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Senior, Technical Product Manager - Product Safety Assurance

Torc Robotics

Torc Robotics

Product, IT
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
USD 177,300-212,800 / year + Equity
Posted on Mar 10, 2026

About Torc:

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 Technical Product Management (TPM) Team drives alignment through a technology roadmap, accelerating our corporate milestones by focusing our development teams on the most critical items on our path to a milestone. We do this through cross-functional coordination with all teams in technology: driving decisions, defining measurable acceptance criteria, and building shared accountability with stakeholders to agree on deliverables and timelines. We collaborate with other TPMs to manage dependencies to deliver corporate milestones. By rallying ourselves around a plan, TPMs will predict outcomes before they happen: unblocking dependencies in advance, managing risk proactively, and anticipating resource or staffing gaps to accomplish our goals. As our plans or goals update, TPMs leverage best practices around change management, further driving alignment, decision making, and documentation across Torc. Lastly, we partner with engineering teams to maintain accountability, providing clear updates and shared action items that help everyone stay informed on the health of our technology roadmap.

What You'll Do:

As a Technical Product Manager leading Metrics, Mission Management, Product Safety Assurance, and Regulatory workstreams, you will serve as a conduit between the needs of Regulatory, Engineering, Safety, and other critical functions. You will demonstrate the following with proficiency:

  • Identify and prioritize the needs for these workstreams and work with other TPMs and engineering leaders to ensure timely design and implementation into E/E systems as well as operational safety.
  • Represent these areas to build cross-functional plans, define and verify acceptance criteria, drive alignment, and deliver these workstream's Outcomes on the Technology Roadmap to enable critical product milestones.
  • Vigilantly work to reconcile gaps in timelines, focus leadership attention, and proactively address dependencies, risks, and change management. You will leverage this roadmap, partnering with other TPMs and engineering leadership to inform the short and long-term priorities of these workstreams to support engineering in advancing our company’s milestones.
  • Apply best practices in program management and engineering expertise to report status to leadership, initiate escalations, drive timely execution on the Technology Roadmap including its dependencies, risks, and changes.

What You'll Need to Succeed:

  • 6+ years of experience as a Product Manager, Technical Product Manager, or Technical Program Manager in autonomous vehicles, robotics, automotive, or similar industries.
    • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 6+ years of experience OR;
    • Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 3+ years of experience
  • A strong track record of driving execution of cross-functional programs and communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience managing a cross-functional roadmap, including the dependencies, risks, and change management
  • Strong active listening, negotiation, and prioritization skills
  • Ability to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to different audiences
  • The desire to grow your technical and program skillsets in an ever-evolving industry

Bonus Points!

  • Experience in the Autonomous Vehicle Industry
  • Experience integrating safety case, regulatory requirements and acceptance criteria into software design
  • Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Miro

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

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.

Hiring Range for Job Opening
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$177,300—$212,800 USD
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