General Motors · 2 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineer, AV Frameworks
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$154K/yr - $236K/yr
7+ years expGeneral Motors is a company focused on building foundational frameworks for robotics and autonomous capabilities. The Senior Software Engineer will design and deliver core communication and runtime building blocks for AV/Robotics applications, working with C++, Linux, and IPC to ensure low-latency messaging and production-grade reliability.
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Responsibilities
Own design and implementation of high-performance IPC and middleware primitives (publish/subscribe, shared memory, serialization, discovery, QoS)
Drive latency, throughput, and determinism improvements through profiling, tracing, benchmarking, and targeted optimizations
Build developer-facing APIs, tooling, and documentation that improve ergonomics, correctness, and velocity for internal customers
Deliver platform-ready components with observability (metrics, logs, traces), robust fault handling, and reproducible performance characteristics
Collaborate cross-functionally with platform OS, drivers, safety, controls, perception, and tooling teams to integrate end-to-end solutions
Apply production rigor: code reviews, testing strategies (unit, integration, soak), performance and regression gates, and rollout/rollback discipline
Mentor engineers, contribute to design reviews, and raise the bar on engineering excellence
Qualification
Required
BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
7+ years building systems-level software in modern C++ (C++17/20/23) or Rust on Linux
Deep knowledge of concurrency, memory management, lock-free or low-contention patterns, and performance profiling
Hands-on experience with IPC/messaging systems and distributed systems fundamentals (serialization, backpressure, flow control, QoS)
Strong understanding of networking (sockets, TCP/UDP, multicast, NICs, buffers, MTU, packetization) and time synchronization concepts
Proficiency with build and CI tooling (Bazel/Buck/CMake, test frameworks, artifact/versioning strategies)
Preferred
Robotics/AV middleware: ROS 2, DDS, gRPC, ZeroMQ, eCAL, shared memory IPC
Serialization and data: Protobuf, FlatBuffers, Cap'n Proto, zero-copy techniques, record/resimulation pipelines
Advanced networking/IO: io_uring, RDMA/PCIe messaging, kernel/bpf-based observability, packet capture and analysis
Real-time Linux and systems constraints (scheduling, CPU isolation, priority inversion mitigation, bounded latency)
Tracing and performance tooling: perf, LTTng, eBPF, flamegraphs; defining and enforcing performance SLOs
Safety and reliability awareness (diagnostics, failover, degraded modes, basics of ISO 26262 considerations for software components)
Secondary languages and tooling: Python/Go for tooling/integration
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Retirement savings plan
Sickness and accident benefits
Life insurance
Paid vacation & holidays
Tuition assistance programs
Employee assistance program
GM vehicle discounts
Company
General Motors
General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$8.51BKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2024-10-31Grant· $8M
2024-07-11Grant· $500M
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Chair and Chief Executive Officer
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