Senior Software Engineer - Release Manager

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 

The Platform Applications and Mission Control department develops embedded applications for autonomous trucks and cloud-based applications that support connectivity, diagnostics, predictive maintenance, real-time monitoring, and integration with enterprise, manufacturing, and customer-facing platforms.

The department is responsible for designing scalable, secure, and high-performance software solutions that enhance vehicle functionality, improve operational efficiency, and enable seamless communication between onboard systems, cloud infrastructure, and external services.

What You’ll Do 

As a Release Manager, you will oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of embedded truck software and cloud application releases across the department. You will work cross-functionally with development, testing, DevOps, and product teams to ensure releases are delivered on schedule, meet quality and compliance standards, and align with departmental objectives and business priorities. The role includes managing release timelines, deployment readiness, risk mitigation, change control, and cross-stakeholder communication to support reliable and scalable software delivery.

This role will involve:

• Coordinate release planning and execution activities across Engineering, QA, DevOps, Product, Cybersecurity, and Operations teams to ensure the successful delivery of embedded truck software and cloud applications
• Manage release schedules, deployment timelines, and milestones
• Ensure release readiness through validation of testing results, compliance checks, documentation reviews, and stakeholder approvals
• Lead go/no-go decision meetings, release status reviews, and post-release retrospectives to drive accountability and continuous improvement
• Oversee production deployments, rollback strategies, and contingency planning to minimize operational risk and service disruption
• Identify, track, and mitigate release risks, cross-team dependencies, and change management impacts throughout the software delivery lifecycle
• Partner with DevOps and infrastructure teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, monitoring, and release reliability
• Support process improvement initiatives focused on release governance, standardization, tooling optimization, and operational efficiency
• Manage multiple concurrent releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments while maintaining delivery quality and schedule alignment
• Monitor post-release performance, defects, and incidents, and coordinate resolution efforts to ensure system stability and customer satisfaction
• Maintain clear communication with stakeholders by providing release status updates, deployment metrics, risk assessments, and escalation management
• Contribute to the development and enforcement of release management best practices, policies, and operational procedures

What You’ll Need to Succeed 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field with 5+ years of professional experience in Release Management, Program Management, or Software Delivery
• Strong understanding of modern software development methodologies, including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices
• Experience coordinating complex software releases across cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with release and deployment tools such as Jenkins, Jira, GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy, or similar platforms
• Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Experience managing multiple releases and environments simultaneously
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Strong problem-solving and risk management skills
• Experience facilitating release readiness reviews, deployment coordination, and post-mortem discussions