Senior IVI/VCU Diagnostics Engineer

General Motors; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own and advance serviceability for the in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and Vehicle Compute Unit (VCU) platform. You will focus on dealership support and field quality, debugging complex issues and driving root cause from warranty data.

You’ll work hands-on across middleware, diagnostics frameworks, dealer workflows, and backend automation, partnering with vehicle platform teams and support organizations to improve reliability and repair

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering in automotive or embedded systems.
• Strong C++ in resource-constrained, real-time environments and Python for tooling.
• Experience with automotive platforms and middleware (Android Automotive OS, embedded Linux, QNX, AUTOSAR Adaptive, SOME/IP, DDS).
• Deep understanding of vehicle software integration and diagnostics: CAN, Automotive Ethernet, diagnostics protocols (UDS).
• Demonstrated experience debugging complex, intermittent field issues end-to-end, including log/trace analysis and on-bench reproduction.
• Experience shipping production software into vehicles within OEM release processes and lifecycle.
• Proven ability to lead technically within a team—driving plans and mentoring others.

Responsibilities

• Lead deep technical debugging of IVI/VCU issues seen in the field, including reproduction and root-cause investigations.
• Create bench setups, repositories, and automated test cases for field issues and extend coverage with the quality team.
• Analyze warranty reports, diagnostic logs, and telemetry to identify issues and improvement opportunities.
• Design diagnosability and serviceability features in the IVI/VCU stack with logging, health monitoring, and fault injection.
• Collaborate with dealer support, field quality, and tooling teams to improve diagnostic UIs and repair guidance.
• Build automation and AI-assisted diagnostics to correlate symptoms, DTCs, and warranty data for faster fault isolation.

Skills

C++

Python

Automotive diagnostics

Log analysis

Field issue triage

Tools

Android Automotive OS

embedded Linux

DDS

Some/IP

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own and advance serviceability for the in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and Vehicle Compute Unit (VCU) platform. You will focus on dealership support and field quality, debugging complex issues and driving root cause from warranty data.

You’ll work hands-on across middleware, diagnostics frameworks, dealer workflows, and backend automation, partnering with vehicle platform teams and support organizations to improve reliability and repair