Staff Software Engineer: Platform & Embedded Testing Leader

General Motors; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 189,000 - 291,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms for embedded software in software-defined vehicles. This hands-on leader turns cross-team problems into durable architecture, standards, and measurable improvements in engineering effectiveness, release confidence, and product quality.

You will drive modernization of test systems, establish automated frameworks, and connect test execution, management, and diagnostics through APIs and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, systems engineering or a related technical field; or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically 10+ years experience validating software systems, including substantial architecture leadership across organizations.
• Deep understanding of software architecture for real-time systems and safety-critical products.
• Experience architecting large-scale CI/CD, embedded test automation, and build-to-test pipelines.
• Proficiency with embedded systems, Linux, Git, Python, Robot Framework, containers and infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Be a critical leader of software engineering productivity and effectiveness.
• Identify opportunities, strategies, process improvements, and lead the change.
• Be hands-on by leading high impact efforts and projects.
• Be a strong communicator, coach, and mentor.
• Lead modernization of a large-scale embedded software test system.
• Define and modernize a standardized, automated testing framework across environments.

Skills

Embedded software

Linux

Python

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Test automation

APIs

Architecture

Containerization

Infrastructure as code

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE/Software or related field

Tools

Databricks

Git

Robot Framework

Job description

General Motors is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms for embedded software in software-defined vehicles. This hands-on leader turns cross-team problems into durable architecture, standards, and measurable improvements in engineering effectiveness, release confidence, and product quality.

You will drive modernization of test systems, establish automated frameworks, and connect test execution, management, and diagnostics through APIs and