Head of Core OS Engineering – Hypervisor & Embedded Systems

General Motors; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core OS, to build and lead the foundation of GM's next-generation software platform. You will define the charter, hire founding engineers, and set architecture across hypervisor, virtualization, and OS services on Linux, Android, and QNX.

You'll own the roadmap, drive milestones, partner with safety, cybersecurity, and silicon teams, and deliver a scalable, secure, and upgradeable compute platform for vehicle software across

Qualifications

• 1 0+ years building embedded or systems software with OS internals, virtualization, or real-time systems.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership, scaling teams and delivering results.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Proven success delivering production-grade OS or platform software on SoC-based or embedded systems.
• Ability to define scope, interfaces, and architectural commitments in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organization of senior engineers and leaders.
• Own the roadmap and delivery of the core OS layer: hypervisor, virtualization, VM lifecycle, and secure boot.
• Deliver the safety-relevant foundation of the compute platform with health monitoring and recovery.
• Establish on-vehicle container and workload management and runtime isolation.
• Enable multiple guest OSes (embedded Linux Yocto, Android, QNX) on shared compute.
• Drive KPIs for compute efficiency, startup time, memory footprint, and reliability.
• Collaborate with BSP, silicon enablement, cybersecurity, functional safety, and vehicle teams.
• Build partnerships with silicon, RTOS, and hypervisor vendors; engage with open-source communities.
• Ensure program execution excellence with risk management and milestone tracking.

Skills

OS internals

Virtualization

Real-time systems

Embedded software

Leadership

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor's in CS/EE or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Git/GitHub

CI/CD

Automated testing

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core OS, to build and lead the foundation of GM's next-generation software platform. You will define the charter, hire founding engineers, and set architecture across hypervisor, virtualization, and OS services on Linux, Android, and QNX.

You'll own the roadmap, drive milestones, partner with safety, cybersecurity, and silicon teams, and deliver a scalable, secure, and upgradeable compute platform for vehicle software across