Staff/Principal Software Engineer

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Over 10 years of hands-on software engineering experience building complex production systems.
• Strong experience in embedded software development, including low-level debugging, performance analysis, and system integration.
• Significant experience with Android and/or RTOS-based systems in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and/or C in complex software systems.
• Proven track record of driving technical outcomes across multiple teams or domains through influence, ownership, and execution.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a senior technical leadership capacity, working directly with directors, senior managers, architects, and cross-functional leaders.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals in system design, architecture, concurrency, debugging, performance, and maintainability.
• Experience working in large-scale, cross-site, cross-functional software organizations.

• Experience in automotive, camera systems, computer vision pipelines, or safety-relevant embedded platforms.
• Strong background in multi-domain systems that combine platform software, application logic, hardware-aware constraints, and vehicle integration.
• Experience with software running on resource-constrained or real-time environments.
• Familiarity with Android platform internals, middleware, BSP/system bring-up, or similar platform-level work.
• Experience improving engineering effectiveness across organizations through better architecture, technical decision-making, tooling, development workflows, or integration practices.
• M.Sc. or other advanced technical degree.

Why this role matters

This role is central to how we scale technical excellence in a growing and increasingly complex organization. It is an opportunity to shape both product and engineering direction, work on real systems that ship to vehicles, and have broad impact across critical camera and embedded software domains.

This is the right role for someone who wants to stay deeply hands-on, operate at high scope, and lead through expertise, judgment, and execution. 



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About the Group

Within Vehicle Camera Services, we build advanced camera-based solutions that support vehicle safety, driver assistance, and connected experiences for millions of drivers worldwide. Our domain includes rear view, surround view, connected camera capabilities, trailer and towing features, NCAP-related safety functions, and additional vision-based systems deployed across GM vehicle platforms.

We are a pragmatic, execution-focused engineering organization working across continents, disciplines, and product domains. As our systems expand across platforms, programs, and architectures, we are looking for a highly senior software engineer who combines deep technical capability with broad organizational influence.

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.