Robotics Software Engineer — AME Data & UI Platform

General Motors; Warren, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Relocation benefits

Job summary

General Motors in Warren, Michigan, is seeking a Robot Application Software Engineer to expand production AME data platforms, dashboards, and developer tooling. The role includes calibration/configuration uploads, robot telemetry, and fleet-level diagnostics.

You will collaborate with autonomy, ROC, OTA, and plant teams to scale software across 300+ production robots. Strong UI development, Linux, Docker, and Git skills are required; travel is possible as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, robotics, engineering, or a related field.
• At least five years of software engineering experience, including at least two years developing user interfaces or human-robot interfaces for industrial or robotics applications.
• Advanced proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript and modern web frameworks such as React or Angular, with experience building responsive, data-intensive web interfaces.
• Hands-on experience with Linux, Docker, and Git.
• Ability to understand and represent factory operations in engineering discussions and translate complex metrics into actionable insights for technical and nontechnical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance the AME data platform, including data portals, dashboards, robot and software-version tracking, regression reporting, and developer-facing tools.
• Build scalable cloud-computing and data-pipeline capabilities for robot telemetry, calibration and configuration uploads, automated reporting, and production analytics.
• Support OTA and ROC integration by connecting robot software release data, operational status, remote-support workflows, and fleet-level diagnostics within the AME data ecosystem.
• Maintain and improve production data infrastructure across live manufacturing plants, including database reliability, upload pipelines, data-quality monitoring, and incident response.
• Support AME GUI development as needed, including operator-facing dashboards, diagnostic views, fleet-management tools, and data-intensive web interfaces.
• Partner with autonomy, deployment, ROC, OTA, and plant teams to scale AME software and data capabilities across more than 300 production robots at LOC, Flint, Spring Hill, Kokomo, and future deployment sites.
• Deliver production-grade software with strong ownership of versioning, change control, observability, debugging, and on-call support to minimize factory downtime.
• Champion performance, reliability, accessibility, and maintainability across the software ecosystem.
• Represent factory operations in engineering reviews by translating complex technical KPIs into actionable insights for leadership and floor technicians.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

React/Angular

Linux

Git

Web interfaces

Factory operations translation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Robotics/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Ignition/SCADA

Siemens WinCC

Rockwell FactoryTalk

Three.js/WebGL

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

Job description

General Motors in Warren, Michigan, is seeking a Robot Application Software Engineer to expand production AME data platforms, dashboards, and developer tooling. The role includes calibration/configuration uploads, robot telemetry, and fleet-level diagnostics.

You will collaborate with autonomy, ROC, OTA, and plant teams to scale software across 300+ production robots. Strong UI development, Linux, Docker, and Git skills are required; travel is possible as needed.