Staff Software Engineer - Embedded Systems, Remote Leader

General Motors Africa & Middle East; Milford Charter Township, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 171,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle program

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms for embedded software in software-defined vehicles. This role is a hands-on technical leader who can turn ambiguous, cross‑team problems into durable architecture, practical standards, and measurable improvements in engineering effectiveness, release confidence, and product quality.

You will architect enterprise‑scale CI/CD for embedded, simulation, and cloud workloads; implement GitOps and IaC, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience in software development.
• Deep understanding of software architecture for real time systems.
• Experience shipping high quality safety critical products.

Responsibilities

• Architect enterprise‑scale CI/CD systems for embedded, simulation, and cloud workloads.
• Define branching, release, and quality‑gate standards across multiple engineering domains.
• Design GitOps‑based delivery for multi‑cluster Kubernetes environments.
• Lead progressive delivery strategy including automated rollback and analysis.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform/IaC

Embedded/Simulation

Cloud architecture

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering

Master's degree in software engineering

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms for embedded software in software-defined vehicles. This role is a hands-on technical leader who can turn ambiguous, cross‑team problems into durable architecture, practical standards, and measurable improvements in engineering effectiveness, release confidence, and product quality.

You will architect enterprise‑scale CI/CD for embedded, simulation, and cloud workloads; implement GitOps and IaC, and