Principal Embedded Software Architect — Vehicle Platforms

generalmotors; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors of Canada is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to set technical direction for engineering platforms that support embedded software for software-defined vehicles. You will shape strategies, resolve architectural tradeoffs across domains, and drive standards and operating mechanisms at an enterprise level.

You will influence senior leadership, collaborate across embedded software, cloud, simulation, test, release, cybersecurity, quality, and supplier ecosystems, and guide teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically, 15 or more years of experience developing, integrating, deploying, or validating software systems, including substantial experience leading architecture across organizations.
• Deep understanding of embedded and real-time software architecture and a record of delivering high-quality safety-critical or mission-critical products.
• Demonstrated enterprise or multi-organization technical influence, including the ability to align leaders and teams without direct authority.
• Strong experience with production engineering platforms; proficiency in Python and at least one additional language used in software or engineering-tooling environments.

Responsibilities

• Define the future-state architecture and multi-year roadmap for the assigned domain and its interfaces with adjacent domains.
• Establish principles, standards, governance, and decision rights that align independent teams and delivery organizations.
• Lead the resolution of cross-domain technical risks involving architecture, quality, security, reliability, cost, scalability, and delivery continuity.
• Advise senior and executive leadership on investment choices, program risk, platform health, and tradeoffs between local optimization and enterprise value.
• Convene architecture reviews and technical communities that create durable alignment across engineering, validation, cloud, cybersecurity, quality, program management, and suppliers.
• Sponsor high-leverage platform capabilities, automation, data models, and self-service experiences that improve outcomes at scale.
• Define measures of success and ensure the organization uses evidence to prioritize improvements and verify impact.
• Mentor and develop staff- and principal-level engineers and strengthen the organization’s technical leadership pipeline.
• Represent GM’s technical direction with internal and external partners while maintaining a high bar for safety, quality, security, and customer impact.

Skills

Embedded software engineering

System architecture

Leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Python

GitHub Enterprise

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

General Motors of Canada is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to set technical direction for engineering platforms that support embedded software for software-defined vehicles. You will shape strategies, resolve architectural tradeoffs across domains, and drive standards and operating mechanisms at an enterprise level.

You will influence senior leadership, collaborate across embedded software, cloud, simulation, test, release, cybersecurity, quality, and supplier ecosystems, and guide teams