Ann Arbor, MI
1 month ago

Job Overview

Pay
Not disclosed

Job description

Location:
Ann Arbor, MI
Work arrangement:
On-site

Role Summary

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. You will build and evolve the internal platforms and services that empower engineers across the company to automate and accelerate software development, testing, and validation for autonomous vehicles worldwide.

Responsibilities

  • Design and construct platform infrastructure spanning build, test, deployment, and release workflows across software and hardware environments.
  • Periodic on‑call shifts during business hours focused on incident response and operational support for team‑owned services.
  • Provide support and troubleshooting to internal customers.
  • Maintain and evolve an internal, multimodal test execution platform across target hardware and simulation, with integration into requirements tracking systems.
  • Develop and operate shared platform services, including workflow orchestration, observability, remote development environments, and authentication infrastructure.
  • Drive engineering quality through reference implementations, best practices, and continuous improvement of platform reliability and scalability.
  • Mentor engineers and elevate technical standards across design, implementation, and operations.

Requirements

Competencies

  • Strong software architecture and system design skills, with the ability to translate ambiguous requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • Strong proficiency with Python or another modern object-oriented programming language.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, etc.
  • Experience building intuitive, extensible, well-documented APIs.
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts, tooling, and engineering workflows.
  • Experience managing technical infrastructure across cloud-based and bare-metal environments.
  • Experience with observability, telemetry, and monitoring platforms such as Datadog.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills, including real-time debugging and deep log-based analysis.
  • Experience with performance analysis, operational metrics, and system reliability practices.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 6 or more years of relevant industry experience.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with hardware-in-the-loop test automation for embedded, robotics, or vehicle platforms.
  • Experience with workflow orchestration engines such as Temporal, AWS Step Functions, Airflow, or similar technologies.
  • Experience building or supporting developer productivity platforms such as remote development environments or virtual desktop infrastructure.
  • Hiring Range for Job Opening
  • US Pay Range
Role:
Senior, Software Engineer - Platform Engineering

Company profile

Torc Robotics

torc.ai

Torc Robotics develops software for automated trucks and is commercializing self-driving, long-haul trucks for the freight industry. An autonomous vehicle company since 2007, Torc is an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck and focuses on the Freightliner Cascadia, working with fleet management companies on a hub-to-hub product. Daimler Truck made a majority investment in Torc in 2019, and Torc acquired Algolux, a self-driving vehicle startup. Its engineering covers perception, prediction, planning, control and localization for driverless trucks that move freight.

Funding Stage
Subsidiary

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