Staff, Software Engineer - Simulation Vehicle Modeling

The posting, as Torc Robotics wrote it

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

At Torc, our simulation teams are building the foundation for AV 3.0 driver-out development and certification. This team serves as the critical technical interface between simulation/modeling and autonomy consumers. By ensuring model fidelity, coverage, and usability, the team plays a vital role in evaluating and advancing autonomous driving software. We support massive-scale, parallel execution for scaled verification and validation (V&V) and high-throughput reinforcement learning (RL) training. Ultimately, we provide the framework and tooling that serves Autonomy, Safety, and Release with shared artifacts, common metrics, and deterministic reproducibility.

What You'll Do

• Own and evolve the technical architecture for scalable vehicle modeling and simulation — extensible across vehicle types, sensor platforms, and fleet variability as Torc's autonomy program grows.
• Develop and own high-fidelity truck and vehicle dynamics models (longitudinal, lateral, and transient behavior) spanning nominal, off-nominal, and failure-mode simulation domains.
• Define and drive the statistical validation metrics that directly support Safety Case claims, ensuring model fidelity and coverage meet the bar required for driver-out certification.
• Design and scale robustness testing frameworks — including controller/planner interaction testing — to stress-test autonomy software at the fidelity and throughput required for large-scale V&V and RL training.
• Design, develop, and maintain high-fidelity simulation platforms used to validate autonomous driving software in closed-loop evaluation pipelines at scale.
• Partner with autonomy engineering teams to capture and implement vehicle model requirements supporting planning, controls, and system-level V&V activities.
• Own model capability communication, known limitations, and release notes to enable effective autonomy validation across consuming teams.
• Ensure vehicle model updates don't regress autonomy V&V system performance, using automated regression frameworks you help define.
• Execute full software development lifecycle activities primarily in C++ within a Linux environment and ROS/ROS2 tooling, applying Lean-Agile methodologies.
• Perform root cause analysis on complex issues surfaced in simulation runs and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Drive test plan design for data acquisit

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or heavy-vehicle models.

• Experience building or extending closed-loop autonomous vehicle simulation environments at scale.
• Familiarity with scenario-based validation and sim-to-real correlation activities.
• Familiarity with how learned models (neural networks) consume simulation and vehicle model outputs in autonomy V&V workflows.

Perks of Being a Full-time Torc’r

Torc cares about our team members and we strive to provide benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and future. Our culture is collaborative, energetic, and team focused. Torc offers:

• 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 matchFlexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation (available immediately after start date)Company-wide holiday office closures
• AD+D and Life Insurance

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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several geographic markets. Pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Torc's total compensation package will also include our corporate bonus and stock option plan. Dependent on the position offered, sign-on payments, relocation, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

Job ID: R-102979
Hiring Range for Job Opening
US Pay Range
$186,200 — $223,400 USD