--- title: 'Safety Behaviors Engineer at Torc Robotics' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/safety-behaviors-engineer-torc-robotics-ann-arbor-1zdyprvfgkcw' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-11' --- # Safety Behaviors Engineer at Torc Robotics - **Company:** Torc Robotics - **Location:** Ann Arbor, MI - **Compensation:** $177k–$213k - **Posted:** 2026-11-10 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/torcrobotics/jobs/8931910002 ## Job description ## 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](https://torc.ai/daimler-testing-automated-trucks-public/), 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 This role supports the creation of safe behavior requirements and leads risk evaluations, identifies functional insufficiencies and triggering conditions (FI-TC; e.g., severe weather, glare, or rare edge cases), and defines acceptance criteria (such as S>0, C>0 analyses). Furthermore, the role supports the execution framework that enables the safe and scalable deployment of autonomous functions across various platforms and operational domains. As autonomy systems increase complexity, this position supports safety requirements, as well as systems engineering, V&V, and operational activities. The candidate will work cross-functionally with systems engineering, behavioral safety, and autonomy. The role ensures requirements traceability, verification and validation readiness, risk management, and alignment of safety objectives with program milestones. What You’ll Do: - Create requirements using safety frameworks and following safety standards (i.e. ISO 21448, ISO 26262, ISO/PAS 8800, etc.). - Lead risk evaluations to identify functional insufficiencies and triggering conditions FI-TC (e.g., severe weather, glare, or rare edge cases). - Define acceptance criteria in the requirements (such as S>0, C>0 analyses). - Support the planning and execution of safety-critical initiatives across the autonomous vehicle lifecycle. - Contribute to the alignment between product roadmaps, safety goals, and deployment milestones. - Ensure traceability between hazards, safety requirements, system requirements, verification activities and validation evidence. - Work in cross-functional safety activities including hazard analysis, safety assessments, and safety case development. - Support integrated verification and validation activities across simulation, test environments, closed-course testing, and field operations for evidence-based deployment decisions. - Support other subject matter experts (SMEs) to handle safety risks, technical dependencies, and change impacts across systems, software, hardware, perception, localization, controls, and operational teams. ## What You Need To Succeed - Experience in autonomous systems, ADAS, robotics, aerospace, industrial automation, or other safety-critical platforms. - Demonstrated experience applying ISO 21448 (SOTIF) across the safety lifecycle, including hazard analysis and risk assessment (HARA), safety goals, functional and technical safety concepts, and ASIL decomposition. - Working knowledge of ISO 26262 and other related standards such as IEC 61508, UL 4600, or ISO/PAS 8800 is a plus. - Familiarity with safety lifecycle artifacts including Item Definitions, HARA, HIRE, FMEA/FMEDA, Safety Requirements, Safety Plans, Safety Cases, and Verification & Validation strategies. - Demonstrated ability to align engineering execution with safety assurance objectives while maintaining program delivery commitments. - Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or a related technical field, plus demonstrated competencies and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 3+ years of experience OR; Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or a related technical field plus demonstrated competencies and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 0+ years of experience. Hiring Range for Job Opening US Pay Range $177,300—$212,800 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. 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