Full-Time
Senior Software Engineer
Release Manager
Torc Robotics
501-1,000 employees
Autonomous truck software for Level 4
Compensation Overview
$160.8k - $193k/yr
Remote in USA
Remote
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- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field with 5+ years of professional experience in Release Management, Program Management, or Software Delivery
- Strong understanding of modern software development methodologies, including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices
- Experience coordinating complex software releases across cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with release and deployment tools such as Jenkins, Jira, GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy, or similar platforms
- Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills
- Experience managing multiple releases and environments simultaneously
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Strong problem-solving and risk management skills
- Experience facilitating release readiness reviews, deployment coordination, and post-mortem discussions
- Coordinate release planning and execution activities across Engineering, QA, DevOps, Product, Cybersecurity, and Operations teams to ensure the successful delivery of embedded truck software and cloud applications
- Manage release schedules, deployment timelines, and milestones
- Ensure release readiness through validation of testing results, compliance checks, documentation reviews, and stakeholder approvals
- Lead go/no-go decision meetings, release status reviews, and post-release retrospectives to drive accountability and continuous improvement
- Oversee production deployments, rollback strategies, and contingency planning to minimize operational risk and service disruption
- Identify, track, and mitigate release risks, cross-team dependencies, and change management impacts throughout the software delivery lifecycle
- Partner with DevOps and infrastructure teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, monitoring, and release reliability
- Support process improvement initiatives focused on release governance, standardization, tooling optimization, and operational efficiency
- Manage multiple concurrent releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments while maintaining delivery quality and schedule alignment
- Monitor post-release performance, defects, and incidents, and coordinate resolution efforts to ensure system stability and customer satisfaction
- Maintain clear communication with stakeholders by providing release status updates, deployment metrics, risk assessments, and escalation management
- Contribute to the development and enforcement of release management best practices, policies, and operational procedures
- Experience managing software releases within cloud-based environments such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation, configuration management, and deployment orchestration tools and practices
- Experience supporting enterprise SaaS platforms, embedded systems, or large-scale distributed application environments
- Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps methodologies, and release automation frameworks
- Understanding of change management, release governance, compliance, and operational risk management processes
- Ability to analyze release metrics, troubleshoot deployment issues, and coordinate cross-functional resolution efforts
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, organizational, and problem-solving skills in fast-paced technical environments
- Experience working within Agile, Scrum, or scaled Agile delivery models
- Scrum Master, PMP, Agile, or related project and release management certifications are considered a plus
Torc Robotics builds software for autonomous trucks, aiming to enable Level 4 self-driving capabilities for freight transport. They develop driving systems that let heavy trucks operate autonomously under certain conditions, and they work with truck manufacturers and fleet operators to bring these solutions to market. The company integrates sensors from partners (such as Luminar Technologies) and provides ongoing updates and support to ensure reliability and performance. Unlike more general AV players, Torc focuses on commercial trucking and leverages strategic partnerships (for example with Daimler Trucks) to integrate its software into production vehicles and fleets. Its goal is to improve road safety and freight efficiency by deploying scalable, commercial autonomous trucking solutions.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
M&A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Blacksburg, Virginia
Founded
2005
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Michigan public-road testing expands validation across seasonal conditions and new environments.
- Tobias Wessels as CFO strengthens capital planning before Level 4 deployment.
- Freight autonomy targets long-haul U.S. trucking, a massive, under-automated market.
What critics are saying
- Hub-to-hub autonomy limits adoption if fleets demand point-to-point routes.
- Daimler chassis dependence makes Torc vulnerable to OEM delays and strategic shifts.
- Public-road testing raises crash, permit, and regulatory execution risk before commercialization.
What makes Torc Robotics unique
- Daimler Truck subsidiary; focuses on one autonomous freight platform, the Freightliner Cascadia.
- Founded in 2005; has 20 years of safety-critical autonomous vehicle experience.
- Uses production-intent hardware and software, not just research prototypes.
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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)
Company-wide holiday office closures
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Company News
Torc begins autonomous truck testing on highways in Michigan. Mar 9, 2026 Another autonomous truck manufacturer has its vehicles on the road, this time in the state well known for manufacturing vehicles. Torc recently announced the expansion of its autonomous truck testing operations to public roads in Michigan. The company said it is using the latest-generation Daimler Truck autonomous chassis based on the industry-leading Freightliner Cascadia. Building on Torc's established testing operations in Dallas-Fort Worth and Blacksburg, the company said expansion in Michigan marks a significant step in Torc's engineering presence and broadens testing capabilities. Testing its autonomous trucks in the greater Ann Arbor, Michigan area represents the natural next step in Torc's strategy to bring this technology safely and reliably to the long-haul trucking industry. After establishing the Ann Arbor engineering office last year, the development work taking place there is now "on the road" in Michigan and contributing to Torc's next generation of software. The company said this enables the validation of autonomous performance across new environments and seasonal conditions for both hardware and software performance using real-world data. "Validating our hardware and software together on public roads is a critical step in the marathon toward autonomous trucking commercialization," said Felix Heide, head of Artificial Intelligence at Torc. "Each new hardware generation allows us to further validate our AI inference models, strengthen our simulation accuracy, and ensure our autonomous system performs safely and reliably in real-world conditions." Torc, headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia, is a subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG. Looking for your next job? Careersingear.com is the go-to platform for the Trucking industry. Don't just find the job you need; find the job you want with the company that wants you! An error occurred: Your browser does not support cookies. Please enable cookies to use this feature.
