Senior Android Developer - Trailering

General Motors • Oshawa, ON

45d • CA$115,000 - CA$164,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

GM is looking to hire a Senior Android Software Engineer to lead design, development, and long‑term maintenance of in‑vehicle infotainment (IVI) apps on Android Automotive OS (AAOS) for GM’s next‑generation software‑defined vehicles. The engineer will own major features end‑to‑end (architecture, implementation, validation, launch, OTA) and set the bar for safety, performance, reliability, and maintainability across Vehicle Applications & Services, with software deployed at scale across global fleets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Software Engineering, EE/CE, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of Android development with production Android apps or Android‑based embedded software and proven experience on AAOS or deeply embedded Android platforms.
• Expert Kotlin skills; strong proficiency in Kotlin and/or Java, Android SDK, and modern Android patterns (coroutines/Flow, Jetpack, MVVM or similar).
• Deep understanding of App/activity lifecycles, Background limits, scheduling, background work, Coroutines/Flow, concurrency, configuration changes, Memory management, profiling, and performance tuning, Android permissions, security, and system services.
• Track record of designing, implementing, and shipping complex features end‑to‑end in large codebases with strong debugging skills.
• Demonstrated performance optimization on resource‑constrained devices (UI, networking, I/O, rendering), with measurable improvements.
• Strong grounding in software quality with experience automated testing, code reviews, defensive and secure coding
• Experience writing and maintaining: Unit tests (JUnit, MockK/Mockito), UI tests (Espresso, UI Automator), System/integration tests.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated builds, and Git workflows in multi‑team environments.
• Effective cross‑functional collaboration with UX, product, validation/QA, and platform/system engineers.
• Clear written and verbal communication, able to drive decisions and explain complex topics to varied audiences.

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of experience in Android development
• Knowledge of VHAL and vehicle property APIs.
• Familiarity with driver‑distraction rules and in‑vehicle HMI guidelines (OEM, regulatory, industry).
• Experience with long‑lifecycle automotive software, safety‑critical or regulated systems (functional safety, cybersecurity, etc.).
• Strong debugging with logs, traces, and system‑level tools.
• Demonstrated technical leadership: Leading designs for complex features/subsystems.
• Mentoring engineers.
• Influencing standards, patterns, and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the world’s best in-vehicle applications for GM Infotainment systems
• Responsible for the entire software development process of your domain, including requirements, system design, development, deployment, and maintenance of the Infotainment software
• Define and collaborate on unit, integration, UI, and bench/in‑vehicle test coverage.
• Apply and evolve clean, modular Android architectures (e.g., MVVM + Jetpack) for large, long‑lived automotive codebases by partnering with platform teams on AOSP/AAOS customization and integration.
• Diagnose and fix issues across app, framework, and system layers.
• Contribute to architectural decisions on system services, permissions, and security models and influence platform‑level improvements in stability, performance, security, and developer efficiency.
• Define and implement various test strategies like Unit tests (e.g., JUnit, MockK/Mockito), UI tests (e.g., Espresso, UI Automator), System/integration tests.
• Build and maintain test automation for emulators and on‑bench environments and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and automated build systems.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to mid‑level and junior engineers includes leading code and design reviews and champion best practices

Benefits

• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and supplemental benefits for pregnancy, parental and adoption leave.
• Healthcare, dental and vision benefits including health care spending account and wellness incentive.
• Life insurance plans to cover you and your family.
• Company and matching contributions to a Defined Contribution Pension plan to help you save for retirement.
• GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for you, your family, and friends.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior