Senior Embedded Systems Engineer — RTOS & Safety-Critical

General Motors; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 274,000 - 333,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to develop high‑performance embedded software for RTOS environments, including FreeRTOS and SafeRTOS, and to architect next‑gen SoC frameworks from conception to production.

You will contribute across the full software lifecycle and apply safety‑critical practices for automotive/industrial domains, including ASIL B/D exposure, with up to 20% domestic travel and a hybrid work policy (3 days in‑office, 2 days remote).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 5 years of software engineering experience.
• 5 years of embedded software development experience including RTOS (FreeRTOS and SafeRTOS).
• Experience with safety-critical software and ASIL B/D in automotive/industrial domains; C/C++ for embedded systems; CAN/SPI/I2C/UART; Linux kernel subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance hardware interfacing RTOS-based software and system libraries.
• Architect frameworks for next-generation SoC-based systems from conception to production.
• Participate in full software development lifecycle and safety-critical software practices.

Skills

Embedded software development

RTOS

C/C++

Linux-based embedded systems

CAN

SPI

I2C

UART

ASIL B/D

Embedded hardware architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

General Motors is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to develop high‑performance embedded software for RTOS environments, including FreeRTOS and SafeRTOS, and to architect next‑gen SoC frameworks from conception to production.

You will contribute across the full software lifecycle and apply safety‑critical practices for automotive/industrial domains, including ASIL B/D exposure, with up to 20% domestic travel and a hybrid work policy (3 days in‑office, 2 days remote).