General Motors

Senior Android Software Engineer - In-Vehicle Infotainment OTA

General Motors • $100K — $130K *
Warren, MI 48089Hybrid
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Reposted 1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of Android development experience with production Android apps or Android-based embedded software
  • Expertise in Kotlin; strong proficiency in Java, Android SDK, and modern Android patterns
  • Deep understanding of app lifecycles, concurrency, memory management, and performance tuning in Android
  • Track record of shipping complex features in large codebases with strong debugging skills
  • Demonstrated performance optimization in resource-constrained devices
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop IVI apps and services using AAOS/embedded Android
  • Own user experience and interaction flows for in-car scenarios
  • Optimize performance for constrained hardware and manage resource usage
  • Integrate applications with vehicle properties and services using AAOS APIs
  • Define and collaborate on various testing strategies and coverage
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and system service improvements
  • Provide technical mentorship and lead code/design reviews

Benefits

  • Eligibility for relocation benefits
  • Hybrid work arrangement with in-office days required
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge software-defined vehicles
  • Engagement in complex, impactful projects with global reach
  • Access to cross-functional collaboration with various engineering teams
Full Job Description
Job Description

Work Arrangement:
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, MI three times per week, at minimum or other frequency dictated by the business.

The Role

GM is looking to hire a Senior Android Software Engineer to lead design, development, and long-term maintenance of in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) apps and OTA update clients on Android Automotive OS (AAOS) for GM's next-generation software-defined vehicles. The engineer will own major features end-to-end (architecture, implementation, validation, launch, OTA) and set the bar for safety, performance, reliability, and maintainability across Vehicle Applications & Services, with software deployed at scale across global fleets. This engieer will own features from concept through production and fleet-wide OTA rollout by collaborating with UX on automotive interaction patterns and multi-display HMI (cluster, center stack, HUD), Systems/platform on AAOS/AOSP integration and vehicle signals, QA/validation on vehicle-level test plans and defect resolution, Product on feature definition, trade-offs, and prioritization.

What You'll Do
  • Design, develop, build, and maintain IVI apps and services on AAOS / embedded Android to evolve OTA update clients with robust rollback, error handling, and fault recovery.
  • Own UX and interaction flows for key scenarios (e.g., media, navigation integrations, app-store experiences, messaging), ensuring experiences are intuitive, glanceable, compliant with Android Automotive UX, driver-distraction, safety guidelines and meet GM and regulatory requirements.
  • Drive performance on constrained hardware to optimize startup/resume times, frame rate, animation smoothness and manage memory, CPU, I/O for predictable behavior.
  • Integrate apps with vehicle properties, VHAL, navigation, media, voice assistants, and back-office services via AAOS APIs and IPC (AIDL, gRPC or similar) and instrument apps with logging, metrics, and traces for observability, field triage, and continuous improvement.
  • Define and collaborate on unit, integration, UI, and bench/in-vehicle test coverage and ensure fast cold-boot and resume and support multi-version AAOS/Android and long vehicle lifecycles.
  • Apply and evolve clean, modular Android architectures (e.g., MVVM + Jetpack) for large, long-lived automotive codebases by partnering with platform teams on AOSP/AAOS customization and integration.
  • Diagnose and fix issues across app, framework, and system layers.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions on system services, permissions, and security models and influence platform-level improvements in stability, performance, security, and developer efficiency.
  • Define and implement various test strategies like Unit tests (e.g., JUnit, MockK/Mockito), UI tests (e.g., Espresso, UI Automator), System/integration tests.
  • Build and maintain test automation for emulators and on-bench environments and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and automated build systems.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to mid-level and junior engineers includes leading code and design reviews and champion best practices


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Engineering, EE/CE, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of Android development with production Android apps or Android-based embedded software and proven experience on AAOS or deeply embedded Android platforms.
  • Expert Kotlin skills; strong proficiency in Kotlin and/or Java, Android SDK, and modern Android patterns (coroutines/Flow, Jetpack, MVVM or similar).
  • Deep understanding of App/activity lifecycles, Background limits, scheduling, background work, Coroutines/Flow, concurrency, configuration changes, Memory management, profiling, and performance tuning, Android permissions, security, and system services.
  • Track record of designing, implementing, and shipping complex features end-to-end in large codebases with strong debugging skills.
  • Demonstrated performance optimization on resource-constrained devices (UI, networking, I/O, rendering), with measurable improvements.
  • Strong grounding in software quality with experience automated testing, code reviews, defensive and secure coding
  • Experience writing and maintaining: Unit tests (JUnit, MockK/Mockito), UI tests (Espresso, UI Automator), System/integration tests.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated builds, and Git workflows in multi-team environments.
  • Effective cross-functional collaboration with UX, product, validation/QA, and platform/system engineers.
  • Clear written and verbal communication, able to drive decisions and explain complex topics to varied audiences.
  • Demonstrated use of advanced Android concepts (DI, background work, concurrency, profiling) in new features, bug fixes, and refactoring.


What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
  • 8+ years of experience working directly in AOSP/AAOS platform related code.
  • Knowledge of VHAL and vehicle property APIs.
  • Experience building or integrating OTA update mechanisms.
  • Familiarity with driver-distraction rules and in-vehicle HMI guidelines (OEM, regulatory, industry).
  • Experience with long-lifecycle automotive software, safety-critical or regulated systems (functional safety, cybersecurity, etc.).
  • Strong debugging with logs, traces, and system-level tools.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership:
  • Leading designs for complex features/subsystems.
  • Mentoring engineers.
  • Influencing standards, patterns, and tooling.


This Job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.The selected candidate will be required to travel

About General Motors

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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