Software Build and Test Engineer

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 Product Testing, Tooling and Release department plays a critical role in product engineering. The teams are responsible for ensuring the safe and successful deployment of autonomous vehicles, by implementing rigorous testing processes, using advanced testing tools to collect data and analyze the system performance.

What you’ll be doing:

A Software Build and Test Engineer is responsible for various activities related to software build and integration of our self-driving truck software. The responsibilities involve performing integration activities on software and hardware subsystems and components, understanding dependencies between subsystems and components, troubleshooting build issues, developing a continuous integration pipeline, orchestrating functional deployments, and helping with release delivery.

• Support integration of components and subsystems to support the deployment of self-driving software onto vehicles and test benches
• Report on feature content and change logs for software test and release candidates
• Assist with troubleshooting of component and system integration issues, guiding the team to an efficient resolution.
• Leverage results from automated software testing pipeline to increase the efficiency of the system integration release process.
• Maintain a rapid integration and deployment schedule for self-driving software stack with consistent releases to extended testing teams.
• Manage software branching strategies to support continuous integration along with release and patch branches supporting the product roadmap
• Develop data analysis scripts and visualization tools to quickly extract key learnings and trends related to software maturity
• Create requirements for new tools or automation to increase overall software build, branch and configuration management capabilities.

What you’ll need to succeed:  

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
• 7+ years experience for software build, integration and test systems
• 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)
• 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.