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# Engineer II - Systems and Software Quality at Torc Robotics

- **Company:** Torc Robotics
- **Location:** Ann Arbor, MI / -, United States
- **Compensation:** $109k–$131k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-11-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/torcrobotics/jobs/8926863002

## Job description

Meet the team:

The Engineering Quality team plays a critical role in Torc’s product development lifecycle (PDLC) by helping ensure that systems and software are developed in accordance with defined quality processes, engineering standards, and applicable safety and regulatory expectations. The team works collaboratively across engineering divisions to prevent defects, improve development processes, assess the quality of engineering work products, and strengthen compliance throughout the product development lifecycle. Within Operational Safety and Engineering Quality, the Engineering Quality Management (EQM) team provides quality assurance activities by applying the Quality Management System (QMS), supporting process adherence, and promoting complete end-to-end traceability of the product digital thread. EQM works with Systems, Software, Hardware, and Verification and Validation teams to support the integrity of engineering deliverables and the objective evidence needed for product milestones and releases.

What you’ll do:

The Engineer II – Systems and Software Quality is an individual contributor within the Engineering Quality Management (EQM) team. This role supports the definition, implementation and execution of engineering quality assurance activities across systems and software development for Torc’s autonomous driving product line. The engineer works with Systems, Software, Hardware, and Verification and Validation teams, and other cross-functional teams to assess process adherence, improve work products, maintain end-to-end traceability, and ensure that objective evidence is available to support product milestones and releases.

A successful candidate will be detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, safety-critical engineering environment. The candidate will apply quality practices and relevant industry standards to identify gaps early, help resolve process issues, and strengthen the integrity of engineering deliverables and the product digital thread.

## Responsibilities

- Support the implementation and continuous improvement of engineering quality processes, and collaborate with Systems, Software, Hardware Development, and V&V teams throughout the product lifecycle.
- Review systems and software work products for completeness, consistency, process adherence, and objective evidence across requirements, architecture, design, implementation, integration, verification, and validation.
- Assess end-to-end bidirectional traceability from product and system requirements through software requirements, design, implementation, test cases, results, anomalies, and release evidence; identify and help resolve traceability gaps.
- Verify requirements allocation and verification linkage and confirm that changes are assessed for impact and that affected work products and trace links are updated before baselining or release.
- Perform process and work-product assessments against Torc’s QMS, engineering procedures, project plans, and applicable standards, including ISO 26262, ASPICE, ISO/SAE 21434, ISO 21448, and ISO 9001.
- Document quality risks, nonconformities, and work-product gaps; support root cause analysis and track corrective and preventive actions through closure.
- Support internal and external audits/assessments by preparing objective evidence, reviewing artifacts, and coordinating responses to assessment findings.
- Monitor and report quality and traceability measures, including requirement coverage, verification linkage, review status, open findings, action closure, and baseline completeness.
- Support release artifact readiness and configuration management by verifying that applicable work products, configuration items, and baselines are identified, versioned, controlled, and traceable in lifecycle tools.
- Provide practical quality and process guidance to engineering teams, contribute to training and continuous improvement, and communicate assigned work progress, risks, and release concerns.

What you’ll need to succeed:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, systems engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
- Typically, 5-7 years of experience in systems engineering, software engineering, engineering quality assurance, process assurance, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may also be considered.
- Working knowledge of systems and/or software development lifecycles, including requirements engineering, architecture, design, implementation, integration, verification, and validation.
- Understanding of requirements management and end-to-end bidirectional traceability, including requirement decomposition, allocation, change impact analysis, verification methods, and coverage assessment.
- Familiarity with safety-critical product development and quality management practices; exposure to ISO 26262, ASPICE, ISO/SAE 21434, ISO 21448, or ISO 9001.
- Experience reviewing engineering work products for completeness, consistency, compliance, and objective evidence.
- Familiarity with lifecycle management, requirements management, defect tracking, configuration management, and test management tools.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to identify gaps and follow issues through resolution.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate constructively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments, adapt to changing priorities, and work effectively in a fast-paced environment with evolving software and hardware systems.
- Commitment to continuous improvement, process discipline, product quality, and safety.

Bonus Points!

