Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

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

The Role:

The develops the first layers of software on the car, from interfacing with hardware, to moving large amounts of data up the software stack.  As a Senior Software Engineer you’ll be responsible for designing, documenting, and implementing complex, highly scalable, low-latency software on Linux-based systems. You’ll get to work on the latest and greatest CPU, GPU, and ML hardware there is.

What you’ll do:

• Help design complex systems for autonomous driving

• Develop software to interface the GM autonomy stack with the sensors and custom hardware on the vehicle

• Improve and deliver reliable software through requirements generation, continuous integration, automated testing, issue tracking, and code reviews

• Collaborate with colleagues across multiple teams and mentor other developers

• Deliver complex projects through incremental development

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 8+ years of experience writing production-quality software

• Experience with Linux, C/C++, device drivers, high performance computing

• Knowledge of and experience applying software best practices

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications) 

• Experience developing on and for embedded Linux / POSIX systems

• Demonstrated experience building, testing, and shipping production software

• Experience with safety critical development (FDA, FAA, Automotive)

• Experience with embedded build systems, such as yocto.

• Experience with networking, camera hardware, or NVME storage

• Experience with ROS or other robotics middleware platforms

• Experience with other languages: C++, Python

• Experience with QNX, VxWorks, or similar.

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 $134,000 to $235,900. 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 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. 

Relocation: This job may be eligible for relocation benefits. 

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