Staff Embedded Software Engineer – Fleet-Scale Control

General Motors; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to advance distributed systems and fleet-scale device management across our embedded control and data plane infrastructure. You will develop, optimize, and maintain software in C/C++ for vehicle ECUs, with exposure to cloud integration and open-source collaboration.

Join a dynamic team driving on-vehicle configuration, data egress, and remote diagnostics, while mentoring colleagues and delivering production-ready solutions in a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on C/C++ development.
• Experience with Linux, Android, and QNX platforms.
• Experience designing, developing, or operating a large-scale distributed coordination service.
• Strong communication and teamwork across cross-functional groups.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain the on-vehicle control plane that retrieves configuration from the cloud and applies it across the vehicle's ECUs.
• Design, implement, and maintain the on-vehicle data plane that collects, processes, and forwards data from vehicle systems to cloud storage.
• Optimize the control and data plane for reliable data egress and configuration delivery over intermittent connectivity, rapid convergence to new configuration, and a minimal CPU and memory footprint on the target ECU.
• Integrate with cloud services such as Azure, AWS S3, and Firestore for configuration delivery, device state reporting, and data egress.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud teams to roll out new on-vehicle software and configuration safely.
• Instrument our software with the observability needed to monitor the fleet, diagnose issues in production, and resolve them at the source.
• Contribute to the open-source community by reporting issues, contributing to documentation, and submitting patches.
• Drive the technical direction of how we manage thousands of vehicles from a single control plane, including configuration distribution, version management, device identity, and remote diagnostics.
• Mentor junior and senior peers, and support team growth
• Promote best practices within the software community Be an integral part of a dynamic, growing team, contributing positively to team culture and success

Skills

C/C++

Distributed systems

Fleet-scale device management

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Linux

Android

QNX

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to advance distributed systems and fleet-scale device management across our embedded control and data plane infrastructure. You will develop, optimize, and maintain software in C/C++ for vehicle ECUs, with exposure to cloud integration and open-source collaboration.

Join a dynamic team driving on-vehicle configuration, data egress, and remote diagnostics, while mentoring colleagues and delivering production-ready solutions in a