Senior Software Engineer – Autonomy Core Frameworks

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Michigan, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Oversee the architecture, design, implementation, and advancement of the foundational frameworks that support Torc's autonomous driving stack.

• Steer the technical direction for real-time C++ architectural components and patterns that facilitate data flow, component coordination, error handling, and observability.

• Establish scalable architectural patterns and abstractions while making strategic long-term platform design decisions.

• Collaborate with the Behavior and Perception teams to ensure clean integration boundaries and coherent shared abstractions.

• Lead architecture, design, and code reviews while setting engineering standards for reliability, maintainability, testability, and scalability.

• Provide mentorship to software engineers through technical coaching and architectural guidance.

• Advocate for validation, testing, observability, and production-readiness practices.

• Conduct root cause analysis for complex platform issues and drive enhancements in reliability, performance, and resilience.

• Define and refine simulation and validation frameworks for various scenarios and edge cases.

• Assess emerging architectural patterns, systems research, and advanced techniques.

• Communicate the technical vision across engineering, product, and leadership to build consensus on platform direction.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field with 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, or a Master's degree with 6+ years of professional experience, or proven success in designing and evolving complex production software platforms while taking ownership of architectural decisions.

• Extensive experience with C++17 and the latest standards.

• Proficient in using Python for scripting and integrating systems.

• Experience in autonomous systems/robotics, distributed systems, or intricate embedded environments utilizing middleware with pub-sub communication patterns.

• Strong background in testing, continuous integration, and build systems.

• Comprehensive experience in systems-level software design, managing technical debt, refactoring large codebases, and evolving platforms without compromising stability and performance.

• Proven track record of mentoring engineers through technical leadership, architecture reviews, code reviews, and establishing scalable engineering standards.

• Strong command of modular/composable architecture, design patterns, concurrency, testing strategies, and long-term maintainability.

• Bonus: Experience in architecting, maintaining, and utilizing robotics middleware (e.g., ROS 2).

• Bonus: In-depth expertise in distributed systems design, consensus algorithms, state synchronization, event-driven architectures, and deterministic replay.

• Bonus: Familiarity with ISO 26262, SOTIF, ASPICE, or other safety-critical software development standards.

• Bonus: Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Bazel, observability/logging/monitoring systems, simulation-based regression testing, and data schema versioning/conversion at scale.

🏝️ Benefits

• A competitive compensation package that includes a bonus and stock options.

• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees.

• 401K plan featuring a 6% employer match.

• Flexible scheduling and generous paid vacation available immediately upon start date.

• AD+D and Life Insurance.

• Potential for sign-on bonuses, relocation assistance, and other forms of compensation may be available depending on the offered position.

• A comprehensive range of medical, financial, and other benefits.