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Senior Software Engineer, AV Launch

General Motors
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Jun 2026
💰 $234,100/yr($153,200/yr$234,100/yr)

About the role

Job Description

Come build the future of self-driving at GM. The Autonomous Vehicle Launch team is responsible for configuring, executing, and monitoring our autonomous driving applications. We develop onboard services that orchestrate on-vehicle activities across distributed computers. Our systems are among the first to start when a vehicle powers on and the last to shut down during power off. Our team interfaces with production vehicles, manufacturing lines, developer environments, cloud services, and more. 


As an engineer in the AV Launch team, you’ll develop embedded applications and frameworks that provision, execute, instrument, and monitor our self-driving stack. You’ll collaborate with other teams to engineer onboard workflows and use cases. The systems you build will be deployed onto vehicles, hardware benches, and simulations. Your efforts will directly influence how other teams design and build the next generation of self-driving software at GM. 


Job Responsibilities 

  • Build on-vehicle services that provision, execute, and monitor autonomous vehicle software in development and production workflows 

  • Build frameworks to configure self-driving software for a wide variety of simulation environments, hardware platforms, and use cases 

  • Develop systems and frameworks to monitor vehicle status and exfiltrate data 

  • Collaborate with colleagues across multiple teams and mentor other developers 

  • Deliver complex projects through incremental development 

 

Job Requirements 

  • Bachelor’s degree in STEM field or relevant work experience 

  • 5+ years of experience building and shipping production-quality software, with a focus in Linux-based environments 

  • Strong background in modern C++ and Python development 

  • Experience working with and building tooling for large systems 

  • A high standard and commitment to quality by designing for testability 

 

Bonus Points 

  • Track record of developing projects from initial design through customer release 

  • Experience with robotics middleware platforms and related concepts, such as inter-process communication or logging 

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 $153,200- $234,100. 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 an

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