Senior Staff Engineer - Automotive Network Performance

General Motors LLC; Brighton Charter Township (MI); Remote; USD 160,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Retirement savings plan

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors LLC is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer-Automotive Network Communications to lead the definition, assessment, and continuous improvement of in-vehicle network performance across multiple vehicle product spaces.

This role focuses on establishing and managing the Network Performance Budget, Forecast, and Load Assessment for GM’s electrical architecture, across Ethernet, CAN, LIN, UART, and other networks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 7 years of engineering experience with in-vehicle networks.
• Experience with network performance analysis (utilization, latency, jitter, margin) in complex embedded systems.
• Strong understanding of CAN, LIN, Ethernet networks (100BASE-T1, 1000BASE-T1, TSN).
• Hands-on experience with network modeling, simulation, and measurement tools (CANoe, Vector tools, Wireshark).

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the Network Performance Budget by product area and forecast future network loading and bandwidth needs.
• Drive end-to-end network load assessment activities including message catalog reviews, traffic modeling, and measurement of bus utilization, latency, and jitter.
• Create and manage a Network Performance Dashboard for leadership visibility.
• Lead design reviews and governance with Electrical Architecture and related teams, ensuring adherence to core principles and data-driven input to change control processes.

Skills

Network performance analysis

CAN

Ethernet

System modeling

Dashboarding

Requirements engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Systems Engineering

Tools

CANoe

Vector tools

Wireshark

OEM tools

Job description

General Motors LLC is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer-Automotive Network Communications to lead the definition, assessment, and continuous improvement of in-vehicle network performance across multiple vehicle product spaces.

This role focuses on establishing and managing the Network Performance Budget, Forecast, and Load Assessment for GM’s electrical architecture, across Ethernet, CAN, LIN, UART, and other networks.