Senior Director, Engineering - Enablement Foundations
Torc Robotics
Sales & Business Development
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
USD 226,400-271,700 / year + Equity
Posted on Jun 12, 2025
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 organization builds and delivers a software ecosystem and infrastructure to run millions of simulations at scale to ensure that Torc’s AV system handles complex driving situations safely and efficiency. We are looking for a seasoned leader that will bring new ideas, optimizations, and best practices for building and operating this complex ecosystem of partner tools and in-house applications. As a director, you will work closely with managers and engineers to improve the capabilities and performance of the simulation platforms that support the development of high-quality safety-critical software.
What You’ll Do:
- Oversee and drive the development, maintenance, and integration of scalable, high-fidelity simulation platforms to support perception, planning and control testing and capability exploration across millions of scenarios.
- Establish clear metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness, efficiency and trustworthiness of the simulation platforms to ensure that it delivers measurable value to AV development.
- Lead and grow multi-disciplinary and high-performing teams of engineers and researchers specializing in sensor simulation, cloud infrastructure, scenario definitions and test evaluation.
- Drive efforts in sim-to-real transfer and synthetic data generation to improve ML model performance.
- Manage relationships with external vendors, integrating third-part tools and platforms where appropriate to enhance internal capabilities and accelerate development.
- Guide the team to set, track, and achieve goals aligned with the company-wide vision, roadmap, and initiatives.
- Identify future growth plan to support organizational needs and partner with People Operations and Talent Acquisition to lead organizational development and hiring.
What You’ll Need to Succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience with at least 3-5 years in an engineering management or leadership role.
- Proven success leading teams that work with cloud infrastructure at scale (AWS, Azure, GCP) and manage complex vendor evaluation and integration.
- Familiarity with software development and infrastructure at scale, including modern software development practices, distributed systems and cloud computing.
- Ability to communicate actionable insights using data to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Critical/logical thinking to identify problems and provide solutions to ensure efficiency, safety, and quality.
- Ability to effectively manage a team of managers and professionals and identify opportunities to grow and develop the team.
- Ability to evangelize best practices and promote consistent standards including test automation, observability, and performance metrics.
Bonus Points:
- Experience within the autonomous vehicle industry, especially in simulation.
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
$226,400—$271,700 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.