Freight Operations Specialist 3

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.

As a Freight Operations Specialist you will assist in the testing of autonomous vehicles – both in-cab and out and provides leadership and safe execution of tests related to development. Continuously monitors external weather and traffic environments, road and infrastructure conditions, vehicle operations, safety driver operations, and software data to ensure a safe transportation experience.

What you’ll do: 

• Actively monitor, report, and record road conditions, traffic conditions, vehicle performance and other environmental factors.
• Review and communicate with Operations Leadership throughout all daily testing to ensure and address any questions, concerns, or ambiguities within each test. Confirming each testing member fully understands each mission.
• Verify planned capabilities, maneuvers, and environment conditions for each test.
• Analyze and verify system status indicators to ensure safety and performance.
• Monitor Safety Driver and vehicle systems operations – pausing or stopping tests when concerns or questions arise.
• Provide detailed analysis, feedback and documentation on driving conditions, vehicle operations, and technology to cross-functional parties needing said information.
• Conducts complex, important work under minimal supervision and with wide latitude for independent judgment.
• Ensure test data offloads appropriately and verify all testing data and event details are captured and translated.
• Serve as the primary contact for internal and external communication inside the vehicle both during normal testing and/or in the event of an accident/incident.
• Maintain the highest level of confidentiality to protect Torc’s proprietary information.
• Train and adhere to transportation laws and regulations.
• Support logistical movement of products and tests for inbound and outbound shipments.
• Follow preferred work methods at all times and immediately advise the management team of any unsafe conditions or environmental issues.
• Inspect equipment for mechanical defects and report all defects to management and fleet maintenance team.
• Engage in safety briefings, share toolbox topics and tribal knowledge, establish, and follow standard working procedures, suggest, and manage process improvements and changes, continue developing standardized user documentation and be an overall team player.
• Help drive measurable improvements to KPIs and other important measurables including, but not limited to safety, on-time delivery, productivity, lead-time reduction, asset and personnel utilization while enhancing customer satisfaction.
• Assist in the development and furthering of Autonomous Hub Operations and the different areas this encompasses including real world scenarios and testing.
• Execute necessary business functions to maintain safe and efficient operations and testing.
• Utilize and assist in the continued development of internal systems including but not limited to TMS, FMS, etc.
• Utilize computer hardware and software to obtain critical data related to autonomous vehicle operations including, but not limited to vehicle weights and scaling, energy consumption metrics and system diagnostics.
• Ensure thorough understanding and compliance with objectives for the duties and responsibilities.
• Perform pre- and post-trip vehicle inspections, software deployments, and continual safety checks before, during and after each test.

What you’ll need to succeed: 

• Must maintain a Safety Conductor Certification
• Bachelor’s degree plus 6+ years of experience or Master’s degree + 3 years of experience
• Valid US driver’s license with a safe driving record required. Minimum six years of experience driving on US roads. CDL driver’s license or CDL learner’s permit desired or ability to obtain the CDL learner’s permit within four months.
• Requires continuous education and training with a passion for knowledge to maintain the highest level of ingenuity and creative thinking.
• Appropriate personal protective equipment is required as needed in assigned areas such as the garage.