torcrobotics

Staff Systems Engineer – Release Strategy & Validation

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At a Glance

Location
U.S, Michigan, United States
Work Regime
remote
Experience
7+ years
Posted
2026-03-23T20:38:13-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

Machine Learning

Domain Knowledge

  • Embedded Systems
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Robotics

Requirements

2+ years’ experience leading engineers in the delivery of safety critical software solutions that include complex algorithm development and data models, with emphasis on best practices in coding standards, testing, and systems integration

2+ years of experience with launching safety critical commercial products

Experience with complex embedded systems including ADAS technologies i.e.

autonomous driving software architecture, sensors, networking, compute hardware, control systems

Experience with software release tools i.e.

build systems, software versioning systems, defect management systems, source control etc.

Responsibilities

The Staff Systems Engineer – Release Strategy & Validation is responsible to provide strategic expertise in the areas of verification, validation and release by incorporating industry best practices such as ISO 26262 Automotive Functional Safety, ISO 21448 Safety of the Intended Functionality and ISO/PAS 8800 Road vehicles — Safety and artificial intelligence.

A successful candidate will have experience performing thought leadership, cross-function collaboration, and driving improvements for release management processes to meet production goals.   A robust background in large-scale, safety-critical systems and/or software development processes within complex development systems is necessary to guide company engineering procedures.

Provide leadership, direction and definition for verification and validation lifecycle including strategic approaches for a comprehensive and defensible V&V test plan.

Be a key stakeholder to create a state of the art verification and validation strategy covering multiple test levels and test environments such as component, subsystem and system testing on Hardware-in-loop (HIL), Simulation for behavior and perception and Vehicle level closed-course and public road work.

Define and review strategies for product release and associated risks with mitigations

Verify and review test results and tool qualification activities that support the V&V claim evidence across multiple test levels and test environments.

Team

Torc is building scalable Level 4 autonomous truck software, and this role defines how we verify, validate and release it safely. As a Staff Systems Engineer, you will provide strategic leadership to implement, monitor and qualify our testing and release workflow during Torc’s product development lifecycle.

The Release group plays a critical role in Torc’s product engineering and release lifecycle.  The Release group is responsible for ensuring safe and successful product delivery by working collaboratively across engineering divisions to sponsor and drive the release ecosystem.  We will deliver a structured release process and skillsets to achieve product acceptance, drive performance indicators, and enable the  efficient delivery of product releases.   We will lead system  verification and validation using industry standards and quality monitoring of build deliverables to achieve a robust, reliable, performant and safe product release.

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.