Torc testing autonomous trucks in Michigan. Torc has announced it's now testing autonomous trucks on public roads in Michigan. The Daimler Truck subsidiary is testing its autonomous technology installed in a Freightliner Cascadia and expanding its footprint beyond the Dallas-Fort Worth and Blacksburg, Va., regions. "Validating our hardware and software together on public roads is a critical step in the marathon toward autonomous trucking commercialization," said Felix Heide, head of artificial intelligence at Torc. "Each new hardware generation allows us to further validate our AI inference models, strengthen our simulation accuracy, and ensure our autonomous system performs safely and reliably in real-world conditions." The Michigan testing is being based out of the greater Ann Arbor area, where Torc opened an engineering office last year. The Cascadia is running Torc's latest generation of software allowing the company to evaluate performance in a wider range of environments and seasonal conditions. trucknews.com is the trucking industry's leading information source, delivering vital insights to fleet executives, operations teams, maintenance personnel, owner-operators, and more. Readers turn to our experienced journalists for award-winning trucking industry news, trends, technical advances, equipment maintenance techniques, and business practices alike. Have your say This is a moderated forum. Comments will no longer be published unless they are accompanied by a first and last name and a verifiable email address. (Today's Trucking will not publish or share the email address.) Profane language and content deemed to be libelous, racist, or threatening in nature will not be published under any circumstances.
Torc robotics expands autonomous truck testing to Michigan public roads. Public-road testing in Michigan marks next step in Torc's growth, technology development and path to commercialization. BLACKSBURG, Va. - February 24, 2026 - Torc, a pioneer in self-driving vehicle technology, today announced the expansion of its autonomous truck testing operations to public roads in Michigan using the latest-generation Daimler Truck autonomous chassis based on the industry-leading Freightliner Cascadia. Building on Torc's established testing operations in Dallas-Fort Worth and Blacksburg, the expansion in Michigan marks a significant step in Torc's continued growth in the region as the company deepens its engineering presence and broadens testing capabilities. Testing its autonomous trucks in the greater Ann Arbor, Michigan area represents the natural next step in Torc's strategy to bring this technology safely and reliably to the long-haul trucking industry. After establishing the Ann Arbor engineering office last year, the development work taking place there is now "on the road" in Michigan and contributing to Torc's next generation of software. This enables the validation of autonomous performance across new environments and seasonal conditions for both hardware and software performance using real-world data. "Validating our hardware and software together on public roads is a critical step in the marathon toward autonomous trucking commercialization," said Felix Heide, Head of Artificial Intelligence at Torc. "Each new hardware generation allows us to further validate our AI inference models, strengthen our simulation accuracy, and ensure our autonomous system performs safely and reliably in real-world conditions." "Torc's continued growth in Michigan highlights the importance of strong public-private partnerships in advancing next-generation mobility," said Quentin L. Messer, Jr., CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and chair of the Michigan Strategic Fund. "Through collaboration with companies like Torc, Michigan is driving innovation, building a skilled workforce, and reinforcing its position as a global leader in autonomous and connected vehicle technologies." The Michigan testing expansion builds on Torc's continued partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Ann Arbor SPARK, reflecting a shared commitment to advancing safety and innovation in the freight industry through autonomous trucking. Torc is currently hiring in Michigan and remotely for software engineering, artificial intelligence, and machine learning roles to support ongoing testing and development efforts. For more information about Torc's technology, open positions, or progress toward commercializing autonomous trucking, visit torc.ai. About torc. Torc 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, Torc has over 20 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 autonomous trucks for long-haul applications in the U.S. Headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia, Torc also operates an engineering office in Montreal, a fleet operations facility in DFW to support productization and commercialization efforts and a facility in Ann Arbor to leverage the region's strong autonomous and automotive talent base. Torc's purpose is driving the future of freight with autonomous technology. As the world's leading autonomous trucking solution, Torc Robotics, Inc. empower exceptional employees, deliver a focused, hub-to-hub autonomous truck product, and provide its customers with the safest, most reliable, and cost-efficient solution to the market.
BLACKSBURG, Va - September 25, 2025 - Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG and a pioneer in commercializing self-driving vehicle technology, today announced the addition of Dave Anderson, who has joined the Technology Leadership Team as the VP of Engineering for its Enablement Division.
Rebeca Delgado joins Torc as vice president, Engineering - Autonomy Applications.