Staff Software Engineer - Automation Tools

Job Description

Work Arrangement:
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin, TX three times per week, at minimum or other frequency dictated by the business.

The Role

GM is looking to hire a skilled and motivated Automation Tools Engineer to join our team and help shape the future of digital vehicle experiences. In this role, the engineer will play a critical part in designing and developing robust automation tools and platforms that empower our quality engineering and development teams to deliver high-performance, reliable, and innovative automotive software. 

As an Automation Tools Engineer, you will be responsible for translating complex technical and user requirements into scalable software solutions. The engineer's work will span software architecture, development, and validation—including unit testing, integration testing, and automation framework implementation. This engineer will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to enhance testing capabilities, streamline workflows, and drive the adoption of automation across the organization. 

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain automation tools and frameworks to support continuous integration, testing, and deployment of applications and security components. 

• Implement scalable automation solutions to streamline software development, security testing, and infrastructure operations. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather automation requirements and integrate tools into development and SDLC workflows. 

• Build custom scripts and tools for security validation, compliance checks, and vulnerability scanning within automated pipelines. 

• Monitor and optimize automation performance, identify bottlenecks, and enhance reliability and maintainability of automation systems. 

• Contribute to toolchain selection and integration, evaluating open-source and commercial tools for suitability and scalability. 

• Maintain detailed documentation of tools, automation workflows, and technical standards to ensure maintainability and team knowledge sharing. 

• Support the onboarding and mentoring of engineers in using automation tools effectively, and advocate for best practices in automation engineering 

• Work as technical mentor to deliver the training and guidance required to develop a highly capable tools team 

• Provide technical representation for the tools organization in cross-functional project teams 

• Support program and project management activities including estimation, planning, tracking, performance metric development and status reporting. 

• Own and drive key initiatives across team and organization 

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 

• 8+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with a strong emphasis on building and scaling automation tools and frameworks. 

• Minimum 7 years of experience in an automotive or consumer electronics embedded product development organization 

• Proven expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining complex automation systems and infrastructure across large-scale, distribute