Senior Manager, Engineering - Release Management

Torc Robotics is a leader in autonomous driving technology, focused on developing software for automated trucks. The Senior Manager of Release Management will lead a team responsible for overseeing the release lifecycle, ensuring the successful delivery of product releases while collaborating across engineering divisions.

Responsibilities:

• The Manager of Release Management is responsible for people leadership of a team of release managers that lead the release lifecycle for engineering and product releases
• This includes performing release coordination, dynamic decision-making during release execution, monitoring and evaluating deliverables into release along with configuration management
• The release management team schedules regular agile-style release trains, oversees the impact analysis process, communicates required test activities, performs Git tagging and branching procedures, and records release artifacts
• The people leader of Release management will drive strategic initiatives, mitigate risks, perform resource planning and performance management for direct reports
• A successful candidate will have experience performing thought leadership, cross-function collaboration, and driving improvements for release management processes to meet production goals
• Deliver through your team as well as collaborate across teams to deliver high quality system releases for Torc’s autonomous driving product line
• Maintain a rapid engineering development schedule for self-driving software stack with consistent and managed releases, both internal and external to Torc
• Collaborate with Development teams, fleet teams, V&V teams and product management for planning, execution and delivery of releases
• Communicate and coordinate feature deliveries, bug fixes, risks, release notes and change logs for software test and release candidates
• Manage impact analysis supporting the product roadmap
• Facilitate regular release trains with Git branching, software versioning, impact analysis process, pre-release software process and daily/weekly release meetings with Torc technology representatives
• Identify and report on release artifacts included in the Product Development lifecycle including requirements, architecture, design, hardware, software, test and verification deliverables
• Ensure the proper baseline identification of current and historical configuration items can be accurately determined throughout the product lifespan, perform periodic audits, and provide verification of configuration items release versioning
• People leadership responsibilities include new hire selection, onboarding, goal setting, career pathing and professional development, employee team building and training, performance management, scheduling and assigning work, resource management and controlling expenses, and enforces systems, policies, and procedures
• Proactively manages employee relations and conflict while representing Torc’s core values
• Identify hiring needs, partner with People Operations and Talent Acquisition, and assist in the recruiting, screening, interviewing, selection, and hiring processes for talent across multidisciplinary teams
• Recommends salary increases, promotions, transfers, demotions, or terminations
• Accomplishes team objectives by supervising staff and organizing and monitoring work processes with the highest degree of quality and safety

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
• 10+ years experience for software build, integration and test systems
• Experience managing a team of direct reports
• Experience with complex embedded systems including ADAS technologies i.e. autonomous driving software architecture, sensors, networking, compute hardware, control systems
• Experience with software release tools i.e. build systems, software versioning systems, defect management systems, source control etc
• Strong problem-solving / analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to learn in unstructured environments
• Strong communication and collaboration skills enabling a positive energy and work environment
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving software/hardware infrastructure
• Experience delivering production systems from early prototype phases through product launch and in-field maintenance
• Experience testing autonomous vehicles, ROS based robotics systems or ADAS features
• Configuration management of safety-critical systems, understanding of systems engineering and verification, validation methodologies
• Project management experience