Director of Engineering, TorcOS

Torc Robotics; United States; Remote; USD 226,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus component

Stock options

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with employer match

Paid vacation

Job summary

Torc Robotics is seeking a Director of Engineering for TorcOS, leading embedded software platforms across Linux-based systems, middleware, and AUTOSAR components. You will guide managers and engineers to deliver scalable, high-quality software for autonomous trucks, with emphasis on safety-critical performance and cross-functional collaboration.

The role requires strong strategic leadership, proven ability to drive standards, and a track record of developing resilient teams in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Strong engineering background in embedded software systems and platform development.
• Experience leading managers and engineering organizations responsible for highly complex software platforms.
• Experience driving engineering processes, standards, and scalable delivery across distributed teams.
• Ability to manage a team of managers and professionals and grow the organization.
• Demonstrated experience with embedded Linux, middleware, or low-level platform software.
• Experience with safety-critical or highly reliable software systems.
• Skilled in cross-functional execution across software, hardware, systems, integration, and validation.

Responsibilities

• Development of business plans and operational priorities to meet organizational goals.
• Facilitate delivery of scalable, high-quality embedded software platforms for autonomous driving.
• Collaborate with management and engineering teams to monitor performance and meet objectives.
• Drive accountability through metrics, processes, and delivery standards.
• Mentor and develop managers and engineers; manage performance and succession.
• Partner with platform, autonomy, hardware, safety, and integration teams for reliable system delivery.

Skills

Embedded Linux

Middleware frameworks

Low-level platform software

Safety-critical software

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Tools

AUTOSAR base software

Job description

We are open to Remote Candidates in the Eastern Time Zone

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:

Within theTorcOSorganization, the teamis responsible for the foundational software stack enabling Torc’s autonomous driving platform.TorcOSprovides theBaseOS, middleware, device drivers, data recording infrastructure, and AUTOSAR base software that powers the embeddedcomputeplatforms used throughout Torc Drive.

The organization enables robust system bring-up, low-latency communication between distributed software components, reliable sensor data acquisition, and foundational software services required bythe TorcDrive and platform engineering teams.TorcOSworks closely with autonomy, platform integration, hardware, safety, and OEM-facing organizations to deliver scalable, reliable, and safety-critical embedded software solutions.

TheTorcOSorganization achieves its goals through close collaboration across engineering domains while focusing on the design, development, integration, and release of foundational embedded software platforms supporting Torc’s Self-Driving Truck solution.

WhatYou’llDo:

We are looking for a seasoned engineering leader that will bring strong technical leadership, organizational maturity, and scalable engineering processes to theTorcOSorganization. As a Director of Engineering, you will work closely with managers, principal engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver thefoundationalembedded software platform supporting the development of Torc’s autonomous driving system.

The Director of Engineering –TorcOSowns 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.

The organizationis responsible forenabling robust compute bring-up, reliable communication backbones, low-latency sensor data processing, flashing and bootloader solutions, and foundational software integration across high-performancecomputeplatforms and microcontroller-based systems.

TheDirectorEngineering is accountable forestablishingand driving engineering processes, organizational standards, and delivery execution strategies that support high-quality, scalable, and safety-critical software platforms.This individual buildsand develops strong engineering teams and leaders while fostering accountability, technical excellence, and operational consistency across the organization.

As a strategic thinker, theDirectorEngineering continuously evaluates organizational effectiveness, engineering processes, and technical execution while proactivelyidentifyingand resolving roadblocks within the organization and across partner teams.

As a leader, youare responsible forthe …

• Development of business plans and operational priorities to meet goals andobjectivesof the organization.
• Facilitation of processes for the delivery of scalable and high-quality embedded software platforms supporting autonomous driving systems.
• Collaboration with other management and engineering teams as needed to meet goals,monitorperformance, and achieveobjectives.
• Driving organizational accountability through metrics, engineering processes, and delivery standards.
• Understanding ofthe technical domain of the team’s embedded platform and middleware solutions.
• Career development, coaching, andmentoring ofmanagers and engineers.
• Selectionand performance management of the teams.
• Continuous performance feedback and organizational development.
• Compensation analysis in close collaboration with peer managers and People Operations.
• Supporting organizational scalability through process improvements, engineering best practices, and operational consistency.
• Partnering with platform, autonomy, hardware, safety, and integration teams to ensure reliable system-level software delivery.

WhatYou’llNeed to Succeed:

• Ability to be a strategic partner to the organization andidentifyand 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 forhighly complexsoftware platforms.
• Experience driving engineering processes, organizational standards, and scalable delivery frameworks across distributed teams.
• Ability to effectively manage a team of managers and professionals whileidentifyingopportunities to grow and develop the organization.
• Strong experience with embedded Linux systems, middleware frameworks, or low-level platform software.
• Experience working with safety-critical orhighly reliablesoftware 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.
• Experience supporting incident response, root-cause investigations, security initiatives, and compliance activities.
• Strong communicationand organizational leadership skills in fast-paced engineering environments.

Bonus Points:

• 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 AUTOSARbasesoftware 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.

Perks of Being a Full-timeTorc’r

Torc cares about our teammembersand 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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several geographic markets. Pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Torc's total compensation package will also include our corporate bonus and stock option plan. Dependent on the position offered, sign-on payments, relocation, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

Job ID: 102703

Hiring Range for Job Opening

US Pay Range

$226,400—$271,700 USD