Cybersecurity Architect 1

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 Safety & Regulatory – Product Cybersecurity team is responsible for ensuring the security, integrity, and resilience of Torc’s autonomous vehicle platform across the full product lifecycle.

As a Product Cybersecurity Architect 1, you will play a key role in embedding cybersecurity into the foundation of our autonomous driving systems. You’ll work closely with Compute Platform and Autonomy teams to develop cybersecurity elements of the Torc Safety Case and ensure security is built into our systems from conception through deployment.

This role requires a deep understanding of software cybersecurity principles, a proactive approach to building cybersecurity in, and the ability to work cross-functionally with various departments to integrate robust cybersecurity measures into our products.

What You’ll Do

• Perform cybersecurity assurance activities such as static analysis, dynamic analysis, and fuzz testing.
• Perform attack surface analysis at varying levels of software and hardware abstraction.
• Collaborate with product development teams to embed cybersecurity into software development activities.
• Focus on ensuring compliance with best practices and industry standard requirements pertaining to software security activities defined by the AVCDL.
• Prepare and present evidence in the safety case to demonstrate readiness to launch new products or release new software versions from a software security perspective.
• Train internal stakeholders on software security practices and act as a resource where expert software security assistance is needed.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related technical field plus demonstrated competences and technical proficiencies typically acquired through 0–3+ years of experience.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices.
• Strong understanding of software cybersecurity activities such as static analysis, dynamic analysis, and fuzz testing.
• Experience with software analysis tools such as CodeQL, libfuzzer, honggfuzz, UBSan, and ASan.
• Experience using programming languages such as C and C++.
• Proficiency in recognizing software/hardware weaknesses and security vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of Unix-like operating systems and software.
• Knowledge of computer networking protocols, network security principles, and practices.

Bonus Points

• Experience developing safety-critical, cyber-physical systems in industries such as automotive, medical or aerospace.
• Experience with embedded programming.
• Experience with designing secure test plans.
• Knowledge of secure coding standards & guidelines such as CERT C++ and MISRA C++.
• Knowledge of cybersecure development lifecycles such as the Microsoft SDL, A Versatile Cybersecurity Development Lifecycle (AVCDL), or similar.

Work Location: For this position, we are open to hiring in either the Ann Arbor, MI OR Blacksburg, VA (U.S.) office work locations in a hybrid capacity. We are also open to hiring Remote in the United States 

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 match  

• Flexibility in schedule and generou