Description

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, Michigan or Mountain View three times per week, at minimum.

At ADAS/AD (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Automated Driving) Software Organization within General Motors, we are working on developing cutting-edge ADAS features for next-generation vehicles.

We are seeking an experienced platform software engineer to design and develop platform software for ADAS embedded platform.
Your expertise will help build and integrate scalable, secure, and high-performance platform software including middleware frameworks, platform applications and communication stack.

The Role:

As Staff Software Engineer, Platform, you will:

Design and code development of safety critical platform applications using C, C++14 and above, holding a high standard of software quality.

Develop automation scripting in python

Experience with developing multithreaded applications.

Experience with interprocess communication stacks and middleware frameworks (eg. DDS, Zenoh etc.)

Enforces good software design and development practices in the team, from through requirement gathering, architecture definition, unit testing and code reviews.

Assess and incorporate new open-source technologies in automotive applications, considering factors like performance, security, and compatibility.

Creates optimized timing critical applications for embedded Linux using C/C++.

Debug, test, and validate software on target hardware platforms.

Analyze benchmarks, application workloads, and performance simulation results to identify tradeoffs and opportunities for micro-architectural optimizations to KPI parameters. Perform CPU optimization tasks for core affinity and priority allocation.

Provide support for production / plant deploying platform software. Provide End of Line manufacturing issue resolution by analyzing tool logs from Flash, Static, AVT and DVT process in GM plants.

Analyze diagnostic communication between SoC and GBFTT for Flash and Over the Air (OTA) process, debug faults and unblock GM manufacturing issues.

Provide test requirements for unit and integration tests. Design and develop unit test cases using Unit testing frameworks.

Additional Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)  

12+ years of experience in advanced programming with C and C++ (C++11 or newer preferred) for application development.

Hands-on experience with Buildroot/Yocto, including recipe creation, layer management, and image customization.

Strong expertise in Embedded Linux and Linux kernel development.

Proficiency in build systems such as Bazel and CMake.

Deep understanding of embedded systems development and real-time operating systems (RTOS).

Experience with topic-based communication middleware (e.g., DDS, Zenoh, MQTT).

Skilled in Linux debugging tools like GDB.

Proficiency in network analysis using tcpdump and Wireshark.

Familiarity with UDS standards (ISO-14229).

Compensation : The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.

The salary range for this role is $186,200 to $285,300. 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:

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.

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