Vehicle V&V Manager
Torc RoboticsVisit Torc Robotics website
Torc Robotics is a Daimler Truck subsidiary developing Level 4 autonomous-driving software and systems for long-haul Freightliner Cascadia trucks.
Blacksburg, United States
About Torc Robotics
Founded in 2005 as Torc Technologies, Torc Robotics commercializes self-driving trucking technology, including its virtual-driver software, for freight operations.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will own the vehicle-level test strategy for autonomous trucks. You will lead test engineers, define and execute verification approaches, improve test platforms and toolchains, manage budgets and schedules, prioritize risk-based testing, and communicate testing results and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field with 6+ years of experience, or a master's degree with 4+ years of experience
- Experience managing vehicle-level testing for safety-critical products
- Leadership experience building and developing technical teams
- Knowledge of ASPICE, ISO 26262, ISO 21448, or equivalent standards
- Experience with scenario-based verification and validation for autonomous systems
- Experience with certification testing such as EuroNCAP
- Experience processing vehicle data from ground-truth equipment for ADAS or autonomous-vehicle testing
- Analytical, data-driven problem-solving skills
- Communication skills for cross-functional stakeholders
Responsibilities
- Define and implement the vehicle test strategy in accordance with safety standards
- Lead and mentor test engineers responsible for vehicle-level test case development and reporting
- Partner with systems engineering, software development, and test operations to establish verification and validation priorities
- Ensure requirement verifiability
- Drive scenario-based testing across the operational design domain
- Improve vehicle test platforms and toolchains
- Manage test budgets, schedules, and resource allocation across vehicle programs
- Prioritize testing using upstream test results to address risks
- Communicate test status, risks, and recommendations to leadership
- Represent the vehicle test organization in program, safety case, regulatory, and customer reviews
- Coordinate software tool qualification processes
- Assess emerging verification and validation technologies for autonomous driving