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.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced leader for a team within our Vehicle Intent Algorithm Development group. This group’s mission is to design, develop, and deliver a robust and reliable analytical-based autonomous driving solution. This solution consumes perception data and leverages classical analysis methodologies to computationally evaluate the physical world and produce safe and reliable vehicle trajectories. Teams in Algorithm Development are geographically dispersed and work closely with colleagues in machine learning, perception, motion control, and simulation.
What you'll be doing:
- Manage a department or complex function. Interacts with other team and department leaders to accomplish objectives
- Timely completion, quality, and accuracy of work, ensuring compliance and specific standards are consistently met
- Collaborate across functions and departments to meet established standards, compliance requirements, or to engage appropriately with other stakeholders
- Manage people and identify opportunities to develop staff experience and expertise.
- Scope of Influence: Decisions impact customer experience, technology quality, and system costs (related to multiple teams)
- Facilitate processes for the delivery of scalable and high-quality systems products for autonomous driving vehicles and support systems. Specifically in the Data Sciences and Model Tuning space
- Collaborates with other management and teams as needed to meet goals, monitor team performance, and achieve objectives
- Provide career development and coaching of the team
- Ensure the team performs at high degree to ensure objectives are met
- Provides continuous performance feedback is delivered and compensation analysis in close collaboration with peer managers and People Operations.
What you''ll need to succeed:
- Minimum of a Bachelor degree in Engineering; Masters degree preferred
- Proven leadership experience managing teams - Developing complex and safety critical software; and to C++ focused development
- 6 plus years managing engineering software development teams plus experience managing or working with teams’ familiarity with autonomous vehicle software stacks and simulation environments
- Strong leadership skills
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.
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What We Do
Torc Robotics is an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, a global leader and pioneer in trucking. Founded in 2005 at the birth of the self-driving vehicle revolution, we have 17 years of experience in pioneering safety-critical, self-driving applications. Torc offers a complete self-driving vehicle software and integration solution and is currently focusing on commercializing self-driving trucks.
Why Work With Us
Every Torc’r is unique. The traits that define and motivate us to save lives are what unite us. At Torc, we recognize that technical prowess is only part of the equation. Our team includes people with a consistent drive to accomplish great things. We look for those who don’t let ego get in the way of teamwork.
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