Principal Systems Engineer Cybersecurity

Blacksburg, VA

Torc Robotics

An AV leader since 2007, Torc is commercializing autonomous, self-driving trucks for safe, sustained innovation in the trucking industry.

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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, 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.

Summary:

Evaluate full system performance, understanding the contributions of relevant sub-systems, providing feedback to development teams. Derive product requirements from external stakeholders, regulatory bodies, liability review and societal expectations

What you'll do:

  • Support integration of new and existing self-driving software onto vehicles and test benches
  • Assist with troubleshooting of component and system integration issues, guiding the team to an efficient resolution.
  • Develop and execute test plans, performing closed course and on-road evaluation of updates prior to deployment to extended testing groups.
  • Leverage results from automated software testing pipeline to increase the efficiency of the system integration release process.
  • Maintain a rapid integration and deployment schedule for self-driving software stack with consistent releases to extended testing teams.
  • Perform first tier analysis of extended testing data to provide insight into system performance to the rest of the organization.
  • Manage system issues from identification through resolution.
  • Create requirements for new tools or automation to increase overall testing capabilities.
  • Track and report system performance KPIs on a regular basis.
  • Provide integration issue resolution support to other testing teams.
  • Responsible for triage road failures, using triage results to understand & document the test gaps.
  • Support tracking and reporting testing Key Performance Measures (KPIs) on regular basis.
  • Derive product requirements from external stakeholders, regulatory bodies, liability review and societal expectations.
  • Research and interpret data, define functional design requirements and architecture for the TORC Virtual Driver and related systems in the Autonomous Ecosystem.
  • Ensure security, performance, manageability, quality, and consistency of the product requirement specification across the systems and provide technical guidance to development teams.
  • Lead design discussions regarding technical details of cross organization, spanning across hardware, software, functional safety, validation, and operations considerations.
  • Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality product platform.
  • Support development of system requirement specification including description of the dynamic driving task, functional flow block diagrams, requirement derivation and allocation to components based on the ASIL designation.
  • Maintain traceability between different levels of requirements as well as mapping to verification tests throughout the product life cycle including planned iteration and requirement modifications under consideration of system design and requirements engineering best practices
  • Collaborate closely with functional safety engineering teams to ensure the design process is aligned with safety requirement definitions with respect to safety goals, industry best practices as defined in ISO 26262 (FuSa), ISO 21448 (SOTIF), and other emerging standards.
  • Collaborate closely with architecture engineering teams to ensure the design process is aligned with the system/hardware and software architecture

What you'll need to succeed

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 20+ years of experience or;
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 10+ years of experience
    or;
  • Doctorate Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 7+ years of experience.
  • Designs, delivers, and maintains the divisions technical solutions. Mentors and guides engineers throughout the organization. Delivers technical solutions that meet the business and operational expectations and influences the constraints that apply to the division’s solutions. Key contributor to the Principal Community that owns the technical direction for the company.
  • Experience with ISO 26262, 21448 and other emerging standards

Perks of Being a Full-time Torc’r  

Torc cares about our team members and we strive 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) 
  • Company-wide holiday office closures  
  • AD+D and Life Insurance

 

Hiring Range for Job Opening US Pay Range$195,500—$234,600 USD

At Torc, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We celebrate the uniqueness of our Torc’rs and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, or disabilities.

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed for this opportunity, we encourage you to apply. We’re always looking for those that are hungry, humble, and people smart and your unique experience may be a great fit for this role or others.

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Perks/benefits: 401(k) matching Career development Competitive pay Equity / stock options Health care Salary bonus

Region: North America
Country: United States

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