Engineering Manager - Systems Triage (Metrics & Analysis)

Torc Robotics • Fort Worth, MI

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About The Position

The Engineering Manager for Metrics & Analysis leads a small team responsible for turning autonomous vehicle data, system performance indicators, and software quality metrics into engineering insights. The role combines people management and cross-functional collaboration with hands-on data analysis, metrics reporting, and visualization to support engineering decision-making for Torc’s autonomous truck software.

The manager establishes consistent analytical approaches, prioritizes team workload, develops team members, and scales the team’s analysis and metrics tooling. They report on system performance and software quality, support defect tracking and root-cause investigations, and present findings to engineering leadership and other stakeholders. The position is available in a hybrid capacity at Torc offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Blacksburg, Virginia; or Fort Worth, Texas, or remotely within the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field; experience may substitute for education.
• 2–5 years of industry experience in data analysis, metrics reporting, or test/defect tracking, with some prior experience leading or mentoring a small team.
• Experience with Python programming and SQL for data analysis.
• Ability to create metrics from scratch, including defining the metric, implementing the data pipeline, and visualizing results.
• Experience building data analysis scripts and visualization tooling, such as Python, SQL, and dashboarding tools.
• Hands-on experience with Jira for defect/bug tracking and familiarity with software quality reporting concepts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to learn in unstructured environments.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving software and hardware infrastructure.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with complex embedded or ADAS systems, including autonomous driving software architecture, sensors, networking, compute hardware, or control systems.
• Experience testing autonomous vehicles, ROS-based robotics systems, or ADAS features.
• Experience with software development tools such as build systems, containers, and source control.
• Experience with software for real-time or safety-critical systems.
• Experience with Jama for requirements management and traceability.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team responsible for analysis and metrics reporting for internal engineering and customer-facing teams.
• Prioritize and assign work across triage, metrics, and reporting requests, and remove blockers to delivery.
• Coach and develop team members in data analysis approaches, tooling practices, and career growth.
• Own tracking and reporting of metrics for test escapes.
• Provide system performance metrics based on data collected by self-driving trucks.
• Report on software quality using concepts such as defect ratios and software heatmap viewpoints.
• Develop and maintain data analysis scripts and visualization tools for triage, metrics reporting, and trend visualization.
• Combine environmental observations with event logs to identify investigation opportunities and direct root-cause analysis.
• Support defect-tracking workflows, including monitoring bug-ticket quality and the status of open defects.
• Own and expand the team’s analysis and metrics tooling ecosystem, identifying automation opportunities and ways to reduce reporting turnaround time.
• Present metrics, trends, and software quality findings to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Partner with triage and forensics teams to keep metrics and tooling aligned with the rapid integration and deployment schedule for the self-driving software stack.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package with a bonus component and stock options.
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees.
• 401(k) plan with a 6% employer match.
• Flexible schedule and generous paid vacation available immediately after start date.
• Company-wide holiday office closures.
• AD&D and life insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager