Staff Test Developer, AV Sensing

General Motors; United States; Remote; USD 141,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and development of advanced test automation frameworks. Candidates should have extensive experience in multiple programming languages and a strong background in test automation. The position offers a competitive salary range of $141,000 to $254,000 and benefits including health programs and relocation assistance for eligible candidates.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing benefit programs

Retirement savings plan

Tuition assistance programs

GM vehicle discounts

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) or similar role.
• 10+ years developing in C/C++, Rust, Python, Go.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with test automation frameworks.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of test automation frameworks.
• Define overall test strategy for complex features.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools and practices.
• Drive a culture of quality in the development lifecycle.
• Develop automated tests using various programming languages.

Job description

Overview

GM is developing the next generation of embedded platform software to deliver state-of-the-art features to our customers. To achieve that goal, our testing processes, tools, and infrastructure need to evolve. We are looking for energetic engineers to deliver high quality test tools and infrastructure to ensure the correctness of our software. The AVSensingSoftware team is responsible for the software that configures devices like lidars, cameras, radars, and IMUs and delivers sensor data to the AV stack running on GM vehicles. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to ensure the delivery of robust, scalable, and high-performance software. We are looking for a hands-on technical lead to dive deep into our software, write code to create and extend test frameworks, create tools to aid in software verification, define test strategies, and implement new processes to streamline our quality. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will take input from various customer teams and bring their need for automated testing to life. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with different business units throughout GM and pursue technical and leadership growth.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced test automation frameworks, tools, and infrastructure.
• Define and drive the overall test strategy for complex features and end-to-end systems, ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and best practices to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our testing processes.
• Contribute significantly to the architectural design and review of new features and systems from a testability, reliability, and performance perspective.
• Drive a culture of quality throughout the development lifecycle, advocating for shift-left testing principles.
• Develop and maintain robust, scalable, and maintainable automated tests (unit, integration, API, performance, security) using various programming languages (e.g., C++, Rust, Go, Python).
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring continuous feedback and early detection of issues.
• Implement advanced monitoring and alerting for production systems to identify and proactively address quality issues.
• Champion best practices in software development, testing, and quality assurance across the engineering organization.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 8+ years of progressive experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) or a similar role, with at least 2-3 years in technical leadership or staff-level capacity.
• 10+ years of experience developing in multiple programming languages such as C/C++, Rust, Python, Go, etc.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Deep experience building and maintaining robust test automation frameworks (e.g., PyTest, GoogleTest, Robot Framework, HIL test platforms).
• Strong understanding and hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, BuildKite, Azure DevOps) and integrating automated tests into the pipeline.
• Strong experience with Git and collaborative development workflows.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Understanding of Vehicle Electrical Architecture and common automotive software design practices.
• Experience using and development on open-source automation frameworks such as Robot.
• Experience building and maintaining hardware-in-the-loop test platforms.
• 5+ years of experience in Automotive SW Test or Development, including experience with test automation and test or software architecture.
• Experience with build systems such as Bazel, or alternatives like CMake or Meson.
• Familiarity with embedded Linux build systems such as Buildroot or Yocto.
• Experience working with sensor technologies, particularly automotive grade (cameras, lidars, radars, IMUs)

Compensation

• The salary range for this role is $141,000 to $254,000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
• Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

Benefits

• Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

Relocation

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Remote: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of [Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren, Milford or Mountain View], you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.