Senior Release Manager

About the Role

A Release Manager leads the release lifecycle for engineering and product releases. This includes coordinating releases, making decisions in real time while a release is underway, and monitoring and evaluating the deliverables that go into each release. 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.

A successful candidate will have experience providing thought leadership, collaborating across functions, and driving initiatives that put release management processes in place and improve them. You’ll need a strong background in large-scale, safety-critical systems and/or software development processes within complex development environments to guide company engineering procedures.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a rapid engineering development schedule for the self-driving software stack, with consistent and managed releases both inside and outside Torc.
• Work with Development, Fleet, V&V, and Product Management teams to plan, execute, and deliver releases.
• Communicate and coordinate feature deliveries, bug fixes, risks, release notes, and change logs for software test and release candidates.
• Manage the impact analysis that supports the product roadmap.
• Run regular release trains, including Git branching, software versioning, the impact analysis process, the pre-release software process, and daily and weekly release meetings with Torc technology representatives.
• Identify and report on the release artifacts in the product development lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, design, hardware, software, and test and verification deliverables.
• Make sure current and historical configuration item baselines can be accurately identified throughout the product lifespan, and run periodic audits to verify the release versions of configuration items.
• Mentor junior team members across the organization and train stakeholder teams on release processes, tools, and best practices.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Experience with complex embedded systems, including ADAS or related technologies such as autonomous driving software architecture, sensors, networking, compute hardware, and control systems.
• Experience with software release tools such as build systems, software versioning systems, defect management systems, and source control.
• 7+ years of experience with software build, integration, and test systems.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to learn in unstructured environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills that create a positive, energetic work environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where the software and hardware infrastructure keeps changing.
• Experience delivering production systems from early prototype through product launch and in-field maintenance.
• Experience with configuration management and baselining, including audits and traceability of configuration items.
• Experience running release schedules and approvals across multiple teams, including development, QA/V&V, and safety stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience with Git branching, tagging, and release-branch strategies.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field, plus demonstrated competencies and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 6+ years of experience OR; Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field plus demonstrated competencies and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 3+ years of experience OR; PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field plus demonstrated competencies and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 1+ years of experience.

Bonus Points!

• Experience testing autonomous vehicles, ROS-based robotics systems, or ADAS features.
• Configuration management of safety-critical systems, plus an understanding of systems engineering and verification and validation methods.
• Project management experience.
• Experience with release or workflow automation and owning tools.
• Familiarity with quality or safety standards such as ISO 26262 or ISO 9001.