Senior System Design Engineer
General Motors LLC
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Job summary
General Motors is seeking a Senior System Design Engineer to define and lead the system design and technical specifications for automated driving technologies. You will bridge system, architecture, hardware and software domains and drive early stage design for next-generation vehicles.
You will act as SME for AV/ADAS and guide software system design, software anomaly corrections, and test migration to automated pipelines, with on-bench and on-vehicle integration work and cross-functional
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience with automotive or similar electronic modules and systems engineering.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
- Proven ability to write and understand software and hardware requirements and interfaces.
- Experience with requirement management tools such as DOORS, DNG, JAMA, etc.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with remote teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead and generate technical solutions including requirements specification, decomposition, analysis, development and testing for programs.
- Design system interfaces and requirements with detailed design validation using Protobufs and feature files.
- Lead software system design content and address software anomalies.
- Perform complex design analysis and balance system requirements.
- Provide and promote best practices among software teams and cross-functional peers.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation and system specifications using tools like Jira, Jama, Confluence, GitHub, Rhapsody and Visual Studio.
- Lead FMEA and allocate failure modes to execution teams.
- Participate in cross-functional discussions to align with peers and downstream customers.
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Job description
At General Motors, we are proud to offer a vast array of career development resources to help you develop, grow, and make the most of your career at GM.
As a Senior System Design Engineer, you will help us define, design, and lead the System Design and Technical Specifications for automated driving technologies and AV.
In this position, you will have the chance to work at the intersection of System, Architecture, Hardware, Software, and automated driving technology and have a hand in the early stages of GM's next generation vehicles.
Leads and generates technical solutions including specifying of requirements, functional decomposition, analysis, development and testing for current, new and major programs.
Performs as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for at least AV/ADAS feature.
Leads development of software system team design content and software anomaly corrections.
Migrates existing tests into automated pipelines in partnership with software team.
Supports on-bench and on-vehicle integration issue investigation for AV serial data in SDV2 Visibility: at the site/team level.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Leads and generates technical solutions including specifying of requirements, functional decomposition, analysis, development and testing for current, new and major programs.
- Design systems interfaces and requirements, including detailed design development and validation using Protobufs and Feature Files.
- Lead development of software system team design content and software anomaly corrections.
- Performs complex design analysis.
- Specifies and balances system requirements.
- Provide, communicate, and support common best practices among software community.
- Performs as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for at least one platform or application component.
- Develop, maintain, and produce technical documentation and system/solution specifications with tools such as DNG, Rhapsody, Jira, Jama, GitHub, Confluence and Visual Studio.
- Lead FMEA and the allocation of identified failure modes to execution teams.
- Applies solid technical understanding, critical reasoning and a structured approach to solving problems in both familiar and unfamiliar domains.
- Participate with cross functional development team (System, SW) discussions to ensure alignment with peers and downstream customers in the product execution side of the business.
- 5 or more years of experience with automotive or similar electronic modules and/or systems engineering.
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
- Demonstrated proficiency in writing and comprehending software and hardware requirements and interfaces.
- Experience with requirement management tools such as DOORS, DNG, JAMA etc.
- High level of oral and written communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with colleagues local and at remote sites.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and has a passion to shape the future.
- Strong technical leadership skills and an ability to work in a highly collaborative environment.
- Creative, disciplined, strong sense of responsibility, delivery and schedule commitment.
- 10 or more years of automotive experience.
- Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
- Experience with Python, C, C++ or equivalent.
- Experience with automotive simulation (Applied Intuition, Carsim, etc).
- Experience working on L2+ AV products.
- Previous integration experience (sim/vehicle/bench).
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.
The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.
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