Senior Staff Software Engineer – Embedded Systems Platform

General Motors; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 171,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle program

GM benefits package

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms that build, test, integrate, validate, and deliver embedded software for software‑defined vehicles.

This role is a hands‑on technical leader who can turn ambiguous, cross‑team problems into durable architecture, practical standards, and measurable improvements in engineering effectiveness, release confidence, and product quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent.
• 10 years of software development experience.
• Deep understanding of real-time software architecture.
• Experience shipping safety-critical products.
• Strong problem-solving and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an action-oriented decision-making environment.
• Deep Kubernetes knowledge including cluster operations.
• Strong Terraform/IaC experience with production-grade module design.
• Experience with embedded or simulation workflows (vECUs, SIL, FMU, SSP).
• Cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and deliver enterprise-scale CI/CD for embedded and cloud workloads.
• Define GitOps-based delivery for multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
• Mentor DevOps and simulation developers across the organization.
• Establish IaC with Terraform modules and multi-environment patterns.
• Architect cross-team software reliability and release standards.

Skills

Real-time software

Kubernetes

Terraform IaC

Embedded systems

Cloud architecture

Systems design

Problem solving

Project management

Coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering

Tools

GitOps

Terraform

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms that build, test, integrate, validate, and deliver embedded software for software‑defined vehicles.

This role is a hands‑on technical leader who can turn ambiguous, cross‑team problems into durable architecture, practical standards, and measurable improvements in engineering effectiveness, release confidence, and product quality.