Principal Software Engineering - Virtualization

GM of Canada Company; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 186,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Healthcare

Life insurance

Pension contributions

GM Vehicle Purchase Plan

Job summary

General Motors Canada is seeking a Staff Engineer of Software Engineering, Embedded Platform, to lead CI/CD for embedded and simulation workloads. You will architect enterprise-scale pipelines, define quality gates, and drive GitOps delivery across multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.

The role requires deep real-time software architecture knowledge, Terraform/IaC expertise, and experience with AWS/Azure/GCP. Hybrid work in Markham or Oshawa with strong leadership expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience.
• 15 years of experience in software development.
• Deep understanding of software architecture for real time systems.
• Experience shipping high quality safety critical products.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Be a critical leader of software engineering productivity and effectiveness.
• Identify opportunities, strategies, process improvements, and lead the change.
• Be hands-on by leading high impact efforts.
• Be a strong communicator, coach, and mentor.
• Analyze unusual and difficult problems effectively.
• Architect enterprise-scale CI/CD systems for embedded, simulation, and cloud workloads.
• Define branching, release, and quality-gate standards across multiple engineering domains.
• Design GitOps-based delivery for multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
• Lead progressive delivery strategy including automated rollback and analysis.
• Establish IaC architecture using Terraform modules and multi-environment patterns.
• Integrate security and compliance into pipelines and artifact flows.

Skills

CI/CD

Embedded systems

Automation

Cloud orchestration

IaC

Data-driven simulation

Leadership & mentorship

Problem solving

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform/IaC

Kubernetes

GitOps

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Job Description Vacancy Status: This posting is not for an existing vacancy within the organization and is open to new applications. AI Disclosure: As part of the application process, Artificial Intelligence will be used in the hiring process for this role Work Arrangement: Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Markham or Oshawa office three times per week, at minimum.

The Role

General Motors is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as the Staff Engineer of Software Engineering, Embedded Platform. As a Continuous Integration Developer (Architect Level), you will define the architecture, standards, and strategy for how GM builds, tests, and deploys virtualized vehicle software. You’ll leverage your strengths in CI/CD, embedded systems, and automation while expanding into cloud orchestration, IaC, progressive delivery, and data driven simulation. This role is ideal for someone ready to broaden their technical impact and shape the future of GM’s virtual development platform. As a global leader in the automotive industry, General Motors is committed to delivering high-quality vehicles that exceed customer expectations. This position will play a critical role in ensuring that our products are on the leading edge of innovation while meeting the highest standards of quality, reliability, and safety, with a specific focus on the embedded real time software for our in-vehicle mechatronic systems.

Specific job responsibilities include:

• Be a critical leader of software engineering productivity and effectiveness
• Identify opportunities, strategies, process improvements, and lead the change
• Be hands-on by leading high impact efforts
• Be a strong communicator, coach, and mentor
• Analyze unusual and difficult problems effectively
• Ability to connect multiple initiatives together to deliver higher value
• Visualize required innovation, learning and simplification in this space and transition the team to execute what is required to achieve
• Maintain command skills and empathy at the same time
• Architect enterprise-scale CI/CD systems for embedded, simulation, and cloud workloads.
• Define branching, release, and quality-gate standards across multiple engineering domains.
• Design GitOps-based delivery for multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
• Lead progressive delivery strategy including automated rollback and analysis.
• Establish IaC architecture using Terraform modules and multi-environment patterns.
• Integrate security and compliance into pipelines and artifact flows.
• Define observability standards for pipelines, simulation workloads, and runtime systems.
• Mentor DevOps and simulation developers across the organization.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience
• 15 years of experience in software development
• Deep understanding of software architecture for real time systems
• Experience shipping high quality safety critical products
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an action-oriented decision-making environment
• Deep Kubernetes knowledge including cluster operations.
• Strong Terraform/IaC experience with production-grade module design.
• Experience with embedded or simulation workflows (vECUs, SIL, FMU, SSP).
• Cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $186,000 to $236,000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

Benefits Overview

• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and supplemental benefits for pregnancy, parental and adoption leave
• Healthcare, dental, and vision benefits
• Life insurance plans to cover you and your family
• Company and matching contributions to a Defined Contribution Pension plan to help you save for retirement
• GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for you and your family

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