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Principal Software Engineer - Virtualization

  • [Location]
    • Austin, Texas
    • Milford, Michigan
    • Mountain View, California
    • Remote
    • Warren, Michigan
  • 职位类型 Full time
  • 发表
  • Job Requisition JR-202621008

描述

Work Arrangement:


This role is based remotely, but if the candidate lives within a 50 miles radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week (or other frequency dictated by your manager). 

The Role:


General Motors is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms that build, test, integrate, validate, and deliver embedded software for software-defined vehicles. This role is for 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. 

The successful candidate will lead a major capability across multiple teams, influence technical direction beyond their immediate organization, and connect software, tooling, infrastructure, test, and release activities into a coherent engineering system.

What You'll Do:   


  • 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.  
  • Be a strong communicator, coach, and mentor.  
  • Analyze unusual and difficult problems effectively.  
  • Ability to connect multiple initiatives together to deliver higher value.  
  • Visualize required innovation, learning and simplification in this space and transition the team to execute what is required to achieve.  
  • Maintain command skills and empathy at the same time  
  • 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. 
  • Establish IaC architecture using Terraform modules and multi‑environment patterns. 
  • Integrate security and compliance into pipelines and artifact flows. 
  • Define observability standards for pipelines, simulation workloads, and runtime systems. 
  • Mentor DevOps and simulation developers across the organization. 

   
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):    


  • Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience. 
  • 12+ years of experience in software development .
  • Deep understanding of software architecture for real time systems.  
  • Experience shipping high quality safety critical products.
  • Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen attention to detail.  
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.  
  • Demonstrated ability to work in an action-oriented decision-making environment.  
  • Deep Kubernetes knowledge including cluster operations. 
  • Strong Terraform/IaC experience with production‑grade module design. 
  • Experience with embedded or simulation workflows (vECUs, SIL, FMU, SSP). 
  • Cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):  


  • Master's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience 
  • 15+ years of experience in software development .
  • Experience in automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, or another embedded, real-time, regulated, or safety-critical environment. 
  • Knowledge of functional safety, ISO 26262, cybersecurity engineering, ASPICE, MISRA, AUTOSAR, or related engineering practices. 
  • Experience with vehicle-level integration and validation, including SIL, CoSIM, vECU, HIL, benches, physical systems, or other virtual and hardware-based environments. 
  • A record of creating enterprise standards, platform strategies, technical communities, developer self-service, reliability objectives, or measurable productivity improvements. 
  • Advanced degree in a related technical field.

Company Vehicle:


Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, though which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies. 

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 actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.

 

The Salary Range:


Salary range for this role is 171,150 and 288,500. 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. 

Renseignements sur la diversité

General Motors est résolue à être un lieu de travail qui est non seulement exempt de discrimination illégale, mais aussi un endroit qui favorise véritablement l'inclusion et l'appartenance. Nous sommes convaincus que la diversité de la main-d'œuvre permet de créer un environnement dans lequel nos employés peuvent s'épanouir et développer de meilleurs produits pour nos clients. Nous encourageons les candidats intéressés à consulter les principales responsabilités et compétences requises pour chaque rôle et à postuler à tout poste qui leur correspond. Dans le cadre du processus de recrutement, les candidats peuvent devoir, le cas échéant, réussir une évaluation liée au poste ou une présélection d'emploi avant d'être embauchés.  Pour en savoir plus, consultez notre processus de recrutement.

Déclaration concernant l'égalité d'accès à l'emploi (É.-U.)

General Motors est fière d'être un employeur souscrivant au principe de l'égalité d'accès à l'emploi.  Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en compte, sans égard à la race, à la couleur, à la religion, au sexe, à l'orientation sexuelle, à l'identité de genre, à l'origine ethnique, aux situations de handicap ou au statut protégé d'ancien combattant. 

Aménagements (É.-U. et Canada)

General Motors offre des occasions à tous les chercheurs d'emploi, y compris les personnes handicapées. Si vous avez besoin d'un accommodement raisonnable pour vous aider dans votre recherche d'emploi ou la soumission de votre candidature, envoyez-nous un courriel à l'adresse [email protected] ou appelez-nous au 800 865-7580. Veuillez inclure dans votre courriel une description spécifique du type d'accommodement demandé, ainsi que le titre d'emploi et le numéro de demande du poste auquel vous postulez.