Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

The Role

Were AV Frameworks within AV Platform Core at General Motors. We build the foundational frameworks that power robotics and autonomous capabilities across distributed compute with a focus on inter-process communication (IPC) middleware and developer experience that make complex systems reliable observable and fast.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will design and deliver the core communication and runtime building blocks used by AV / Robotics applications on vehicle s on benches and in simulation. Youll work across C systems Linux and networking / IPC to achieve low-latency messaging deterministic scheduling and production-grade reliability at scale.

What youll do

Own design and implementation of high-performance IPC and middleware primitives (publish / subscribe shared memory serialization discovery QoS).

Drive latency throughput and determinism improvements through profiling tracing benchmarking and targeted optimizations.

Build developer-facing APIs tooling and documentation that improve ergonomics correctness and velocity for internal customers.

Deliver platform-ready components with observability (metrics logs traces) robust fault handling and reproducible performance characteristics.

Collaborate cross-functionally with platform OS drivers safety controls perception and tooling teams to integrate end-to-end solutions.

Apply production rigor : code reviews testing strategies (unit integration soak) performance and regression gates and rollout / rollback discipline.

Mentor engineers contribute to design reviews and raise the bar on engineering excellence.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

BS / MS in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.

7 years building systems-level software in modern C (C17 / 20 / 23) or Rust on Linux .

Deep knowledge of concurrency memory management lock-free or low-contention patterns and performance profiling .

Hands-on experience with IPC / messaging systems and distributed systems fundamentals (serialization backpressure flow control QoS).

Strong understanding of networking (sockets TCP / UDP multicast NICs buffers MTU packetization) and time synchronization concepts.

Proficiency with build and CI tooling (Bazel / Buck / CMake test frameworks artifact / versioning strategies).

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

Robotics / AV middleware : ROS 2 DDS gRPC ZeroMQ eCAL shared memory IPC.

Serialization and data : Protobuf FlatBuffers Capn Proto zero-copy techniques record / re simulation pipelines.

Advanced networking / IO : i o uring RDMA / PCIe messaging kernel / b pf - based observability packet c apture and analysis.

Real-time Linux and systems constraints (scheduling CPU isolation priority inversion mitigation bounded latency).

Tracing and performance tooling : perf LTTng eBPF flamegraphs ; defining and enforcing performance SLOs.

Safety and reliability awareness (diagnostics failover degraded modes basics of ISO 26262 considerations for software components).

Secondary languages and tooling : Python / Go for tooling / integration

Compensation : The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paidin accordance withapplicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positionslocatedoutside of New York Colorado California or Washington.

The salary range for this role is $154420 to $235900. 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.

Hybrid : This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Warren Technical Center in Warren MI or Mountain View three times per week at minimum.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day individually and collectively to drive meaningful change through our words our deeds and our culture. Every day we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

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Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Spring,.NET,C / C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,AWS,Data Structures,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 154420 - 235900