Senior Software Engineer, AV Launch
Generalmotors· Automotive· Jun 25, 2026 · 4mo agoPosted 124 days ago
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Hybrid
Full-time
Senior
$153K–$234K
5+ years exp
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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 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.
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits. About GM
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