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# Senior Systems Engineer – AD-Kit Components at Torc Robotics

- **Company:** Torc Robotics
- **Location:** Ann Arbor, MI
- **Compensation:** $153k–$184k
- **Posted:** 2026-10-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/torcrobotics/jobs/8921954002

## Job description

Meet the Team:

Join the Autonomous Driving Kit (AD-Kit) Systems Team, where we design, source, develop, build and deliver a highly scalable Autonomous Driving Kit (AD-Kit) system. Your role will make a significant impact on the future of trucking and autonomous technology as we look to Drive the Future of Freight. We are currently seeking a System Engineer who is enthusiastic about systems engineering and autonomy compute systems. This work is aligned to best-in class functional safety and cybersecurity standards.

What you'll do:

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Senior Systems Engineer who will bring new ideas, optimizations, and best practices to the AD-Kit Systems Team. The Senior Systems Engineer owns and drives the decomposition, alignment, and traceability of product requirements across compute platform systems. The team is responsible for authoring, maintaining, and analyzing technical requirements, and working across the product lifecycle to ensure stakeholder alignment and successful bring-up, testing, validation, and integration of the AD-Kit System. This includes, but is not limited to, embedded compute, data logging, power distribution, smart antenna, and all sensor modalities (radar, LiDAR, camera, microphone, etc).

- Lead the development of compute platform system requirements, ensuring alignment with applicable functional safety and cybersecurity standards.
- Maintain requirements databases using Jama, ensuring accuracy and traceability.
- Partner with the Product team to interpret product-level requirements and decompose them into detailed autonomy system requirements.
- Lead the development of AD-Kit System functional architecture.
- Develop AD-Kit System integration and test plans.
- Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices and champion this with others in the group.
- Perform problem-solving activities during design, prototype, and production, driving root cause analysis and problem resolution.

What you’ll need to succeed:

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field and 6+ years of experience OR Master’s degree in a related field and 3+ years of experience.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
- Hands-on systems, hardware, and software engineering experience.
- Experience working with safety-critical and fail-operational control systems.
- Experience with and strong understanding of automotive ECUs and methodologies.
- Experience with Requirements Management Tools such as Jama.
- Familiarity or experience with data buses such as CAN, PCIe, Ethernet, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, I2C.
- Experience with high-speed signaling and signal integrity.

Bonus Points!

- Experience with ISO 26262 standards and ASPICE and how to creatively apply these concepts to iterative design and development.
- Expertise in establishing a robust functional safety case for L4 autonomous applications.
- Experience with high-speed signals on PCBs such as PCIe, Ethernet, and DDR memory.
- Experience with C, C++, Python, and/or Linux.
- Experience designing, executing, and documenting lab-based and/or real-world field tests.
- Knowledge of industry standards and regulations related to automotive electronics.
- Experience with standard lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and multimeters.

Hiring Range for Job Opening US Pay Range $153,200—$183,800 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. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/torcrobotics](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/torcrobotics)

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