Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core OS — Vehicle Compute

General Motors; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 239,000 - 366,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing benefit programs

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Senior Software Engineering Manager for Core OS in Mountain View. You will build the team from the ground up, define the charter, hire founding engineers, set architecture, and connect Core OS with silicon and vehicle program teams to deliver initial milestones.

You will lead large-scale software programs, drive cross-team alignment, and ensure milestones are met with strong technical credibility in modern engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software experience.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership experience including leading senior engineers and managers.
• Proven ability to drive large-scale software programs to completion with milestone planning and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Build the Core OS team from the ground up: define charter and hire founding engineers.
• Set architecture and interfaces with silicon, guest OS, and vehicle program teams.
• Deliver first production milestones and ensure cross-team alignment.

Skills

Leadership experience

Large-scale software programs

Cross-team coordination

Technical credibility

CI/CD and automated testing

Tools

Yocto Linux

Android Automotive

QNX SDP

SOAFEE

Job description

**The Role**As Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core OS, you will build this team from the ground up. You'll define the charter, hire the founding engineers, set the architecture, and establish how the Core OS layer interfaces with the silicon, guest OS, and vehicle program teams around it. You will be accountable for both standing up the team and delivering its first production milestones.**Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)****10+ years of professional experience****5+ years of engineering leadership experience**, including leading senior engineers and managers, with a proven record of scaling teams and delivering results.Proven ability to **drive large-scale software programs to completion**, including milestone planning, risk management, and cross-team coordination.Strong technical credibility paired with the ability to set vision, influence architecture, and drive execution across multiple teams.Proficiency with modern engineering practices - Git/GitHub, CI/CD, automated testing including bench and HIL, boot and performance KPI instrumentation, and large-scale release processes. **What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)****12+ years of professional experience**Experience delivering software to **ISO 26262** functional safety requirements (up to ASIL-D) and **ISO/SAE 21434** cybersecurity requirements.Experience with **container runtimes and orchestration in resource-constrained or embedded environments**.Familiarity with **Yocto Linux, Android (AOSP/Android Automotive), and QNX SDP** as guest or host environments.Experience with automotive platform standards and practices - Adaptive AUTOSAR, SOAFEE, OTA and continuous update architectures.*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 the California Bay Area.**The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.** *The salary range* *for this role is (238,700 - 365,700). 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:** *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.*Hands-on experience with **Qualcomm Automotive SoCs** and collaboration with silicon vendors.General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, **email**us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.Our diverse team of employees bring their collective passion for engineering, technology and design to deliver on our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We are looking for adventure-seekers and imaginative thought leaders to help us transform mobility.We are determined to lead change for the world through technology, ingenuity and harnessing the creativity of our diverse team. Join us to help lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all by becoming a member of GM's. As a part of our Talent Community, you will receive updates about GM, open roles, career insights and more.Please note that filling out the form below will not add you to our Talent Community automatically; you will need to use the link above. If you are seeking to apply to a specific role, we encourage you to click \"Apply Now\" on the job posting of interest.