Software Controls Engineer - Power Electronics

General Motors • Milford, MI

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

General Motors is seeking a motivated Software Engineer to join the Battery Energy Transfer organization. The role develops embedded software for electrified vehicles, focusing on power-electronics control and energy-transfer functions such as onboard charging, power conversion, charging and discharging, and vehicle-to-everything capabilities.

The engineer will design, implement, integrate, and validate production-quality software to enable safe, reliable, and efficient energy transfer between the vehicle, battery, and charging infrastructure. The work combines hands-on embedded software development with system-level collaboration across software, controls, systems, validation, calibration, electrical architecture, and hardware teams.

This role is categorized as hybrid. The successful candidate is expected to report to the Milford, Michigan location at least three times per week, or at the frequency dictated by the business. Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of professional experience in automotive embedded software development, power-electronics controls software, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience developing production-oriented software in C or C++.
• Understanding of real-time embedded software design, software interfaces, state machines, diagnostics, and hardware/software integration.
• Experience translating requirements into software design, implementation, and verification activities.
• Experience with software debugging, integration, root-cause analysis, and automated or bench-based testing.
• Ability to work effectively across software, systems, controls, hardware, validation, and other cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, analytical ability, and attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or computer science discipline.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in automotive embedded software development, power-electronics controls software, or a closely related field.
• Experience with onboard chargers, OBCM systems, AC/DC converters, DC/DC converters, power-factor correction, voltage/current control, or related power-electronics applications.
• Experience with automotive charging, discharging, EVSE interfaces, V2X, V2G, or charging protocols such as DIN/ISO, CCS, NACS, or CHAdeMO.
• Knowledge of CAN, LIN, Ethernet, ARXML, UDS, or other automotive communication and diagnostic technologies.
• Familiarity with requirements and traceability tools such as DNG or DOORS, and development tools such as Git, Jira, CANoe/CANalyzer, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience with software architecture, MBSE concepts, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, or DevOps practices.
• Experience with HIL, SIL, CoSim, bench, dyno, or vehicle-level validation.
• Knowledge of functional safety, cybersecurity, ASPICE, MISRA, or other automotive software quality practices.
• Experience with BDD or TDD methods and writing behavior-focused, testable requirements.
• Strong interest in electrification, power conversion, and automotive embedded software.
• Ability to move between detailed code-level problem solving and system-level technical discussions.
• Ownership mindset, curiosity, and willingness to resolve issues through collaboration.
• Commitment to building safe, maintainable, testable, and reusable software.
• Ability to work in an agile environment and manage priorities across multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded C/C++ software for automotive power-electronics and energy-transfer applications.
• Design software for AC/DC charging, DC/DC conversion, voltage and current regulation, power-flow control, state machines, diagnostics, protection, and fault handling.
• Translate system and controls requirements into clear, maintainable, and testable software designs and implementation.
• Collaborate with software architects, system engineers, SSLEs, hardware and HWIO teams, calibration, validation, and suppliers to resolve technical issues and deliver integrated solutions.
• Support software architecture, interface definition, feature decomposition, and requirements traceability from system behavior through implementation and test.
• Develop and review software using sound design principles, coding standards, and automotive embedded best practices, including MISRA-aligned development where applicable.
• Use CAN and other vehicle communication technologies to support controller interfaces, diagnostics, and feature integration.
• Perform unit, integration, hardware-in-the-loop, system, and vehicle-level testing; investigate failures and drive root-cause resolution.
• Support automated build, test, and continuous-integration workflows to improve software quality and delivery efficiency.
• Use behavior- and test-driven development practices, including clear acceptance criteria and Given/When/Then scenarios where appropriate.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, technical problem solving, and continuous improvement of development and validation processes.
• Contribute to charging and energy-transfer features supporting EV charging infrastructure, charging protocols, and bidirectional energy-transfer use cases.

Benefits

• Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.
• Well-being support at work and at home, as described in GM’s Total Rewards resources.

What This Job Offers

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