General Motors

Staff Software Engineer

General Motors • $189K — $290K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Sunnyvale, CA
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Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in production-quality software systems and leading complex technical initiatives.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field; Master’s or PhD preferred.
  • Strong coding ability in Python, C++, or similar languages with expertise in software engineering principles.
  • Proven ability to define and execute technical strategies for complex, distributed systems.
  • Deep knowledge of scalability, performance, reliability, and operational excellence in software design.
  • Experience in software development within Linux environments throughout the full software lifecycle.
  • Strong understanding of platform architecture, APIs, CI/CD, and test automation.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for AV HIL software platforms.
  • Lead the design of scalable HIL capabilities for AV software validation.
  • Establish technical standards for platform services and performance.
  • Solve complex technical problems covering software, AI models, and hardware integration.
  • Translate customer needs into measurable platform requirements and delivery plans.
  • Influence technical decisions and align senior leadership on cross-functional initiatives.
  • Deliver robust software through strong engineering practices and operational support.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Retirement savings plan options.
  • Sickness and accident benefits.
  • Life insurance coverage and paid vacation & holidays.
Full Job Description
Job Description
The AV HIL Software Platforms team in the GM Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Organization is responsible to develop and scale high-fidelity and reliable Hardware-in-Loop validation platforms to test AV software prior to deployment, to ensure enterprise usability, end-user functionality, and provide high quality, use case driven signals, such as AV Performance Validation and AV System Reliability.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the AV HIL Software Platforms Team, you get to be at the intersection of AV software and AI models, and the hardware systems that are responsible for vehicle autonomy! You will have an opportunity to work on what it takes to run, deploy, and test on the next generation of GM AVs.

This is a highly collaborative team with close collaboration with various teams within the core AV organization including AV Infrastructure, Embodied AI, AV/AI Platform, Model Deployment, Middleware, OS, Sensor Applications, and Vehicle Integration. This role blends expertise in Software development, software optimization, managing and deploying HIL Services as a PaaS, and hardware-aware engineering.

What you'll be doing (Responsibilities)

  • Define and drive the long-term technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for AV HIL software platforms and integration services across multiple products, programs, and development organizations.
  • Lead the design and evolution of highly scalable, reliable, observable, and hardware-aware HIL capabilities that support AV software validation from development through deployment.
  • Establish architectural direction and technical standards for platform services, APIs, service reliability, test automation, performance, and operational excellence.
  • Own the most complex, ambiguous, and business-critical technical problems spanning AV software, AI models, vehicle hardware, infrastructure, middleware, operating systems, and deployment pipelines.
  • Translate organizational and customer needs into clear technical strategies, measurable outcomes, platform requirements, and incremental delivery plans.
  • Influence technical decisions across the AV organization and build alignment among senior technical leaders, product stakeholders, and partner teams.
  • Deliver reliable software and platforms through strong engineering practices, including requirements generation, design reviews, continuous integration, automated testing, observability, issue management, release readiness, and operational support.
  • Identify opportunities to improve platform scalability, utilization, fidelity, developer productivity, and cost efficiency; define success metrics and drive sustained improvements.
  • Serve as a hands-on technical leader who contributes to critical software designs and implementations while raising the engineering quality of the broader organization.
  • Mentor and develop engineers across experience levels, strengthen technical communities of practice, and help shape hiring and talent-development strategies.
  • Represent AV HIL Software Platforms in cross-functional architecture reviews and technical planning forums, communicating complex trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • 10+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering production-quality software systems, including significant experience leading large or highly complex technical initiatives.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field; Master's or PhD preferred.
  • Expert software engineering and systems fundamentals, with strong coding ability in Python, C++, or comparable languages.
  • Demonstrated ability to define and execute technical strategy for complex, distributed, hardware-software systems with broad organizational impact.
  • Deep experience designing for scalability, performance, reliability, observability, maintainability, and operational excellence.
  • Experience developing and operating software in a Linux environment and working effectively across the full software development lifecycle.
  • Strong understanding of platform and service architecture, APIs, automation, CI/CD, test infrastructure, and production operations.
  • Proven ability to lead through influence, resolve cross-team dependencies, build alignment, and make sound decisions in ambiguous environments.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate architecture, risks, and trade-offs to senior leadership.

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Experience defining and scaling hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, simulation, validation, or other large-scale test and integration platforms.
  • Experience optimizing and evaluating complex software systems on dedicated hardware, including performance profiling, resource management, latency analysis, and capacity planning.
  • Experience with ROS or similar robotics architectures and distributed autonomy software stacks.
  • Experience with low-latency, real-time, safety-critical, or highly deterministic systems.
  • Experience in the autonomous vehicle, automotive, robotics, embedded systems, or adjacent industries.
  • Experience delivering platform-as-a-service capabilities used by multiple engineering teams or product organizations.
  • Experience with large build and dependency management systems such as Bazel.
  • Experience with SQL and data systems used for test analytics, platform observability, or validation insights.
  • Experience establishing engineering standards, platform governance, technical roadmaps, or architecture review processes.
  • Demonstrated success mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical direction beyond a single team.


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 -$290,000, 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

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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Learn more about General Motors
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
NASDAQ
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