Senior Staff Engineer - AI-Enabled Virtualization

General Motors; Milford Charter Township (MI); Remote; USD 189,000 - 291,000; 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 and more

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Staff Software Engineer to define the architecture for a next-generation virtual development platform, including SIL orchestration, AI-enhanced simulation, data flows, and cloud-native compute.

You will expand from automation and embedded systems into cloud orchestration, IaC, ML workflows, and distributed simulation systems, guiding teams while ensuring security and reliability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software architecture, simulation, or distributed systems.
• Experience with virtualization and simulation (vECUs, FMUs, SIL).
• Strong cloud architecture skills.
• Experience with CLI-based architecture for AI tools design.
• Ontology-based system design and architecture.
• AI/ML integration for simulation or data workflows.
• Knowledge of data engineering and storage patterns.
• Kubernetes and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Architect distributed simulation systems for vECUs, FMUs, and SIL/MIL workloads.
• Define AI-enabled simulation patterns including scenario generation and data pipelines.
• Design cloud-native compute platforms for large-scale parallel simulation workloads.
• Establish API and service architecture for orchestration and data management.
• Guide CI/CD integration for simulation and AI components.
• Mentor developers and influence technical direction across teams.
• Ensure security, observability, and reliability across the platform.

Skills

Bachelor's degree (or higher)

10+ years in software architecture

Backend and distributed systems

Virtualization and simulation (vECUs,

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering/CS

Job description

General Motors seeks a Staff Software Engineer to define the architecture for a next-generation virtual development platform, including SIL orchestration, AI-enhanced simulation, data flows, and cloud-native compute.

You will expand from automation and embedded systems into cloud orchestration, IaC, ML workflows, and distributed simulation systems, guiding teams while ensuring security and reliability.