Principal, Technical Product Manager - Release

About the Company

At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business.

A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight.

Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.

Meet the Team

Torc’s Release Engineering team operates at the critical intersection of autonomy, integration, and deployment. We own the end-to-end orchestration of software and hardware releases—from build qualification to system bring-up and commercial delivery. Our charter is to ensure that every build we ship is safe, reliable, and scalable, supporting Torc’s mission to deliver autonomy at scale.

We work across Engineering, Test, Systems, Hardware, and Product to coordinate technical efforts, define process maturity, and enforce system-level standards that enable safe release and integration across programs.

About the Role

As a Principal Technical Product Manager embedded within the Release org, you’ll take ownership of the roadmap and strategic execution for major software and vehicle releases. This is a high-visibility, strategic-facing role tasked with bringing order to complexity—connecting engineering execution with platform goals, and aligning stakeholders across Torc’s autonomy stack.

You’ll drive the strategy and structure behind our release processes, partner closely with leadership and engineering ICs, and help shape best practices, architectural consistency, and organizational readiness. This role reports directly into the Director of Release and is being brought in to help mature how we qualify and deliver safe autonomy through effective planning, tooling, and integration leadership.

What You’ll Do

• Define and drive the roadmap for software release and system integration within the Release org, ensuring alignment with long-term platform and product goals.

• Own and orchestrate major system-level initiatives, such as vehicle build integration, HIL readiness, and milestone-driven validation across the autonomy stack.

• Shape technical release strategy, introducing standards and scalable patterns for how we qualify releases across divisions (Software, Test, Hardware, Systems).

• Identify and facilitate strategic partnerships—internal and external—to unlock coordination and tooling improvements that enable safe deployment at scale.

• Lead cross-functional execution through ambiguity, surfacing risks early, resolving interdependencies, and steering efforts toward critical milestones.

• Mentor and influence TPMs, engineers, and product peers, driving clarity, focus, and organizational maturity.

• Act as a key interface with senior leadership, ensuring precise communication of program health, decision points, and tradeoffs.

• Champion release best practices including system-level KPIs, documentation, tooling, and alignment to safety and regulatory frameworks.

• Participate in Principal/Architectural Reviews, helping to define technical direction and ensure releases uphold safety and platform guardrails.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or related field.

• 15+ years of experience in technical product management or solution architecture, ideally in autonomy, robotics, embedded systems, or ADAS domains.

• Deep experience driving technical roadmaps, cross-org execution, and strategic program leadership in complex engineering environments.

• Proven ability to zoom out for strategy and zoom in for execution, particularly in release, integration, or test-heavy programs.

• Technical fluency across software, infrastructure, and systems (C++, Python, or equivalent background is a plus).

• Strong organizational influence and the ability to navigate technical conversations while leading through others.

• Expertise in Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, validation frameworks, and safety-critical engineering principles.

Bonus Points

• Experience with HIL systems, release tooling, or test automation in regulated environments.

• History of leading vehicle bring-up or physical integration programs.

• Familiarity with automotive-grade quality processes, ISO standards, or safety-critical workflows.

• Experience representing your org in architectural reviews or strategic technical forums.

• Exposure to release process transformation or org-wide technical program scaling.

At Torc, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We celebrate the uniqueness of our Torc’rs and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, or disabilities.

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed for this opportunity, we encourage you to apply.