- Experience with autonomous vehicles, ADAS features or robotics platforms.
- Hands-on experience with ASPICE process assessments and implementation of ISO 26262 and SOTIF-aligned development processes.
- Experience configuring or administering requirements, ALM, PLM, test management, defect tracking, and configuration management tools.
- Experience developing traceability matrices, quality dashboards, audit checklists, or automated work-product and coverage reports.
- Understanding of safety analyses and their relationships to system/software requirements and verification evidence.
- Experience supporting product releases, engineering baselines, internal audits or, external assessments.

## Perks of Being a Full-time Torc’r

Torc cares about our team members and strives 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)
- AD+D and Life Insurance

Hiring Range for Job Opening US Pay Range $108,900—$130,700 USD

## About Torc Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Torc Robotics is an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck developing SAE Level 4 autonomous driving software for long-haul, hub-to-hub freight trucks.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Daimler Truck)
- **Headquarters**: Blacksburg, Virginia, USA (additional offices in Fort Worth, TX; Ann Arbor, MI; Montréal, Canada)
- **Founded**: 2005 (as Torc Technologies)
- **Founders**: Group of Virginia Tech alumni (team from the DARPA Urban Challenge)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Autonomous vehicle technology / Trucking & freight logistics
- **Target customers**: B2B – large fleet operators and trucking companies (middle-mile hub-to-hub routes over 250 miles)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Drive the future of freight” by commercializing safe, self-driving trucks

## Products & Services
- **Torc Self-Driving Software**: Full-stack autonomy system (perception, planning, control) for SAE Level 4 operation, integrated into the Daimler Truck Freightliner Cascadia platform.
- **Autonomous-Ready Cascadia**: A redundant chassis with fail-safe steering, braking, power net, and secondary communications network built by Daimler Truck.
- **Testing & Validation**: Closed-course and public-road testing in Virginia, Texas, New Mexico, and 20+ U.S. states over the past 14 years.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private subsidiary of Daimler Truck)
- **Key Metric**: Commercial launch targeted for **2027**; first driverless (no safety driver) journey completed in **2025**. Acquired Algolux (Montréal) in 2023 for computer vision and ML expertise.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Daimler Truck (parent/owner), AAA (safety partnership), Transdev (shuttle partnership), Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, and major fleet operators.
- **Growth Signals**: Expanding into Canada (Montréal office); headcount growing with 54 open positions posted on Greenhouse; Daimler Truck is building production-ready autonomous Cascadia chassis; years of real-world testing.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep truck OEM relationship**: As an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck, Torc has direct integration into the leading Class 8 truck platform (Freightliner Cascadia).
- **20-year legacy**: Founded in 2005 from DARPA Urban Challenge roots; one of the first AV software companies to focus exclusively on trucking.
- **Safety-first design**: Redundant steering, braking, and communications, plus a partnership with AAA on safety criteria.
- **Focused product**: Targets only highway middle-mile (250+ miles), avoiding complex city driving – a clear, commercially viable use case.

## Strategic Focus
- **Commercialization**: First market-ready generation of self-driving trucks on sale in **2027**. Currently validating the system on public roads with safety drivers.
- **Scaling operations**: Expanding engineering centers (Montréal, Ann Arbor, Fort Worth) and building a robust data/ML pipeline at petabyte scale.
- **Talent development**: Growing “Emerging Talent” program (co-ops, internships, early career) and partnerships with educational institutions.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as collaborative, ego-free, and innovative. “Everyone is empowered to solve challenges.” Open forums and accessible leadership.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Multiple remote positions available (U.S. and Canada), plus on-site roles in Blacksburg, Ann Arbor, Fort Worth, and Montréal.
- **Benefits (U.S.)**:
  - 100% company-paid employee premiums for medical, dental, vision
  - Generous front-loaded PTO, plus a winter shutdown (Christmas–New Year)
  - Fully paid parental leave (100% salary continuation)
  - 401(k) with company match, LTD/STD, life insurance, pet insurance, legal services
- **Benefits (Canada)**: Extended health/dental/vision, RRSP with DPSP matching, employer-paid life/AD&D, LTD.
- **Engineering culture**: Work on cutting-edge autonomy, perception, ML, and data infrastructure alongside world-class experts.

## Sources
1. [torc.ai/about-us](https://torc.ai/about-us/)
2. [torc.ai/careers](https://torc.ai/careers/)
3. [torc.ai/frequently-asked-questions](https://torc.ai/frequently-asked-questions/)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/torcrobotics](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/torcrobotics)

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