General Motors

Manager, AV Evaluation Framework

General Motors • $218K — $335K *
Sunnyvale, CA 94087In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in building software, data platforms, or evaluation systems in production environments.
  • 3+ years of experience managing and developing engineers or technical professionals.
  • Experience setting technical direction and delivering a roadmap for platform or infrastructure products.
  • Experience in building scalable data-processing pipelines or distributed services.
  • Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals and performance tradeoffs.
  • Proficiency in translating technical problems into clear priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a high-performing team of software and data engineers.
  • Define and communicate the technical vision and roadmap in partnership with AV leadership.
  • Own the delivery of scalable frameworks for metrics across driving data.
  • Ensure the reliability and usability of the team's platforms for internal customers.
  • Establish service-level objectives and health metrics for data pipelines.
  • Balance feature delivery with technical debt and long-term architecture investments.
  • Translate ambiguous stakeholder needs into actionable technical plans.

Benefits

  • Remote/hybrid work arrangement within a 50-mile radius of specified locations.
  • Incentive pay program based on company and individual performance.
  • Participation in a company vehicle evaluation program.
  • Eligibility for a company vehicle after completing a motor vehicle report review.
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Job Description

Work Arrangement:
This role is categorized as Remote/hybrid. Remote: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of [Austin, Detroit, Warren, Milford, Sunnyvale, CA ], you are expected to report to that location three times per week, at minimum.

We are looking for a Manager to lead the Metrics Frameworks team. This role combines people leadership, technical strategy, and execution ownership. You will set the team's direction, build a high-performing engineering organization, and guide the design and operation of platforms that are critical to AV evaluation and development. The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader who can move comfortably between long-term technical strategy and day-to-day execution. You will work closely with customers and partner teams to understand evolving evaluation needs, make clear tradeoffs, and deliver durable framework capabilities that improve engineering velocity and confidence in AV performance data.

What You'll Do

  • Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team of software and data engineers through hiring, onboarding, career development, feedback, and performance management.


  • Define and communicate the team's technical vision, roadmap, priorities, and operating plan in partnership with Evaluation and broader AV leadership.


  • Own delivery of scalable frameworks for creating, executing, and monitoring metrics across simulated and real-world driving data.


  • Ensure the team's platforms are reliable, observable, performant, maintainable, and easy for internal customers to use.


  • Establish meaningful service-level objectives, health metrics, dashboards, and operational practices for critical data and analysis pipelines.


  • Balance feature delivery, platform modernization, technical debt, operational support, and long-term architecture investments.


  • Partner with both internal and external stakeholders to translate ambiguous needs into clear technical plans and measurable outcomes.


  • Raise the engineering bar through strong architecture, design reviews, testing, code review, documentation, security, and operational excellence.


  • Develop mechanisms that help teams distinguish framework ownership from metric-specific business logic, enabling effective collaboration and clear accountability.


  • Participate in and improve the team's production-support and incident-response practices for critical metrics and data pipelines.


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.


  • 8+ years of experience building software, data platforms, analytics infrastructure, or evaluation systems in a production environment.


  • 3+ years of experience directly managing and developing engineers or other technical professionals.


  • Experience setting technical direction and delivering a roadmap for a platform, framework, or infrastructure product used by multiple teams.


  • Experience building or operating scalable data-processing pipelines, workflow systems, developer tooling, or distributed services.


  • Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including system design, testing, code review, observability, and performance tradeoffs.


  • Experience using data and operational metrics to improve reliability, prioritization, and execution.


  • Ability to translate complex technical problems and ambiguous customer needs into clear priorities and decisions.


  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries.


What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, simulation, advanced driver-assistance systems, or another safety-critical and data-intensive domain.


  • Experience evaluating complex systems using statistical, numerical, machine learning, or time-series methods.


  • Experience with metrics platforms, data quality systems, experiment analysis, telemetry, or performance monitoring.


  • Proficiency with Python, C++, and SQL in production engineering environments.


  • Experience with large-scale analytical data stores such as BigQuery, Databricks, or similar technologies.


  • Experience with workflow orchestration, batch processing, cloud infrastructure, and data-pipeline operations.


  • Familiarity with simulation, sensor data, road testing, or evaluation of perception, prediction, planning, or control systems.


  • Experience leading platform migrations, reducing technical debt, or consolidating fragmented frameworks.


  • Demonstrated ability to build trust with technical and non-technical partners and create clarity in a rapidly changing environment.


Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.
  • The salary range for this role is ($218,800 - $335,300). The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
  • Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.


Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

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General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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