Senior Software Engineer, AV Launch

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 153,200 - 234,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

Tuition assistance programs

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors is seeking an engineer for the Autonomous Vehicle Launch team. This role involves developing embedded applications for autonomous driving systems, ensuring deployment on vehicles and simulations. Candidates should have extensive experience in software quality and a strong programming background, particularly in C++ and Python.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $153,200 - $234,100, bonus potential, and several benefits including health and wellbeing programs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping production-quality software.
• Strong background in modern C++ and Python development.
• Experience working with large systems and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Build on-vehicle services for autonomous vehicle software.
• Develop systems for monitoring vehicle status.
• Collaborate with teams and mentor developers.

Skills

C++

Python

Embedded applications

Linux-based environments

Collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

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: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include 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 and more.