Staff Software Engineer - ADAS

General Motors•Sunnyvale, CA

2d•$189,000 - $290,700

About The Position

At ADAS/AD (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Automated Driving) Software Organization within General Motors, we are working on developing cutting-edge ADAS features for next-generation vehicles. We are seeking an experienced platform software engineer to design and develop platform software for ADAS embedded platform. Your expertise will help build and integrate scalable, secure, and high-performance platform software including drivers, middleware frameworks, platform applications and communication stack.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in advanced programming with C or C++ (C++11 or newer preferred) for application development.
Hands-on experience with Buildroot/Yocto, including recipe creation, layer management, and image customization.
Strong expertise in Embedded Linux and Linux kernel development.
Proficiency in build systems such as Bazel and CMake.
Deep understanding of embedded systems development and real-time operating systems (RTOS).
Experience with topic-based communication middleware (e.g., DDS, Zenoh, MQTT).
Skilled in Linux debugging tools like GDB.
Proficiency in network analysis using tcpdump and Wireshark.
Familiarity with UDS standards (ISO-14229).

Nice To Haves

Experience developing on and for embedded Linux / POSIX systems / SafeRTOS
Demonstrated experience building, testing, and shipping production software
Experience with safety critical development (FDA, FAA, Automotive)
Experience with networking, camera hardware, or NVME storage
Experience with QNX, VxWorks, SafeRTOS or similar

Responsibilities

Design and develop safety-critical platform applications using C and C++14+, ensuring high software quality standards.
Create automation scripts in Python and develop multithreaded applications.
Work with interprocess communication stacks and middleware frameworks (e.g., DDS, Zenoh).
Enforce good software design practices throughout requirement gathering, architecture definition, unit testing, and code reviews.
Assess and integrate new open-source technologies into automotive applications, focusing on performance, security, and compatibility.
Debug, test, and validate software on target hardware, providing support for production software deployment and resolving manufacturing issues.

Benefits

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