Principal Systems Engineer – AV Sensor Design

General Motors•Washington, DC

1d•$238,700 - $365,700•Hybrid

About The Position

General Motors is developing hands-off and eyes-off autonomous driving systems intended for broad deployment across consumer vehicles. As part of this effort, GM is investing in sensors and architectures that can be integrated, validated, and operated reliably at scale across diverse vehicle programs and operating environments. We are seeking a principal systems engineer to join the AV Sensing Design team to lead the technical direction of lidar technology from system-level decisions as part of multi-modality sensing suites through to detailed evaluation of production paths. As a recognized authority on lidar technology, you will leverage your deep technical expertise to drive the technology path on optical path, signal processing, calibration, failure modes and own the trajectory of how lidars integrate with our autonomy products to achieve performance and cost-effective programs. You will work directly with component, Perception, localization, simulation, and vehicle teams to see performance and efficacy be realized on consumer vehicles.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Applied Physics or related field
13+ years of experience in a remote sensing, lidar development, photonic system development or related, with a majority of that experience concentrated in lidars
Demonstrated role as a recognized lidar authority on a program or within an organization with decision making authority on technical direction of lidar technology development
Direct experience developing lidar hardware and signal processing as well as calibration methodology and data consumption or analysis
Experience with productionization challenges of lidar technology and the trade spaces therein
Deep command of lidar fundamentals and their practical impacts to design across optical link budget analysis, target phenomenology, detector physics, noise, laser safety, optical path design, window optics, spectrum selection, and signal processing techniques.
Experience developing robust solutions for weather and environmental effects
Experience developing lidar for autonomy products
Significant experience with SPAD lidars
Hands-on proficiency with data analysis and ability to lead root cause analysis and analytic efforts
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability effectively communicate technical strategy to a wide range of audiences of varying background

Nice To Haves

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Applied Physics or related field
Patents, publications, or recognized industry contributions in lidar or electro-optical sensing
Experience working on L4 (or equivalent) autonomous vehicle programs with an understanding of autonomy behaviors
Experience developing or supporting simulation models
Knowledge of lidar perception models and sensor fusion consumption of lidar data, including how point cloud characteristics drive ML model performance
Experience with extrinsic calibration techniques, localization, or other related topics
Experience designing validation and test plans

Responsibilities

Own the technical strategy for lidar development as a part of current and future autonomy program multi-modality sensing suites
Work alongside technical experts in sensors and perception to define leading-edge autonomy products
Lead trade studies taking into account performance, cost, and integration to influence the next-generation of lidar development
Evaluate data products from prototype and production platforms to assess opportunity for improvement
Work with production teams and vendors to see technology realized into production designs
Define lidar performance requirements to achieve next-generation autonomy capabilities with robustness across broad ODDs