Senior Vehicle Quality & Test Automation Engineer

generalmotors; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits from day one

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Software Validation Engineer to lead feature-level analysis and testing for next-generation vehicle architectures. You will own test gaps, develop automated validation, and drive quality improvements across benches and in-vehicle systems.

The role requires strong programming, test automation, and project management skills, with travel up to 20% and a hybrid work model (3 days in-office, 2 days remote) near a GM location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or related field of study.
• Six (6) years of experience as a Software Validation Engineer, Quality Engineer, or related occupation.
• OR Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or related field of study.
• Four (4) years of experience as a Software Validation Engineer, Quality Engineer, or related occupation.
• Four (4) years of experience in: working on benches and in-vehicle; leveraging programming to run test cases on bench and in-vehicle; launching features with attention to quality testing, debugging, and issue resolution; interpreting vehicle architectures; project management; write automation code to run on bench/vehicle; build and integrate vehicle bench from scratch including making wire harnesses and power supply.

Responsibilities

• Lead others in pioneering the features and experiences of future vehicle architecture.
• Perform deep technical analysis of incoming features and experiences.
• Lead gap definition and test case development for the feature/experience you own.
• Leverage automation to build and run efficient and effective tests.
• Establish methodology to improve software quality.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for at least one feature/experience.
• Drive consistent adoption of modern engineering practices, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and resilient.
• Provide detail-oriented follow-through and tracking of Jira tickets.
• Provide technical direction and architectural guidance across all pillars.
• Serve as a trusted advisor for critical design decisions, technology adoption, and integration strategies.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to align technical strategies with long-term business outcomes.
• Champion engineering best practices including CI/CD pipelines, observability, performance optimization, and automation.
• Ensure adherence to coding standards, design patterns, and maintainable architecture across diverse teams.
• Drive customer experience prioritization for your feature(s).
• Foster alignment and collaboration across globally distributed engineering organizations.
• 20% travel to client sites domestically.

Skills

Automation coding

Project management

Test planning

Vehicle architecture

Quality engineering

In-vehicle testing

CI/CD pipelines

Debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Bench testing

Vehicle wiring harnessing

Job description

General Motors seeks a Software Validation Engineer to lead feature-level analysis and testing for next-generation vehicle architectures. You will own test gaps, develop automated validation, and drive quality improvements across benches and in-vehicle systems.

The role requires strong programming, test automation, and project management skills, with travel up to 20% and a hybrid work model (3 days in-office, 2 days remote) near a GM location.