General Motors

Staff Software Engineer - ADAS Visual Experience

General Motors$189K — $290K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • 6-9 years of relevant software engineering experience or equivalent practical experience with 10-12 years in production software
  • Staff-level expertise in designing and shipping complex software systems with multi-team involvement
  • Deep experience with Android Automotive platform development, focusing on services and performance analysis
  • Hands-on background in embedded systems or real-time visualization software development
  • Demonstrated ability to define system designs and operate independently on complex projects
  • Exceptional troubleshooting skills for performance and reliability issues across systems

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture and design of Android Automotive software for ADAS HMI and visualization features
  • Define comprehensive system designs that integrate multiple components from UI to data services
  • Evolve 3D rendering capabilities for real-time visualization optimized for automotive conditions
  • Own the management of complex workstreams from concept through to production release
  • Translate vague requirements into concrete software designs with clear operational ownership
  • Drive alignment and collaboration across multiple cross-functional teams
  • Establish and improve engineering quality practices for Android Automotive and rendering software
  • Mentor and guide senior engineers in architectural and design strategies

Benefits

  • Variety of health and wellbeing programs including medical, dental, and vision
  • Retirement savings plan and flexible spending accounts
  • Sickness and accident benefits, life insurance
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Hybrid work model with required on-site presence at least 3 times a week
Full Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary

We are seeking a Level 8 Staff Software Engineer to lead complex Android Automotive and 3D visualization software for ADAS HMI experiences. This role backfills a senior technical leadership scope covering signal-driven ADAS visualization, Android services, rendering performance, and cross-team architecture execution.

The ideal candidate is a recognized technical expert who can operate with broad latitude in a complex environment: defining system architecture, decomposing ambiguous product requirements, driving multi-team execution, and holding the team accountable for high-quality delivery across vehicle programs.

Job Responsibilities
  • Lead architecture, design, and delivery of Android Automotive software for ADAS HMI, camera/recording controls, and signal-driven visualization features.
  • Define end-to-end system designs spanning Android Automotive UI, Android services, SoC middleware, ADAS data services, perception interfaces, platform integration, and vehicle signal inputs.
  • Design and evolve 3D rendering capabilities for real-time ADAS visualization, including scene composition, rendering pipelines, asset/data integration, performance optimization, and stability under vehicle resource constraints.
  • Own complex multi-team workstreams from concept through production release, including architecture reviews, technical decomposition, milestone planning, risk management, validation, and launch support.
  • Translate ambiguous product, design, safety, and system requirements into practical software designs with clear interfaces, failure modes, test strategy, and operational ownership.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment with ADAS algorithm, perception, infotainment, cluster, data recording, safety, product, and vehicle integration partners.
  • Establish engineering practices that raise quality across Android Automotive and rendering codebases, including performance benchmarks, release gates, automated validation, and field-issue triage.
  • Debug and resolve complex issues across the signal-to-pixel path, including Android lifecycle/service behavior, IPC, concurrency, rendering latency, memory pressure, GPU/CPU contention, and vehicle integration defects.
  • Mentor senior and mid-level engineers on Android Automotive architecture, 3D rendering trade-offs, system design, execution discipline, and cross-team technical leadership.
  • Communicate technical direction, risks, trade-offs, and delivery status clearly to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.


Education / Experience Requirement
  • Bachelor's degree or Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, with 6-9 years of relevant software engineering experience; or equivalent practical experience with 10-12 years delivering production software.


Required Qualifications
  • Staff-level experience designing and shipping complex software systems with multi-team scope, broad technical ambiguity, and production accountability.
  • Strong Android Automotive or Android platform development experience, including services, lifecycle, IPC, threading/concurrency, system integration, performance analysis, and production debugging.
  • Hands-on experience building vehicle, embedded, infotainment, ADAS, robotics, simulation, gaming, or other real-time visualization software.
  • Strong 3D rendering experience using technologies such as OpenGL, Vulkan, Filament, Unity, Unreal, Android graphics stack, scene graphs, shaders, GPU profiling, or similar rendering frameworks.
  • Demonstrated system design skill across application, middleware, data, and platform boundaries, with the ability to define interfaces, sequence diagrams, data flows, state machines, and validation strategies.
  • Proven execution accountability: ability to own roadmaps, commitments, risks, dependencies, and release quality without day-to-day direction.
  • Experience diagnosing complex performance and reliability issues involving memory, CPU/GPU utilization, latency, frame drops, race conditions, service lifecycle, or cross-process communication.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence architecture decisions across teams without direct authority.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with Android Automotive OS, embedded Android, infotainment, cluster, ADAS HMI, camera systems, navigation, or vehicle visualization.
  • Experience with ADAS or autonomous driving concepts such as perception objects, lane-level navigation, localization, path planning, camera recording, sensor data, or driver assistance alerts.
  • Experience with vehicle signal interfaces, CAN, SOME/IP, DDS, AIDL, gRPC, protobuf, vehicle data services, or equivalent middleware/data transport.
  • Experience defining rendering performance budgets, GPU memory strategies, frame pacing, asset pipelines, texture management, level-of-detail strategies, or fallback rendering behavior.
  • Experience leading architecture reviews, technical readiness reviews, release planning, and production issue triage for safety-relevant or vehicle-integrated software.
  • Familiarity with automotive software practices such as ASPICE, ISO 26262 concepts, CI/CD, HIL/SIL validation, test automation, and structured release governance.


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
  • Compensation: The expected base compensation for this role is: $189,300 - $290,700 Actual base compensation within the identified 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.

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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

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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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1908
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