Director of Engineering, TorcOS

Torc Robotics • Ann Arbor, MI

28d

About The Position

At Torc, we believe that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business. As a leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has commercialized solutions with experienced partners. Now part of the Daimler family, we are focused on developing software for automated trucks. The TorcOS organization is responsible for the foundational software stack enabling Torc’s autonomous driving platform, providing BaseOS, middleware, device drivers, data recording infrastructure, and AUTOSAR base software. This team enables robust system bring-up, low-latency communication, reliable sensor data acquisition, and foundational software services. TorcOS collaborates closely with autonomy, platform integration, hardware, safety, and OEM-facing organizations to deliver scalable, reliable, and safety-critical embedded software solutions. The organization focuses on the design, development, integration, and release of foundational embedded software platforms supporting Torc’s Self-Driving Truck solution.

Requirements

• Ability to be a strategic partner to the organization and identify and plan for future organizational and technical needs.
• Strong engineering background within embedded software systems and platform development environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading managers and engineering organizations responsible for highly complex software platforms.
• Experience driving engineering processes, organizational standards, and scalable delivery frameworks across distributed teams.
• Ability to effectively manage a team of managers and professionals while identifying opportunities to grow and develop the organization.
• Strong experience with embedded Linux systems, middleware frameworks, or low-level platform software.
• Experience working with safety-critical or highly reliable software systems.
• Experience driving cross-functional execution across software, hardware, systems, integration, and validation organizations.
• Ability to evangelize best practices and promote consistent standards including test automation, observability, platform reliability, and performance metrics.
• Strong communication and organizational leadership skills in fast-paced engineering environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience within the autonomous vehicle industry.
• Experience within the Automotive Industry.
• Experience leading embedded Linux or middleware platform organizations.
• Experience with device drivers, BSPs, or hardware abstraction layers.
• Experience with robotic communication frameworks or distributed software systems.
• Experience with AUTOSAR base software and microcontroller platforms.
• Experience with safety-critical system designs and standards.
• Experience with system bring-up, bootloaders, flashing tools, or platform integration activities.
• Experience supporting large-scale sensor data systems, logging, or recording frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Owns and drives the execution strategy, organizational effectiveness, and engineering delivery across foundational software domains including embedded Linux platforms, middleware systems, device drivers, data recording infrastructure, and AUTOSAR base software.
• Establishes and drives engineering processes, organizational standards, and delivery execution strategies that support high-quality, scalable, and safety-critical software platforms.
• Builds and develops strong engineering teams and leaders while fostering accountability, technical excellence, and operational consistency across the organization.
• Continuously evaluates organizational effectiveness, engineering processes, and technical execution while proactively identifying and resolving roadblocks within the organization and across partner teams.
• Develops business plans and operational priorities to meet goals and objectives of the organization.
• Facilitates processes for the delivery of scalable and high-quality embedded software platforms supporting autonomous driving systems.
• Collaborates with other management and engineering teams as needed to meet goals, monitor performance, and achieve objectives.
• Drives organizational accountability through metrics, engineering processes, and delivery standards.
• Understands the technical domain of the team’s embedded platform and middleware solutions.
• Manages career development, coaching, and mentoring of managers and engineers.
• Oversees selection and performance management of the teams.
• Provides continuous performance feedback and organizational development.
• Conducts compensation analysis in close collaboration with peer managers and People Operations.
• Supports organizational scalability through process improvements, engineering best practices, and operational consistency.
• Partners with platform, autonomy, hardware, safety, and integration teams to ensure reliable system-level software delivery.
• Supports incident response, root-cause investigations, security initiatives, and compliance activities.

Benefits

• 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
• Sign-on payments
• Relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed