Senior software engineer

General Motors
Springfield, IL

Job Description

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

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.

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.

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

From day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards Resources ( .

Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.

All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire ( .

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Our diverse team of employees bring their collective passion for engineering, technology and design to deliver on our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We are looking for adventure-seekers and imaginative thought leaders to help us transform mobility.

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Posted 2025-10-06

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