Principal Staff Engineer

Job Description

Work Arrangement:

Remote: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of Mountain View, CA, you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.

The Role:

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for executing the plan for design, development and testing of automotive infotainment application software using C/C++. Work cross functionally with design, product, systems, and program teams to ensure all pieces come together and release of quality software products on time.

Embrace agile software development practices that will enable you to grow your team's capability for the future with a focus on speed, quality and safety. You will be using the agile concepts to empower your team to innovate and grow technology.

• Translates business objectives and market requirements to actionable deliverables by defining and delivering architectural solutions that will implement highly maintainable and reliable quality Infotainment software
• Develop and manage partnerships with key engineering, product planning, marketing, business development, manufacturing, and vehicle development teams and activities
• Foster relationships both within and outside of Infotainment development team to ensure a holistic approach to delivering products is achieved.
• Facilitate cross functional collaboration with design, product, safety, systems and other groups within and outside the company to implement vehicle infotainment features.
• Mentor, coach and develop employees.
• Work in Agile environment and engage in defining, planning and analyzing user-stories to meet groups’ strategic objectives.
• Understand the existing specifications, software structure, and the changes of the new specifications.
• Follow software development processes where quality comes first and ensure that the designed solutions conform to architectural requirements such as scalability, maintainability, reliability, extensibility, usability and security.
• Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists across multiple locations.
• Experience leading technology delivery efforts at scale managing multiple technology teams.
• Engage in all regular software development activities such as architecture, feature requirements, design, code, and test case reviews to ensure that the team delivers high quality code on time.
• Establish and monitor budget for responsible activities.
• Execute resource planning for required activities.
• Model and foster GM's Core Values and Winning Behaviors.

Additional Job Description

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Software, Computer Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 8 -10+ years of experience leading and developing Infotainment HMI Applications or equivalent.
• Strong focus on Customer Experience
• Strong troubleshooting skills to triage issues across a complex ecosystem with multiple technologies and service providers in times of critical service interruption
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view.
• Ability to quickly learn and understand complex environments and team dynamics.
• Proven ability to build effective relationships with technology teams, business partners, and external suppliers to drive technology transformation.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
• Collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Value and leverage diversity and has a passion for talent development.
• Demonstrated expertise managing teams that deploy modern design patterns and scalable, reusable code in Automotive environments.
• Excellent multi-functional communication and leadership skills - able to get multiple teams moving in the same direction.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity while driving timely decision making.

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

• 10+ years of experience leading engineering teams that develop embedded software using C/C++, and RTOS.
• 10+ years of experience leading and developing Infotainment HMI Applications or equivalent.
• Leadership experience developing and testing automotive infotainment applications for radios and instrument panel clusters.
• Ability to influence leaders and team members in a diplomatic way.
• Ability to provide a clear point of view and challenge respectfully when necessary.
• Possess a high tolerance for ambiguity and an ever-changing environment.
• Experience working with Automotive Embedded Systems and deploying applicat