Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Evaluation

General Motors; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 147,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Healthcare benefits

Dental and vision coverage

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a senior role focused on defining and refining metrics for autonomous driving software across the autonomy stack. You will collaborate with autonomy, systems engineering, and data teams to embed evaluation into development workflows and release decisions.

You will advance statistical and ML methods to quantify performance, detect regressions, and reveal patterns at scale, owning KPIs for readiness and safety, and delivering insights via dashboards.

Qualifications

• 7+ years applied experience with robotics or autonomous systems software.
• 3+ years leading evaluation of complex dynamic systems using numerical and ML approaches.
• Proficiency developing Python in production team environments; strong ability to work in large C++ autonomy codebases.
• Proven cross-team technical leadership and influence on architecture decisions.
• PhD, Masters, or Bachelor's degree in CS, Robotics, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, ML, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategy and architecture for metrics and analyses to evaluate autonomous driving software performance across the autonomy stack.
• Lead cross-functional efforts with autonomy, systems engineering, simulation, and data teams to embed evaluation into development workflows and release decisions.
• Invent and drive new statistical and ML methods to quantify performance, detect regressions, and reveal patterns of system behavior at scale.
• Own and refine key AV evaluation metrics and KPIs used for readiness and safety decisions; present results to stakeholders.

Skills

Robotics software

Evaluation leadership

Python production

C++ autonomy codebase

Cross-functional leadership

Degree in CS/Robotics/ML

Education

CS/Robotics/ML degree

Tools

Python

C++

ROS

SQL

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

Job Description

Vacancy Status: No: This posting is not for an existing vacancy within the organization and is open to new applications. (New Head Count)

AI Disclosure: As part of the application process, Artificial Intelligence will be used in the hiring process for this role

Remote/Hybrid: candidates can be considered anywhere in the country of work, but if someone is within 80 KM of Markham Elevation Center, they are required to be onsite 3 days a week.

About the Organization

General Motors is a global leader in advanced driver assistance. With Super Cruise hands-free technology in more than 500,000 Super Cruise-equipped vehicles on the road, and over 700 million hands-free miles driven, GM is proving that automation can be trusted, intuitive, and helpful. GM has the global reach to bring cutting-edge advances to everyday drivers at unprecedented scale. Join us to help deliver the next generation of safe and delightful personal autonomous vehicle experiences.

What You’ll Do

• Define the strategy and architecture for metrics and analyses to evaluate autonomous driving software performance across the autonomy stack.
• Lead cross-functional efforts with autonomy, systems engineering, simulation, and data teams to embed evaluation into development workflows and release decisions.
• Invent and drive new statistical and ML methods, and ML introspection techniques, to quantify performance, detect regressions, and reveal patterns of system behavior at scale.
• Own and refine key AV evaluation metrics and KPIs used for readiness and safety decisions; synthesize and present results and tradeoffs to stakeholders; make insights readily available to partner teams through interactive dashboards.

Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 7+ years applied experience with robotics or autonomous systems software, spanning multiple subsystems from perception through planning and control of the vehicle.
• 3+ years leading evaluation of complex dynamic systems using numerical and ML approaches on large-scale time series data.
• Proficiency developing Python in production team environments; strong ability to work in large C++ autonomy codebases.
• Proven cross-team technical leadership, including defining strategies adopted by multiple teams and influencing system and architecture decisions.
• PhD, Masters, or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience in autonomous driving or high-stakes field robotics; designing, running, and interpreting large-scale simulation and field experiments.
• Deep familiarity with statistical modeling, experimental design, and hypothesis testing for autonomy evaluation; command of Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, and visualization libraries.
• Proficiency in C++ and SQL, and experience shaping logging, data schemas, and evaluation pipelines for large-scale autonomy testing.
• Experience working with ROS or other IPC, robotics stack logging, and with large-scale experiment databases, including designing or scaling evaluation platforms.
• Prior development with computational geometry, linear algebra, PyTorch, and machine learning.
• Background in modeling agent interaction and owning or designing release gating criteria and processes for autonomy systems.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $ 147,000 to $ 196,600 . 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

• 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