and follow-up on high priority and blocking defects, ensuring continued progress 
• Develop data analysis scripts and visualization tools to Create tooling requirements for efficient triage and root cause analysis, metric reporting and visualization with the goal of quickly extract key learnings and trends related to software maturity 
• Establish and maintain defect management process, defect workflow and tracking including definition of bug ticket quality and ability to understand state of defects
• Contribute to a rapid integration and deployment schedule for self-driving software stack with consistent releases to extended testing teams

What you will need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, Systems Engineering or related technical field; experience in lieu of education 
• 10+ years of industry experience leading test programs with focus on system triage, defect tracking and impact analysis  
• Experience with complex embedded systems including ADAS technologies i.e. autonomous driving software architecture, sensors, networking, compute hardware, control systems 
• Experience with software development tools i.e. build systems, containers, source control etc. 
• Experience with software for real-time or safety-critical systems 
• Strong problem-solving / analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to learn in unstructured environments 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving software/hardware infrastructure 

Bonus Points:

• Experience testing autonomous vehicles, ROS based robotics systems or ADAS features 
• Configuration management of safety-critical systems, understanding of systems engineering and verification, validation methodologies
• Experience designing and commissioning custom HIL test fixtures 

Perks of Being a Full-time Torc’r  

Torc cares about our team members and we strive to provide benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and future. Our culture is collaborative, energetic, and team focused. Torc offers:     

• A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus component and stock options  
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees    
• 401K plan with a 6% employer match  
• Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date) 
• Company-wide holiday office closures  
• AD+D and Life Insurance

At Torc, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We celebrate the uniqueness of our Torc’rs and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, or disabilities.

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed for this opportunity, we encourage you to apply.