JOB DESCRIPTION: Lead efforts to develop high quality product definitions, user journeys, product requirements, and Operational Design Domain (ODD) specifications to deliver next generation on road autonomous driving technology that meets the highest safety standards while supporting the company’s commercial goals. Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders—including internal and external customers, engineering, regulatory, marketing, and commercialization teams—to establish product vision, scope, priorities, and roadmap, and ensure effective communication of these elements across all levels of planning and execution. Prioritize product features using customer feedback, market analysis, and business objectives, and effectively communicate the associated technical and commercial tradeoffs to engineering, fleet management, marketing, and commercialization teams. Track key product development milestones by establishing clear, measurable, and testable product metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Identify technical and execution risks that may impact critical product deliverables, and mitigate these risks by providing data driven recommendations and actions to the leadership team. Lead the evaluation and benchmarking of competitive and complementary products across the industry to ensure that Torc upholds the highest vehicle and operational safety standards and incorporates industry best practices. Lead team development and knowledge sharing initiatives by mentoring junior employees and contributing to the growth of organizational capabilities.
Requirements: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field with 3 years of industry experience, or alternatively a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics with 5 years of relevant industry experience. Experience must include: (1) Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Autonomous Driving technologies: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keeping Assist, Traffic Jam Assist, Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), Forward Collision Warning (FCW), Cross Traffic Collision Warning; (2) Sensing Technologies: Camera Systems, Automotive Radar Systems, LiDAR Systems, GNSS / GPS + IMU Ground Truth, Sensor Fusion; (3) safety and compliance frameworks, including those used by NHTSA and Euro NCAP; (4) Developing product requirements, roadmaps, product metrics, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); (5) Robotic Validation Systems: Steering Robots, Acceleration and Braking Robots, Guided Soft Target Robots, VRU Robotic Testing Platforms.
Salary: $197,226.00 - $222,900.00.
Torc Robotics
Autonomous Systems · Private · Blacksburg, USA