General Motors · 11 hours ago
Technical Lead - Simulation Platform (Galileo)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$186K/yr - $285K/yrGeneral Motors is leading the charge towards a driverless future with its AV Simulation team. As a Technical Lead, you will build and optimize the infrastructure for testing and evaluation workflows in autonomous driving, while ensuring alignment with broader company objectives and driving software engineering best practices.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleInformation ServicesManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Act as technical architect, help define technical vision and strategy, and ensure the technical direction of your team aligns with broader company objectives
Design and implement systems capable of supporting simulating millions of miles of driving every day to predict on-road performance
Improve and deliver reliable software through continuous integration, automated testing, and code reviews
Drive software engineering best practices within your team and develop tools that promote these standards company-wide
Develop and oversee top-tier software engineers within a dynamic, fast-paced, and inclusive setting
Help define, build, and embody GM engineering culture and principles
Qualification
Required
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or equivalent experience
A demonstrated track record of building high quality software and a focus on the customer through operational excellence
Broad exposure to the end-to-end product engineering stack, from frontend to infrastructure
Experience with SOA or microservice-based architectures, large scale distributed systems, and common cloud platforms like AWS/GCP
Strong organizational and communication skills
Self-motivation and passion to lead, mentor, encourage best practices, and constantly improve
Familiarity with Python, Go, Node, React or other web development framework/languages
PostgreSQL (or similar relational database) and data warehouse technologies like BigQuery or Amazon Redshift
Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world
Preferred
A background in robotics, ROS, or the AV/ADAS industry
Scientific Analysis experience
Experience with data pipelines/workflows supporting data scientists
Experience building high quality dev productivity tools
Experience writing modern production C++ applications
Experience developing high-quality software under significant latency and performance constraints
Experience developing or working with safety-critical code
Benefits
Relocation benefits
Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate.
Company
General Motors
General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Founded in 1908
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.51BKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2024-10-31Grant· $8M
2024-07-11Grant· $500M
Leadership Team
Mary Barra
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Tony Cervone
Senior Vice President, Global Communications
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