Senior Director, Engineering

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: 

As an organization at the forefront of autonomous driving, we have gathered vast amounts of valuable sensor data that provide a deep insight into various driving environments and scenarios. Within the AI Foundation Department our strategic response is to integrate foundational computer vision techniques to harness its full potential and drive its capabilities further ahead to adhere to future needs. 

What You'll Do: 

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to the engineering managers and their teams in the development and execution of autonomous truck behaviors, path planning, and prediction of other road users.  

• Seamlessly integrate classical algorithms and cutting-edge machine learning techniques to develop robust, safe behaviors for autonomous trucking  

• Drive engineering excellence by ensuring critical processes are implemented for the delivery of a safety critical system.  

• Collaborate with principal engineers to establish and maintain a robust technical plan for the autonomous trucking group, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.  

• Work closely with the Technical Product Management group to understand priorities and translate them into actionable engineering plans.  

• Manage and allocate resources effectively to meet project goals and timelines, while ensuring optimal utilization of talent within the engineering group.  

• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering organization.  

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Research & Development, and Operations, to ensure seamless integration and successful delivery of autonomous trucking solutions.  

• Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory requirements relevant to autonomous trucking, and proactively incorporate them into the group’s strategic plans.  

• Drive the recruitment, onboarding, and professional development of engineering talent, fostering a high-performance …