Torc Robotics is hiring a
Technical Product Manager

Summary

Join Torc and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology. This team is looking for someone with combined technical and management experience to create the next generation of on-road autonomous driving technology.

Requirements

• Demonstrates competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through: BS+ 4+ years of experience OR MS+ 3+ years of experience
• Considered highly skilled and proficient in discipline; conducts complex, important work under minimal supervision and with wide latitude for independent judgment
• We are looking for a TPM with the experience in one of the following fields: Developer Enablement
• Proficiency with Continuous integration/Continuous delivery concepts and tools
• Proficiency using version control systems (Git)
• Proficient working with cloud infrastructure at scale (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with Linux platforms (Ubuntu, Centos)
• Experience with test automation principles and design
• Experience in high-level and scripting languages (C++, Python, bash, groovy)
• Experience with build automation and static analysis tools (CMake, Cppcheck, Clang-Tidy)
• Experience with containerization and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Configuration management, Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform)
• Experience working with industrial coding standards such as MISRA, AUTOSAR, etc

Responsibilities

• Accountable for ensuring consistent delivery of critical projects that meet the company's objectives, coordinating efforts and resources, identifying, and removing organizational barriers to execution as the internal representative of the customer to the engineering organization
• Responsible for analyzing and communicating product initiatives to development teams, leadership, and other stakeholders. Break down the product initiatives into department-level quarterly plans
• Analyze top-level product requirements to develop associated department-level plans for components that advance the virtual driver product towards commercial launch
• Create strong working relationships and maintain effective communication across all product development teams, informing others of new features and release timelines, and soliciting frequent feedback from stakeholders for action
• Build trust and strong working relationships with the technical subject matter experts and principal engineers that steward the technical roadmap
• Consult with relevant technical experts and synthesize their input with your own technical and industry knowledge to create and define a balanced product development backlog which drives teams towards the most cost-effective path to commercial launch
• Cohesively and succinctly present quarterly departmental plans based on cross-functional dependencies for evaluation and approval by engineering leadership at the executive level
• Represent product development plans, showcase recent development efforts in regular reviews, and synthesize changes in urgency to resolve product issues within the applicable department
• Partner with engineering leadership to define timelines/milestones, identify/mitigate risks, recommend resource allocation, track progress, resolve dependencies, and resolve bottlenecks
• Set clear, actionable development team workloads that deliver epic acceptance criteria that cleanly support initiative-level acceptance criteria, delegate tasks and set deadlines
• Monitor epic status and report metrics for management recognition. Clarify metrics and measurable goals to identify work, clarify urgency and importance, follow-up and verify solutions/results, measure success, review for continuous improvement and effective time management
• Provide candid and constructive feedback to development team members that maximizes team goals and individual employee potential. Report any issues of concern to managers
• Create a motivating and inspiring development team environment with an open communication culture. Act proactively to ensure smooth development team operations and effective collaboration
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement. Identify process gaps and/or new areas of focus for continuously improving engineering planning, communication, and execution

Benefits

• 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