Remote Staff Software Engineer AV Simulation & AI Testing

generalmotors; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

GM vehicle program

Employee discounts

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Simulation Test Engineering team. You will architect and optimize large-scale AV testing pipelines, driving AI-powered tool adoption to automate test creation, analysis, and reporting, enabling rapid iteration and high-confidence validation of AV software.

You will mentor engineers, uphold code quality, and collaborate cross-functionally to integrate new simulation technologies aligned with AV goals, impacting safety and velocity of

Qualifications

• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years experience developing scalable software using Python in production.
• Proven experience in test framework development and large-scale simulation test creation/management.
• Experience using/integrating AI-powered development tools for code generation, test automation, or analytics.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of automated, scalable AV simulation testing pipelines and frameworks delivering signals on behavior validation and readiness.
• Build and maintain shared libraries and automation for test creation, data collection/analysis, debugging, and performance monitoring.
• Influence technical roadmaps and integrate new simulation technologies across teams.

Skills

Python

Test frameworks

Large-scale simulation

AI tools integration

Communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/eng

Tools

Looker

Streamlit

ROS

Airflow

DBT

SQL

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Simulation Test Engineering team. You will architect and optimize large-scale AV testing pipelines, driving AI-powered tool adoption to automate test creation, analysis, and reporting, enabling rapid iteration and high-confidence validation of AV software.

You will mentor engineers, uphold code quality, and collaborate cross-functionally to integrate new simulation technologies aligned with AV goals, impacting safety and velocity of