Senior Software Engineer, AV Launch

General Motors LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Retirement savings plan

Sickness and accident benefits

Life insurance

Paid vacation & holidays

Tuition assistance programs

Employee assistance program

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors LLC is hiring an engineer for the Autonomous Vehicle Launch team to develop embedded applications and frameworks that provision, execute, instrument, and monitor our self-driving stack. You’ll work across vehicles, hardware benches, simulations and cloud services to enable onboard workflows and use cases.

The role requires 5+ years in Linux-based software, strong C++ and Python skills, and the ability to build tooling for large systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production-quality software in Linux environments.
• Strong background in modern C++ and Python development.
• Experience building tooling for large systems.
• Commitment to testable, high-quality designs.

Responsibilities

• Build on-vehicle services that provision, execute, and monitor autonomous vehicle software.
• Develop frameworks to configure self-driving software for diverse environments and platforms.
• Create systems to monitor vehicle status and exfiltrate data.
• Collaborate with multiple teams and mentor other developers.
• Deliver complex projects through incremental development.

Skills

C++

Python

Linux

Tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Job Description Come build the future of self-driving at GM. The Autonomous Vehicle Launch team is responsible for configuring, executing, and monitoring our autonomous driving applications. We develop onboard services that orchestrate on-vehicle activities across distributed computers. Our systems are among the first to start when a vehicle powers on and the last to shut down during power off. Our team interfaces with production vehicles, manufacturing lines, developer environments, cloud services, and more. As an engineer in the AV Launch team, you’ll develop embedded applications and frameworks that provision, execute, instrument, and monitor our self-driving stack. You’ll collaborate with other teams to engineer onboard workflows and use cases. The systems you build will be deployed onto vehicles, hardware benches, and simulations. Your efforts will directly influence how other teams design and build the next generation of self-driving software at GM.

Job Responsibilities

• Build on-vehicle services that provision, execute, and monitor autonomous vehicle software in development and production workflows
• Build frameworks to configure self-driving software for a wide variety of simulation environments, hardware platforms, and use cases
• Develop systems and frameworks to monitor vehicle status and exfiltrate data
• Collaborate with colleagues across multiple teams and mentor other developers
• Deliver complex projects through incremental development

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM field or relevant work experience
• 5+ years of experience building and shipping production-quality software, with a focus in Linux-based environments
• Strong background in modern C++ and Python development
• Experience working with and building tooling for large systems
• A high standard and commitment to quality by designing for testability

Bonus Points

• Track record of developing projects from initial design through customer release
• Experience with robotics middleware platforms and related concepts, such as inter-process communication or logging

Compensation

The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington. The salary range for this role is $153,200- $234,100. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• retirement savings plan
• sickness and accident benefits
• life insurance
• paid vacation & holidays
• tuition assistance programs
• employee assistance program
• GM vehicle discounts

Working arrangement

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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