Entry Level Software Quality & Testing Engineer - General Motors (GM)

Polluxa, Inc.; Milford Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Polluxa, Inc. seeks a Software Quality & Testing Engineer to elevate software quality in the Vehicle Software and Electronics Engineering organization. You will craft and execute behavior tests using Agile methods, collaborating with product owners, developers, and testers.

The role involves developing automated test solutions, understanding safety and compliance requirements, and executing tests across HIL/SIL environments and vehicles. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Pursuit of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechatronics, Software, Electrical, or Computer Engineering.
• Graduating between Dec 2026 – June 2027.
• Must be able to work in Southeast Michigan and full-time (40 hours/week).

Responsibilities

• Develop test cases to assess software products at solution, system, and feature levels.
• Develop robust continuous automation methods using tests/frameworks.
• Understand functional, safety, and compliance requirements; implement test plans.
• Execute test plans on hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, test benches, and vehicles.
• Identify, document and resolve software problems; share learnings with the team.
• Collaborate with controls, diagnostic, system engineering and software teams to define acceptance criteria.
• Travel as required.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Test automation

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechatronics/Software/Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Jira

dSPACE ControlDesk

CppUTest

MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow

CANoe/CANape

Job description

Job Description

The Role:

We are looking for a Software Quality & Testing Engineer to help us elevate our software built-in quality to the next level in the Vehicle Software and Electronics Engineering organization! In this role you will be using Agile methods, such as behavior driven development (BDD), to collaborate with product owners, developers, and testers to ideate, create, and execute software behavior tests for the next generation of GM embedded controllers.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop test cases to assess software products at the solution, system and feature level. Identify software anomalies, missed requirements and performance issues early in the development process
• Develop robust continuous automation methods using tools such the robot or other test automation framework
• Understand functional, safety, and compliance requirements, implementing appropriate test plans and setups
• Execute test plans on a variety of test environments such as hardware and software in-the-loop simulators, test benches and vehicles
• Identify, document and resolve software problems; contribute to the team knowledge base so common software errors, corner case situations and other learnings can be retained and shared
• Frequently collaborate with controls, diagnostic, system engineering and software cross-functional teams as well as other stakeholders to define effective acceptance criteria
• Travel as required

Required Qualifications:

• Pursuit of a Bachelor’s or Master's degree in one of the following areas: Mechatronics, Software, Electrical, or Computer Engineering
• Must be graduating between Dec 2026 – June 2027
• Must be able to work in Southeast Michigan
• Able to work fulltime, 40 hours per week

Preferred Qualifications:

• Embedded software development or test experience
• Proficient with Python or other similar scripting languages (R, C, C++, MATLAB, VBA, or equivalent programming language)
• Experience reading and debugging source code in C/C++ language
• Knowledge of applied controls theory at the system level
• Working knowledge of the software development process
• Test automation (e.g., Jenkins), regression testing, and test procedure creation
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Software-in-the-loop test environment experience
• Hardware-in-the-loop test environment experience, including dSPACE ControlDesk
• CppUTest environment experience
• MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow experience
• Vehicle Dynamics / CarSim or other computer aided test experience
• Communication protocol and tool experience (Automotive Ethernet, CAN, LIN diagnostics, ETAS INCA, Intrepid NeoVI/VSpy/Comet/Galaxy, Vector CANoe/CANape tools)
• Experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jira and other configuration management, version control and code quality tools.