Staff Software Engineer, Compute Systems Software — Embedded Linux Platform
General Motors2 days ago
Base Salary
$217k - $275k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own and develop embedded Linux platform components including kernel modules, device drivers, BSPs, bootloaders, device trees, and low-level system services.
- Configure and extend Yocto distributions, build layers and recipes, manage machine configurations and dependencies, and produce reproducible production images.
- Improve build and release pipelines through automation, caching, diagnostics, failure isolation, and continuous testing.
- Profile and optimize CPU, memory, I/O, boot-time, power, and thermal behavior across the embedded stack.
- Lead complex debugging, crash analysis, and root-cause investigations across hardware and software boundaries.
- Develop automated tests and validation strategies covering unit, integration, boot, stress, fault-injection, hardware-in-the-loop, and regression testing.
- Create developer-facing tooling and documentation to improve platform workflows and feedback loops.
- Collaborate with Android Automotive OS, multimedia, connectivity, safety, validation, vehicle-program, and silicon-vendor teams.
- Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, code reviews, mentoring, cross-team debugging, and platform engineering standards.
- Evaluate vendor code and recommendations while driving maintainability, performance, reliability, security, and upstream alignment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of professional experience in embedded systems, kernel-level, or platform software development, including production software delivery in automotive or similarly complex embedded domains.
- Deep expertise with embedded Linux on ARM-based SoCs, including kernel subsystems, device drivers, BSP integration, bootloaders, board bring-up, device trees, and hardware enablement.
- Strong hands-on experience with Yocto or a comparable embedded Linux build system and commercial embedded Linux deployments.
- Demonstrated strength in system performance, optimization, complex debugging, and root-cause analysis across hardware, kernels, drivers, middleware, and user space.
- Experience with build systems and development tooling including Make-based flows, Git, GitHub, code review, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release engineering.
- Strong proficiency in C and practical experience with Python and shell scripting such as Bash.
- Technical leadership experience involving architecture direction, mentoring, design and code reviews, cross-team debugging, and execution across organizational boundaries.
- Experience working with silicon vendors or strategic platform partners such as Qualcomm.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree, Linux kernel or open-source upstreaming experience, Android Automotive OS and HAL experience, multimedia pipeline familiarity, diagnostics and resilience testing, automotive safety concepts, secure boot, trusted execution environments, over-the-air updates, rollback, A/B partitions, and production recovery strategies.
- Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering or production engineering practices involving observability, automation, incident response, and post-incident improvement.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account options.
- Retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation, and paid holidays.
- Tuition assistance, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts, and other wellbeing programs.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring onsite work at least three times per week or as directed by the manager.
- Potential eligibility for relocation benefits.
- Applicants may be required to complete role-related assessments or pre-employment screening where applicable.
About General Motors
General Motors’ vision is to create a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion, and we have committed ourselves to leading the way toward this future. Today, we are in the midst of a transportation revolution, and we have the ambition, the talent and the technology to realize the safer, better and more sustainable world we want. As an open, inclusive company, we’re also creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued for who they are. One team, where all ideas are considered and heard, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential, with a culture based in respect, integrity, accountability and equality. Our team brings wide-ranging perspectives and experiences to solving the complex transportation challenges of today and tomorrow. For information on the GM Privacy Statement, please visit http://www.gm.com/privacy-statement.html