Engineering Manager - Simulation Services

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:

The Simulation Environments team develops and integrates simulation tools to serve the enterprise. We develop robust, resilient and scalable cloud simulation solutions based on managed cloud services, to meet the needs of our internal customers. As part of the Simulation team, we design, implement, maintain and monitor cloud services that realize various use cases in the area of virtual driver stack simulation.

What You’ll Do:

• Team management, including resource allocation, workload prioritization, backlog maintenance, cross-functional team collaboration, talent selection, team onboarding, career development, and performance management.
• Facilitate backlog adjustments to address product changes and to ensure the system operates in accordance with specifications.
• Collaborate across engineering organizations to identify and prioritize feature improvements, based on end-user feedback.
• Guide the team through feature decomposition and the work estimation process.
• Oversee team’s progress toward completion, communicating regularly to all levels within the team, department, and organization. 
• Enforce software development best practices for the team, improving quality, efficiency, and accuracy of the team’s work.
• Collaborate with teams specializing in perception, planning, control, mapping and vehicle testing to develop solutions that support their development efforts in AWS
  
  
  

Here is a list of some of the technologies we use to make all the above happen:

• AWS (Directconnect, Site-to-Site VPN, WAF, FMS, Lambda, Event Bridge, MACIE, SecurityHub)
• Terraform
• Python
• Kubernetes
• On-Call Tooling (PagerDuty, Datadog, AWS Cloudwatch)
  
  
  

What you’ll need to Succeed:

• Responsible for managing a team with existing system and/or defined strategy. Leads a team of engineers that are tasked with building or solving difficult technical problems. Responsible for the quality of work, accuracy, record keeping, standards, and ensuring a basic level of compliance.
• Responsive to others and able to effectively collaborate to meet established standards, compliance requirements, implementation, and service delivery schedules.
• Demonstrated functional knowledge of business area and demonstrates results of ongoing learning and professional development. Ability to effectively manage people and identify opportunities to develop staff experience and expertise.
• Experience leading engineering teams in the delivery of large-scale web applications that support a distributed, cross-functional development organization.
• Strong facilitation, technical team coaching, systems thinking, and servant leadership skills. 
• A strong commitment to test-driven development patterns, continuous integration and delivery, and infrastructure as code
• Strong knowledge of AWS or other public cloud services
  
  
  

Bonus Points!

• Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills working with a team orientation and collaborative style
  
  
  

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
  
  
  

Hiring Range for Job Opening

US Pay Range

$160,800—$193,000 USD

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.