Director of Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Michigan.

📋 Description

• Lead the TorcOS organization that oversees foundational software stack components such as BaseOS, middleware, device drivers, data recording infrastructure, and AUTOSAR base software.

• Own and drive the execution strategy, enhance organizational effectiveness, and ensure engineering delivery across foundational software domains.

• Facilitate robust compute bring-up, establish reliable communication backbones, enable low-latency sensor data processing, and implement flashing and bootloader solutions, along with foundational software integration.

• Establish and implement engineering processes, organizational standards, and delivery execution strategies to create high-quality, scalable, safety-critical software platforms.

• Build and nurture strong engineering teams and leaders while promoting accountability, technical excellence, and operational consistency.

• Assess organizational effectiveness, engineering processes, and technical execution; identify and address roadblocks within the organization and across partner teams.

• Formulate business plans and operational priorities to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

• Ensure the delivery of scalable, high-quality embedded software platforms that support autonomous driving systems.

• Collaborate with management and engineering teams to fulfill goals, monitor performance, and achieve objectives.

• Foster organizational accountability through metrics, engineering processes, and delivery standards.

• Provide career development, coaching, and mentoring to managers and engineers.

• Select and manage team performance effectively.

• Offer continuous performance feedback and facilitate organizational development.

• Conduct compensation analysis in collaboration with peer managers and People Operations.

• Support organizational scalability through process improvements, engineering best practices, and operational consistency.

• Partner with platform, autonomy, hardware, safety, and integration teams to guarantee reliable system-level software delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• Ability to act as a strategic partner to the organization, identifying and planning for future organizational and technical needs.

• Strong engineering background in embedded software systems and platform development environments.

• Proven experience in leading managers and engineering organizations responsible for highly complex software platforms.

• Experience in driving engineering processes, organizational standards, and scalable delivery frameworks across distributed teams.

• Proficient in managing a team of managers and professionals while identifying growth opportunities for the organization.

• Extensive experience with embedded Linux systems, middleware frameworks, or low-level platform software.

• Familiarity with safety-critical or highly reliable software systems.

• Experience in driving cross-functional execution across software, hardware, systems, integration, and validation teams.

• Ability to advocate for best practices and maintain consistent standards, including test automation, observability, platform reliability, and performance metrics.

• Experience in supporting incident response, root-cause investigations, security initiatives, and compliance activities.

• Strong communication and organizational leadership skills in dynamic engineering environments.

• Education is optional.

• Bonus points: Experience in the autonomous vehicle industry.

• Bonus points: Experience in the Automotive Industry.

• Bonus points: Experience leading embedded Linux or middleware platform organizations.

• Bonus points: Experience with device drivers, BSPs, or hardware abstraction layers.

• Bonus points: Experience with robotic communication frameworks or distributed software systems.

• Bonus points: Experience with AUTOSAR base software and microcontroller platforms.

• Bonus points: Experience with safety-critical system designs and standards.

• Bonus points: Experience with system bring-up, bootloaders, flashing tools, or platform integration activities.

• Bonus points: Experience in supporting large-scale sensor data systems, logging, or recording frameworks.

• Open to remote candidates in the Eastern Time Zone.

🏝️ 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.

• Flexible schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date).

• AD+D and Life Insurance.