Staff Embedded Software Engineer — Test & Automation (Remote)

General Motors; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 189,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

GM vehicle discounts

Tuition assistance programs

Employee assistance program

Paid vacation & holidays

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms that build, test, integrate, validate, and deliver embedded software for software-defined vehicles. This hands-on technical leader will drive durable architecture, standards, and measurable improvements in engineering effectiveness and product quality.

You will lead a major capability across multiple teams, influencing direction beyond your own organization, and connect software, tooling,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• 10+ years experience validating software systems and leading architecture.
• Deep understanding of real-time software architecture.
• Experience shipping safety-critical products.
• Experience architecting large-scale CI/CD, embedded test automation, and build-to-test pipelines.
• Proficiency with embedded systems, Linux, Git, Python, Bash, Robot Framework, containers, and infrastructure as code.
• Ability to integrate automated diagnostics and issue-management workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering productivity and effectiveness initiatives.
• Identify opportunities and drive process improvements across teams.
• Lead hands-on, high-impact efforts.
• Communicate effectively, coach and mentor staff.
• Analyze complex problems and provide durable solutions.
• Connect multiple initiatives to deliver higher value.
• Modernize large-scale embedded software test systems.
• Define standardized, automated test frameworks for multiple environments.

Skills

Embedded systems

Linux

Git

Python

Bash

Robot Framework

Containers

Infrastructure as code

APIs

Diagnostics automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or related field

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Databricks

GM engineering tools

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms that build, test, integrate, validate, and deliver embedded software for software-defined vehicles. This hands-on technical leader will drive durable architecture, standards, and measurable improvements in engineering effectiveness and product quality.

You will lead a major capability across multiple teams, influencing direction beyond your own organization, and connect software, tooling,