Software Manager, AV Platform OS and Drivers

General Motors•Sunnyvale, CA

27d•$160,200 - $246,300•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead development of core Platform OS and driver software that enables reliable, scalable, and high-performance compute platforms. This role is responsible for building and leading a strong engineering team across platform operating system software, board support packages, hardware abstraction layers, and device drivers. The ideal candidate brings a strong technical foundation in embedded systems and low-level software, along with proven people leadership. They will drive execution across platform bring-up, software integration, performance, stability, and cross-functional delivery while partnering closely with hardware, systems, validation, product, and program teams. This is an L8 Software Engineering Manager role supporting a location-flexible hybrid work model. As the Software Engineering Manager for Platform OS and Drivers, you will lead a team responsible for foundational software that powers next-generation vehicle compute platforms. You will balance technical direction, delivery execution, and people leadership to ensure the team delivers robust platform capabilities that downstream product and feature teams can depend on. You will work across the full platform lifecycle, including architecture, bring-up, integration, debugging, optimization, quality, and long-term maintainability. Success in this role requires strong systems thinking, clear prioritization, and the ability to align teams across hardware and software boundaries.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or work equivalent experience.
8+ years of experience in embedded software, systems software, platform software, or low-level Linux development
2+ years of engineering management or technical team leadership experience
Strong experience with embedded C and C++
Strong understanding of operating systems, kernel concepts, multithreading, memory management, device drivers, and hardware-software interfaces
Experience with Linux, embedded Linux, RTOS, or similar platform environments
Experience with board bring-up, BSP development, driver integration, and system-level debugging
Experience leading cross-functional engineering efforts across hardware and software teams
Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills across complex distributed or embedded systems
Excellent communication, execution, and people leadership skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelors degree in a relevant engineering discipline
Experience with automotive, ADAS, autonomy, robotics, or safety-critical embedded systems. or work equivalent experience
Experience with ARM-based SoCs, boot flows, secure boot, power management, and performance optimization
Familiarity with kernel instrumentation, tracing, profiling, and observability tools
Experience with CI/CD, automated test infrastructure, and release management for platform software
Experience leading globally distributed teams
Familiarity with functional safety, cybersecurity, and production-quality software development practices

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a team of software engineers working across Platform OS, BSP, kernel-level software, hardware abstraction layers, and device drivers
Set technical direction and execution priorities for low-level platform software development
Drive platform bring-up activities for new hardware and software releases
Oversee development, integration, and maintenance of drivers for key compute, storage, networking, sensor, and peripheral interfaces
Partner with hardware, silicon, systems, middleware, validation, and program teams to deliver stable platform capabilities on schedule
Establish engineering processes for design reviews, code quality, debugging, root cause analysis, test coverage, and release readiness
Remove roadblocks for the team and manage tradeoffs across schedule, scope, technical risk, and quality
Support architecture decisions that improve portability, scalability, diagnosability, security, and long-term maintainability
Mentor engineers and technical leads, build succession plans, and create a high-performance team culture focused on ownership and continuous improvement
Track program execution through milestones, risks, dependencies, and measurable outcomes
Drive issue resolution for complex system problems spanning software, hardware, integration, and performance
Collaborate with recruiting and leadership to build the organization and attract strong embedded and platform engineering talent