[Hiring] Vehicle V&V Manager @Torc Robotics

Role Description

As a Vehicle Test Manager, you will own the vehicle-level test strategy for our L4 autonomous trucks:

• Writing test cases that verify requirements on closed courses and public roads.
• Post-processing vehicle data from ground truth and on-board systems to assess performance.
• Leading a team of test engineers responsible for the verification of vehicle-level requirements.
• Defining and implementing the vehicle test strategy in accordance with relevant safety standards (e.g., ISO 26262, ISO 21448).
• Mentoring a team of test engineers responsible for vehicle-level test case development and reporting.
• Partnering with systems engineering, software development, and test operations to establish vehicle verification and validation priorities.
• Ensuring requirement verifiability.
• Driving scenario-based testing methods to scale coverage across the operational design domain.
• Ensuring the suitability and continuous improvement of vehicle test platforms and toolchains.
• Managing test budgets, schedules, and resource allocation across multiple concurrent vehicle programs.
• Prioritizing testing using upstream test results to surgically address risks.
• Communicating test status, risks, and recommendations to leadership to support program decisions.
• Representing the vehicle test organization in program reviews, safety case reviews, and regulatory or customer audits.
• Coordinating software tool qualification processes and staying current on emerging V&V technologies for autonomous driving.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field with 6+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with 4+ years of experience.
• Proven experience managing vehicle-level testing for safety-critical products.
• Demonstrated leadership experience building and developing technical teams.
• Working knowledge of quality, safety, and security standards (ASPICE, ISO 26262, ISO 21448, or equivalent).
• Experience with scenario-based verification and validation approaches for autonomous systems.
• Experience with industry-standard certification testing such as EuroNCAP.
• Strong analytical and data-driven problem-solving skills.
• Experience processing vehicle data collected with ground truth equipment (e.g., high-precision GNSS/INS, LiDAR reference systems) used in ADAS/AV testing.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Enthusiasm for tackling new challenges and applying state-of-the-art V&V approaches.

Requirements

• Hiring Range for Job Opening: US Pay Range $160,800 — $193,000 USD