Engineering Manager, Platform/OS

Job Description

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin, TX three times per week, at minimum.

The Role

General Motors is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as Engineering Manager, Platform/OS. As a global leader in the automotive industry, General Motors is committed to delivering high-quality vehicles that exceed customer expectations. This role will play a critical role in ensuring that our products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and durability, with a specific focus on the operating system for our in-vehicle infotainment systems. 

What You'll Do

• Build and lead a team that will contribute to our next generation vehicle operating while supporting and optimizing our existing platforms. 
• Lead an engineering team building software with quality and predictability. 
• Collaborate closely with hardware engineers and partner teams. 
• Develop and enhance processes for building quality software. 
• Collaborate across the organization to identify dependencies and needs. 
• Build an effective engineering team, continually growing the skills of team members and recruiting talent to ensure we have domain specific knowledge.
• Leads, guides and directs a large group of technical employees responsible for engineering deliverables in support of the organization's business objectives.
• Manages engineering execution of team as related to the Vehicle Development Process deliverables.  
• Provides technical leadership to work team.  Interacts and collaborates with many teams cross-functionally.  
• Leads team on new methods or initiatives without defined procedures, to meet targets.  
• Reviews and approves engineering documentation, e.g. requirements, documents.
• Hiring:  Identifies & leads staffing initiatives for work team.
• Communicating:  Conducts regularly scheduled Group Meetings,  Communicates GM Policies & Procedures, Leadership and Safety Messages.  Creates and communicates vision & strategies specific to functional responsibilities.  May include preparing and giving presentations.
• Training & Developing:  Insures employees complete all mandatory  GM training and any specific training related to functional responsibility.  Understands & supports employee's career development goals.  Develops and executes initiatives to improve work team capability and increase work team capacity.
• Assigning Work:  Assigns and manages workload for direct reports.  Sets individual employee and group priorities.
• Monitoring & Approving GM Records:  Reviews and approves employee work and overtime schedules, expenses, and other work-related data.
• Evaluating Performance and Behaviors:  Reviews deliverables and provides candid & constructive feedback.  Conducts performance interventions when necessary.  
• Recognition:  Formally & informally recognizes employee's contributions.  Provides timely and consistent feedback to direct employee's as appropriate.  Participates in compensation planning and administers compensation treatment.
• Removing Roadblocks & Resolving Issues/Complaints:  Observes and steps up to remove roadblocks and resolve potential issues.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Additional Job Description

Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience
• 10 years of experience in software development 
• 6 years of team leadership 
• Deep understanding of kernel, BSPs  and Drivers and associated middleware including Linux, QNX and android 
• Preferred experience with bring-up, drivers and problem solving of discrete multimedia devices
• Experience with C/C++ software development for emb