Staff Quality Specialist - AVIPv Tools infrastructure

General Motors of Canada; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An automotive innovation leader in York Region is seeking a Staff Software Test Specialist to lead the development of advanced testing frameworks. The successful candidate will collaborate across various business units to enhance software quality and ensure robust testing processes. This role requires extensive experience in software testing, strong programming skills, and a focus on CI/CD pipeline integration. Join a dynamic team focused on pioneering automotive safety and innovation.

Benefits

Paid time off including vacation days

Healthcare, dental, and vision benefits

Company pension contributions

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test or similar role.
• Deep experience designing robust test infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of advanced test frameworks.
• Define and drive test capability strategy for complex features.
• Champion best practices in software development and quality assurance.

Skills

Software Development Engineer in Test

CI/CD pipelines

C++

Python

Test Infrastructure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Robot Framework

Job description

Overview

Job Description

Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the office three days per week, at minimum.

At General Motors, we envision a future characterized by zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. We are pioneering the next generation of vehicle compute platforms, revolutionizing automotive software development, and integrating seamless connections between cloud and edge resources. Join us as we lead the way towards a sustainable and safe automotive future.

The Role

GM is developing the next generation of embedded platform software to deliver state-of-the-art features to our customers. To achieve that goal, our testing processes, tools, and infrastructure need to evolve. We are looking for energetic engineers to deliver high quality test tools and infrastructure to ensure the correctness of our software.

The AV Integrity Platform (AVIP) Verification team is responsible for testing and driving quality of the ADAS diagnostic software as well as the software that configures devices like lidars, cameras, radars, and IMUs and delivers sensor data to the AV stack running on GM vehicles.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to ensure the delivery of robust, scalable, and high-performance software. We are looking for a hands-on technical leader to dive deep into our testing tool chain and test frameworks. Standardize and create tools to aid in software verification, define test capability growth strategies, and implement new processes to streamline our quality.

As a Staff Software Test Specialist, you will take input from various customer teams and, partnering with the CTC Software Development & Integration lab, bring their need for comprehensive testing to life. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with different business units throughout GM and pursue technical and leadership growth.

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced test frameworks, tools, and infrastructure.
• Define and drive the overall test capability strategy for complex features and end-to-end systems, ensuring comprehensive test coverage enablement.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and best practices to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our testing processes.
• Contribute significantly to the architectural design and review of new features and systems from a testability, reliability, and performance perspective.
• Drive a culture of quality throughout the development lifecycle, advocating for shift-left testing principles.
• Develop and maintain robust, scalable, and maintainable testing capabilities (unit, integration, API, performance, security) using various programming languages (e.g., C++, Rust, Go, Python) at various testing levels (SIL, Bench, Vehicle, etc).
• Integrate test capabilities into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring continuous feedback and early detection of issues.
• Implement advanced monitoring and alerting for production systems to identify and proactively address quality issues.
• Champion best practices in software development, testing, and quality assurance across the engineering organization as well as maintain comprehensive metrics to evaluate strategy effectiveness.
• Support SW Test Specialists across the AVIP Verification organization to break down testing roadblocks and complete test execution deliverables.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 8+ years of progressive experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) or a similar role, with at least 2-3 years in technical leadership.
• 10+ years of experience in multiple programming languages such as C/C++, Rust, Python, Go, etc.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Deep experience designing, building and maintaining robust test infrastructure (e.g., Open Loop benches, Closed loop benches, Vehicle instrumentation, etc.).
• Strong understanding and hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, BuildKite, Azure DevOps).

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Understanding of Vehicle Electrical Architecture and common automotive software design practices.
• Understanding of typical fault insertion techniques.
• Experience using and development on open-source automation frameworks such as Robot Framework.
• Experience building and maintaining hardware-in-the-loop test platforms.
• 5+ years of experience in Automotive SW Test or Development, including experience with test automation and test or software architecture.
• Experience with build systems such as Bazel, or alternatives like CMake or Meson.
• Familiarity with embedded Linux build systems such as Buildroot or Yocto.
• Experience working with sensor technologies, particularly automotive grade (cameras, lidars, radars, IMUs).

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

The goal of the General Motors of Canada total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan currently includes the following benefits, in addition to many others:

• 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, your family and friends.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire.

Accommodations

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