Job Description

The Role
We’reAV Frameworks within AV Platform Core at General Motors. We build the foundational frameworks that power robotics and autonomous capabilities across distributed compute — with a focus oninter-process communication (IPC), middleware, and developer experience that make complex systems reliable, observable, and fast.

As aSenior Software Engineer , you will design and deliver the core communication and runtime building blocks used by AV/Robotics applications onvehicles, on benches, and in simulation.You’llwork across C++ systems, Linux, and networking/IPC to achieve low-latency messaging, deterministic scheduling, and production-grade reliability at scale.

Whatyou’lldo

• Own design and implementation ofhigh-performance IPC and middleware primitives (publish/subscribe, shared memory, serialization, discovery, QoS).

• Drivelatency, throughput, and determinism improvements through profiling, tracing, benchmarking, and targeted optimizations.

• Builddeveloper-facing APIs , tooling, and documentation that improve ergonomics, correctness, and velocity for internal customers.

• Deliver platform-ready components withobservability (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.

• Applyproduction rigor code reviews, testing strategies (unit, integration, soak), performance and regression gates, and rollout/rollback discipline.

• Mentorengineers,contribute to design reviews, and raise the bar on engineering excellence.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.

• 7+ years building systems-level software inmodern C++ (C++17/20/23) orRust onLinux

• Deepknowledge ofconcurrency, memory management, lock-free or low-contention patterns, andperformance profiling

• Hands-on experience withIPC/messaging systems anddistributed systems fundamentals (serialization, backpressure, flow control, QoS).

• Strong understanding ofnetworking (sockets, TCP/UDP, multicast, NICs, buffers, MTU, packetization) andtime synchronization concepts.

• Proficiencywithbuild and CI tooling (Bazel/Buck/CMake, test frameworks, artifact/versioning strategies).

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Robotics/AV middleware:ROS 2 ,DDS ,gRPC ,ZeroMQ,eCAL, shared memory IPC.

• Serialization and data:Protobuf ,FlatBuffers, Cap’nProto, zero-copy techniques, record/resimulationpipelines.

• Advanced networking/IO:io_uring ,RDMA/PCIe messaging, kernel/bpf-based observability, packetcaptureand 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

Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.

• The salary range for this role is $154,420 to $235,900. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

• Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include 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 and more.

Benefits:

• Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include 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 and more.

Relocation: This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Warren Technical Center in Warren, MI or Mountain View three times per week, at minimum.

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