Staff Software Engineer, Embedded Platform Architect

General Motors; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

GM vehicle discounts

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale engineering platforms for embedded software in software-defined vehicles. You will lead cross‑team initiatives, define durable architectures, and drive measurable improvements in quality and release confidence.

The role emphasizes hands‑on leadership and mentoring across large teams. The position targets senior engineers with a strong background in real‑time systems, CI/CD, embedded testing, and data analytics tooling; it offers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years validating software systems, with architectural leadership.
• Experience with embedded real-time systems and safety-critical products.
• Experience architecting large-scale CI/CD, embedded test automation, build-to-test pipelines.
• Proficiency with embedded systems, Linux, Git, Python, Bash, Robot Framework, containers, IaC.

Responsibilities

• Lead standardized test execution architecture and variation management.
• Create change-impact analyses and risk-based regression strategies.
• Standardize test-result schemas and enable Databricks analytics access.
• Develop APIs and integrations linking test execution, management, and diagnostics.
• Improve test robustness, speed, and deployment efficiency across pipelines.

Skills

Embedded systems

Linux

Git

Python

Bash

Robot Framework

Containers

Infrastructure as code

CI/CD

Test automation

Education

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

Tools

Databricks

Gears

Pure Variants

Job description

General Motors seeks a Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale engineering platforms for embedded software in software-defined vehicles. You will lead cross‑team initiatives, define durable architectures, and drive measurable improvements in quality and release confidence.

The role emphasizes hands‑on leadership and mentoring across large teams. The position targets senior engineers with a strong background in real‑time systems, CI/CD, embedded testing, and data analytics tooling; it offers