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Director of Engineering, TorcOS
Torc Robotics INC · 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, MI
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 63 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 15 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Torc Robotics INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Engineering Manager” (Computer and Information Systems Managers) in MI: $198k–$212k, median $205k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Torc Robotics INC
The US Department of Labor certified 63 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 15 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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: Within the TorcOS organization, the team is responsible for the foundational software stack enabling Torc’s autonomous driving platform. TorcOS provides the BaseOS, middleware, device drivers, data recording infrastructure, and AUTOSAR base software that powers the embedded compute platforms used throughout Torc Drive. The organization enables robust system bring-up, low-latency communication between distributed software components, reliable sensor data acquisition, and foundational software services required by the Torc Drive and platform engineering teams. TorcOS works closely with autonomy, platform integration, hardware, safety, and OEM-facing organizations to deliver scalable, reliable, and safety-critical embedded software solutions. The TorcOS organization achieves its goals through close collaboration across engineering domains while focusing on the design, development, integration, and release of foundational embedded software platforms supporting Torc’s Self-Driving Truck solution. What You’ll Do: We are looking for a seasoned engineering leader that will bring strong technical leadership, organizational maturity, and scalable engineering processes to the TorcOS organization. As a Director of Engineering, you will work closely with managers, principal engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver the foundational embedded software platform supporting the development of Torc’s autonomous driving system. The Director of Engineering – TorcOS owns and drives the execution strategy, organizational effectiveness, and engineering delivery across foundational software domains including embedded Linux platforms, middleware systems, device drivers, data recording infrastructure, and AUTOSAR base software. The organization is responsible for enabling robust compute bring-up, reliable communication backbones, low-latency sensor data processing, flashing and bootloader solutions, and foundational software integration across high-performance compute platforms and microcontroller-based systems. The Director Engineering is accountable for establishing and driving engineering processes, organizational standards, and delivery execution strategies that support high-quality, scalable, and safety-critical software platforms. This individual builds and develops strong engineering teams and leaders while fostering accountability, technical excellence, and operational consistency across the organization. As a strategic thinker, the Director Engineering continuously evaluates organizational effectiveness, engineering processes, and technical execution while proactively identifying and resolving roadblocks within the organization and across partner teams. As a leader, you are responsible for the … • Development of business plans and operational priorities to meet goals and objectives of the organization. • Facilitation of processes for the delivery of scalable and high-quality embedded software platforms supporting autonomous driving systems. • Collaboration with other management and engineering teams as needed to meet goals, monitor performance, and achieve objectives. • Driving organizational accountabilit