Manager, Engineering - Connected Vehicles

Meet The Team:

We’re looking for engineering management professionals to lead a team focused on building solutions that will monitor and update our fleet of autonomous driving vehicles. As an engineering manager, you will be responsible for building a thriving team dedicated to creating cloud-based tools and pipelines for manufacturing support, configuration management, and over-the-air updates. You will work closely with stakeholders to create and manage the product backlog and ensure successful delivery of the team objectives.  As a team leader, you will be responsible for managing and communicating team budgets, hiring goals, and working with individuals to set goals and track performance.    

What You'll Be Doing:

• Responsible for team management, including resource allocation, workload prioritization, backlog maintenance, cross-functional team collaboration, talent selection, team onboarding, career development, and performance management.
• Accountable for application telemetry to drive on-call support and reporting of performance and user engagement. 
• Facilitate backlog adjustments to address product changes and to ensure the system operates in accordance with specifications
• Collaborate with the Technical Product Manager to identify and prioritize feature improvements, based on product milestones and end-user feedback
• Guide the team through feature decomposition and the work estimation process.  
• Oversee team’s progress toward completion, communicating regularly to all levels within the team, department, and organization
• Enforce software development best practices for the team, improving quality, efficiency, and accuracy of the team’s work.  

What You Will Need to Succeed:

• BS/MS Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field 
• 5+ years of experience in Industry or Graduate School 
• Experience leading engineering teams in the delivery of large-scale applications that support a distributed, cross-functional development organization
• Strong facilitation, technical team coaching, systems thinking, and servant leadership skills.  
• Proficiency in cloud services and architectures (AWS, Azure) 
• Proficiency in current web technologies (HTML5/CSS/JavaScript/JSON) 
• Proficiency using version control and CI/CD systems (Git)
• Test automation principles and design
• Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Bonus Points!

• Experience working with high-level languages (C++, Python)  
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure at scale (AWS, Terraform)  
• Proficiency in Linux platforms (Ubuntu, Centos)  
• Experience in robotic systems
• Experience in connected vehicle solutions (SOVD, telematics, OTA updates, lifecycle management)  

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