Autonomous Vehicle Validation Software Engineer

General Motors

Sunnyvale (CA)

Hybrid

USD 99,400 - 153,900

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Retirement savings plan

Life insurance

Paid vacation & holidays

Tuition assistance programs

Employee assistance program

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Software Engineer in the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Validation group. You will develop methods and tools to validate autonomous vehicle behavior, turning validation strategies into scalable production code for AV software and hardware verification.

You will collaborate with engineers to raise coding quality, define best practices, and ensure safe, high-performance autonomous systems.

Qualifications

Master's degree inSpring 2026 or later in CS/ENG/Physics/Data Science or related fields.
Experience in software engineering; bonus if overlap in systems engineering, robotics, data analysis.
Strong skills in using AI to accelerate software development.
Experience with SQL, Python, and C++ for analyzing large data sets and building production-quality simulation testing products.
Excellent communication and ability to work under ambiguity.

Responsibilities

Develop and prototype strategies to benchmark autonomy systems’ performance.
Translate validation strategies into production code for AV behavior analysis.
Leverage simulation data to provide actionable insights for AI developers.
Apply data analytics to support design, validation, and risk analysis decisions.
Build scalable tools for testing products used by software release teams and Embodied AI.
Collaborate across teams to establish coding best practices for Software Validation.