Software Engineer, AV HIL Platform

General Motors LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Retirement savings plan

Sickness and accident benefits

Life insurance

Paid vacation & holidays

Job summary

General Motors LLC is seeking a Software Engineer for the HIL Platform and Services Team in Sunnyvale, CA. You will develop software for high-fidelity hardware-in-loop validation, collaborating across AV software and hardware groups to test and deploy next-generation GM AV capabilities.

You’ll contribute to software that runs on Linux, using Python and C++ with a focus on performance, observability, and scale. This role offers hybrid work arrangements and a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of production-quality software experience.
• Strong Python and C++ programming abilities.
• Experience in Linux environments.
• BS, MS or PhD in CS or related field.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop software to increase capabilities, fidelity, observability and scale of the HIL Platform and Integration services.
• Deliver reliable software through CI, automated testing, issue tracking, and code reviews.
• Collaborate with colleagues across multiple teams.
• Deliver complex projects through incremental development.

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

Interpersonal skills

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field

Tools

ROS architectures

SQL

Bazel

Job description

Job Description

About The HIL Platform and Services team

In the GM Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Organization is responsible to develop and scale high-fidelity and reliable Hardware-in-Loop validation platforms to test AV software prior to deployment, to ensure enterprise usability, end-user functionality, and provide high quality, use case driven signals, such as AV Performance Validation and AV System Reliability.

Role

As a Software Engineer on the HIL Platform and Services Team, you get to be at the intersection of AV software and AI models, and the hardware systems that are responsible for vehicle autonomy! You will have an opportunity to work on what it takes to run, deploy, and test on the next generation of GM AVs. This is a highly collaborative team with close collaboration with various teams within the core AV organization including Embodied AI, Model Deployment, Middleware, OS, Sensor Applications, and Vehicle Integration. This role blends expertise in Software development, software optimization, managing and deploying HIL Services as a PaaS, and hardware-aware engineering.

What you’ll be doing (Responsibilities)

• Develop software to increase the capabilities, fidelity, observability and scale of our HIL Platform and Integration services
• Deliver reliable software through requirements generation, continuous integration, automated testing, issue tracking, and code reviews
• Collaborate with colleagues across multiple teams
• Deliver complex projects through incremental development

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 2+ years of experience writing production-quality software
• Strong system fundamentals and coding abilities (Python, C++)
• Understanding of how to design high-performant software components
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience developing in a Linux environment
• BS, MS or PhD in CS, or related technical field

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with optimizing and/or evaluating complex software systems on dedicated hardware
• Experience with ROS architectures
• Experience with low latency or real time systems
• Experience in the AV industry
• Experience with SQL
• Large build system such as bazel working experience

Compensation

Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington

Compensation: The expected base compensation for this role is: $123,000 - $190,000 Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

Bonus Potential

An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• retirement savings plan
• sickness and accident benefits
• life insurance
• paid vacation & holidays

Work Arrangement

#GM-AV-1 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}. Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.

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