General Motors

Senior Software Engineer

General Motors$125K — $234K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience with production-quality software in Linux environments
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a relevant field or equivalent work experience
  • Proficient in C++ (17+) and Python3 with knowledge of STL
  • Experience building tooling for complex systems
  • Demonstrated commitment to software quality, maintainability, and testability

Responsibilities

  • Develop C++ software to interface with compute, sensors, and hardware
  • Enhance software reliability through requirements, testing, and code reviews
  • Collaborate and mentor within cross-functional teams
  • Lead technical specifications and software solutions development
  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert for specific platforms
  • Advocate for best practices in the software community
  • Direct software system design content and resolution of anomalies

Benefits

  • Health and wellbeing programs including medical, dental, and vision
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account options
  • Retirement savings plan and life insurance
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Tuition assistance programs and employee discounts on GM vehicles
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, documenting, and implementing complex, highly scalable, low-latency software in C++ on Linux-based systems for the AIS team. Your work will be the foundational software which the rest of GM's AV stack is built upon for safety-critical, performance-sensitive functions including but not limited to vehicle actuation controls/feedback interfaces, vehicle moding controls, etc. across the GM vehicle platforms.

If you are looking to solve one of today's most complex engineering challenges, see the results of your work in hundreds of self-driving cars, and make a positive impact in the world, join us.

What you'll be doing (Responsibilities)

  • Develop software in C++ to interface with the autonomy stack with the other compute, sensors and custom hardware on the vehicle


  • Improve and deliver reliable software through requirements generation, continuous integration, automated testing, issue tracking, and code reviews


  • Collaborate with colleagues across multiple teams and mentor other developers


  • Lead and generates technical solutions including specifying of requirements, functional decomposition, analysis, development and testing for current, new and major programs


  • Performs as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for at least one platform or application component


  • Provide, communicate, and support common best practices among software community


  • Lead development of software system team design content and software anomaly corrections.


  • Knowledge of and experience applying software best practices


  • Being able to specify and balances system requirements


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • 4+ years' experience building and shipping production-quality software, with a focus in Linux based environments


  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PHD in relevant field or relevant work experience.


  • Experience with C++ (17+), STL, and Python3


  • Experience working with and building tooling for large, complex systems


  • A high standard and commitment to quality by designing for maintainability, testability and efficiency


What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

  • 7+ years' experience building and shipping production-quality software, with a focus in Linux based environments


  • Experience with safety critical development (FDA, FAA, Automotive)


  • Experience with build tools like bazel or cmake


  • Experience debugging across cloud and embedded systems


  • Experience with ARXML or/and SOME/IP


  • Experience with networking, TCP/IP and UDP.


  • Building and shipping production-quality software on and for embedded Linux / POSIX systems


  • Experience working with ROS or similar pub/sub IPC systems


  • Leads and generates technical solutions including specifying of requirements, functional decomposition, analysis, development and testing for current, new and major programs


  • Lead development of software system team design content and software anomaly corrections.


  • Performs complex design analysis


  • Being able to balance system requirements


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 New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.
  • The salary range for this role: is $125,000 to $234,100. 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.
  • Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.


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This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week {or other frequency dictated by your 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
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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