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Staff Software Engineer, Reliability

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San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/15/2026
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Job Description

The AV platform team develops the first layers of software on the GM Autonomous Vehicles from working with hardware to moving large amounts of data up the software stack. Within this, the Autonomy Interface SW team develops environmental sensing solutions on multiple vehicle platforms.

Role

As a Staff Software Engineers, you are the expert professionals identifying and pursuing new paths of inquiry at GM. As GM's AV business continues to scale rapidly, building a stable, scalable, flexible, cost-efficient, and reliable foundation is critical. This role will specifically work on the multi-sensor system services and frameworks in collaboration with our partner teams across GM.

What you'll be doing:

  • Collaborate with hardware, systems engineering, program management, product management and peer software teams to develop critical reliability software features for the autonomous vehicle. Includes developing and debugging of application and middleware software for existing and next generation sensing data pipelines on the vehicle
  • Root-cause analysis of complex problems involving multiple cross-functional partners, including hardware and software
  • Identify reliability issue trends, provide clear guidance on reliability requirements, develop reliability design guidelines, and apply lessons learned to enable continuous improvement
  • Design and implement shared infrastructure and tooling among the AV Platform teams to monitor and analyze embedded software and data quality metrics. Identify opportunities to unify approaches, improve reliability and increase developer velocity
  • Own the development quality and ensure the solutions are scalable, secure, and optimized for customer experience and performance. Raise the bar on engineering excellence by producing best-in-class code, documentation, testing, and monitoring.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to architect and implement embedded software observability and monitoring solutions
  • Work with the engineering teams to architect and build services to simplify troubleshooting and operational response to incidents and Autonomous Vehicles fleet outages
  • Own technical projects, participate in design reviews and provide input for the reliability section of others' design reviews
  • Ensure efficiency of the vehicle change process involving embedded software changes and dependencies
  • Participate in on-call rotation
  • High focus on collecting and inferring metric documentation to be used by others to build and maintain system
  • Contribute to the roadmap and software planning activities within the team, helping drive the vision of how the team should evolve
  • Guide and mentor developers on the team

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • 6 years of experience professional experience with multi-sensor system services and frameworks
  • Bachelors Degree in relevant field or relevant work experience.
  • Proven experience writing production software to improve data quality and reliability of safety critical systems including root cause and corrective actions
  • Proficiency with C 11 or later and Python
  • Proficiency in debugging and troubleshooting firmware-related issue
  • Experience driving complex embedded software projects through the full lifecycle of product development
  • Experience architecting and delivering Embedded Systems solutions that support multiple generations of the product
  • Experience engaging in communication at senior management levels and influencing technical strategies
  • Experience applying and mentoring team members on software development best practice
  • Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

  • 8 years of professional experience with multi-sensor system services and frameworks
  • Experience with safety-critical development (FDA, FAA, Automotive)
  • Experience with safety-critical development (FDA, FAA, Automotive)
  • Familiarity with reliability engineering principles (FMEA, FTA, and other reliability assessment techniques)
  • Knowledge of relevant functional safety industry standards and regulations
  • Experience with different types of sensors and environmental sensing systems
  • Knowledge of embedded software testing methodologies and tools as well as quality assurance processes and methodologies
  • Experience developing on and for Embedded Linux / POSIX systems

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 New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.

  • The salary range for this role: is $160,200 to $290,700. 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.

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through 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.

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This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile 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 selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

From day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.

Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.

All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire.

Accommodations

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Salary : $160,200 - $290,700

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