Principal Software Engineer: Core OS & Vehicle Compute

General Motors; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 216,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Principal Software Engineer for the Core OS team in Mountain View. You will define the architecture and long-term roadmap for GM’s Core OS, including hypervisors, virtualization, VM lifecycle, resource partitioning, and the boot/secure-boot chain across vehicle compute platforms.

You will architect the multi-OS foundation that enables embedded Linux (Yocto-based), Android, and QNX to run on shared vehicle compute with consistent platform services and interfaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
• Fifteen or more years of experience in embedded, kernel-level, or systems software development, including production-grade systems.
• Proven experience architecting operating-system or virtualization platforms for high-performance or safety-critical systems.
• Deep expertise in at least two of the following areas: Type 1 hypervisors and virtualization, Real-time operating systems, Embedded Linux internals, Secure boot and platform integrity, Strong knowledge of Arm SoC architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the architecture and long-term roadmap for GM’s Core OS layer, including hypervisors, virtualization, virtual machine lifecycle, resource partitioning, inter-virtual-machine communication, and the boot and secure-boot chain.
• Architect the multi-operating-system foundation that enables embedded Linux, including Yocto-based distributions, Android, and QNX to run on shared vehicle compute with consistent platform services and interfaces.
• Establish the platform safety architecture, including freedom from interference between partitions, health monitoring, fault detection and recovery, in partnership with functional safety and cybersecurity organizations.
• Define the container and workload-management architecture for on-vehicle execution, including isolation, lifecycle management, resource governance, and updateability.
• Own the system-level performance strategy across compute efficiency, latency, boot time, memory footprint, and deterministic behavior, and lead optimization efforts across software and hardware boundaries.
• Drive build-versus-buy and technology-selection decisions for hypervisor, real-time operating system, and runtime components, and lead technical relationships with the corresponding suppliers.
• Provide technical mentorship and direction to Staff and Senior Software Engineers while establishing engineering standards and review practices for the new organization.
• Lead complex investigations and root-cause analyses across virtualization, operating-system, and silicon boundaries.

Job description

General Motors seeks a Principal Software Engineer for the Core OS team in Mountain View. You will define the architecture and long-term roadmap for GM’s Core OS, including hypervisors, virtualization, VM lifecycle, resource partitioning, and the boot/secure-boot chain across vehicle compute platforms.

You will architect the multi-OS foundation that enables embedded Linux (Yocto-based), Android, and QNX to run on shared vehicle compute with consistent platform services and interfaces.