Senior Real-Time C++ Architect for Autonomous Systems

torcrobotics; United States; Remote; USD 161,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid medical, dental, vision

401(k) match

Flexible scheduling

Paid vacation

Life and accidental death coverage

Job summary

torc robotics is seeking a senior software architect to set the technical direction for foundational software frameworks used by autonomous driving systems. You will shape architecture and implement real-time C++ components, enabling autonomy teams to build reliable, testable, and maintainable software for automated freight vehicles.

You will own the architectural direction, guide patterns for state management, messaging, and observability, and collaborate with perception and behavior teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with required years of software experience.
• Proven ownership of architecture for complex production software platforms.
• Strong C++17+ and Python scripting experience.
• Experience in autonomous/robotics or distributed/embedded software.
• Strong modular design, concurrency, testing, CI, and maintainability.
• Ability to lead discussions and mentor engineers across teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve core frameworks for state management, component communication, and utilities.
• Guide real-time software patterns for data flow, coordination, error handling, and observability.
• Make long-term design decisions balancing tradeoffs for scalable autonomy.
• Collaborate with behavior and perception teams to maintain clear interfaces.
• Lead design reviews; establish standards for reliability and testing.
• Mentor engineers and guide validation, simulation, and RCA improvements.

Skills

C++17+ experience

Python scripting

Autonomous systems experience

Distributed/embedded software

Modular design

Concurrency

Testing & CI

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Robotics/EE

Master’s degree (optional)

Tools

ROS 2

Bazel

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

torc robotics is seeking a senior software architect to set the technical direction for foundational software frameworks used by autonomous driving systems. You will shape architecture and implement real-time C++ components, enabling autonomy teams to build reliable, testable, and maintainable software for automated freight vehicles.

You will own the architectural direction, guide patterns for state management, messaging, and observability, and collaborate with perception and behavior teams to