Senior Systems Engineer – Autonomous Vehicle Platform

General Motors Company; Milford Charter Township (MI); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Company vehicle program

Relocation assistance

Job summary

General Motors Company is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to drive the integration of sensors and compute platforms for autonomous vehicle platforms. You will own requirements, interfaces, and validation, guiding system and architecture reviews while collaborating across hardware, software, and verification teams to ensure safe and reliable autonomous solutions.

You will mentor junior engineers, influence platform-wide decisions, and work in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment where your

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in systems engineering, with demonstrated ownership of complex, safetycritical systems.
• Bachelor's degreein relevant field or relevant work experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following platform domains: embedded/real-time OS and containerization; distributed middleware, orchestration, and runtime; low-level SoC/MCU diagnostics and drivers; functional safety island and on-SoC safety monitors; platform health and fault management; sensor data pipelines; service-oriented vehicle communications (e.g., SOME/IP); or on-vehicle logging and data offload.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively through high-ambiguity problems in cross-disciplinary teams.
• Experience authoring and maintaining system/software requirements and interface definitions.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering for core AV platform capabilities -- from requirements through integration and validation.
• Own system and subsystem-level strategy and influence platform-wide decisions.
• Author and maintain requirements, interface definitions, and technical specifications with clear traceability through validation and release.
• Lead system and architecture reviews, ensuring designs meet functional, performance, and reliability requirements for embedded AV platforms.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across hardware, software development, and verification teams to ensure cohesive system design and seamless integration.
• Mentor junior engineers and help evolve our systems engineering practices for autonomous platforms.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to stakeholders at all levels.

Skills

Systems engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Embedded/RTOS

C/C++ experience

Interface requirements

Functional safety awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Some/IP

Job description

General Motors Company is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to drive the integration of sensors and compute platforms for autonomous vehicle platforms. You will own requirements, interfaces, and validation, guiding system and architecture reviews while collaborating across hardware, software, and verification teams to ensure safe and reliable autonomous solutions.

You will mentor junior engineers, influence platform-wide decisions, and work in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment where your