- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Business Operations
- Posted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Salary
- $119,250–$153,900 a year
oftware Engineer, AV Launch – Early Career
Job description
The AV Launch team builds the software foundation that brings GM’s autonomous driving capabilities to life on the vehicle. We configure, deploy, launch, and monitor the applications that make up the autonomy stack, developing onboard services that orchestrate vehicle activities from startup through shutdown.
We are part of GM’s Autonomous Vehicle Platform Core team, delivering the core software frameworks that enable other teams and major vehicle systems. We own critical platform capabilities that include software deployment, application configuration and lifecycle management, vehicle power and software modes, and observability systems.
Our systems span embedded vehicle platforms,…
Job responsibilities
- Build on-vehicle services that provision, launch , and monitor autonomous vehicle software in development and production workflows.
- Build frameworks to configure autonomy software for a wide variety of hardware platforms, simulation environments, and use cases.
- Develop systems and frameworks to monitor vehicle status and reliability .
- Work alongside experienced engineers to ramp up on AV software, embedded systems, and the production engineering practices required to support autonomous driving at scale.
- Grow through progressively more complex assignments spanning design, implementation, integration, and testing.
Job requirements
- Recently completed a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree in a STEM field. For completed degrees, graduation must have occurred within the past 9 months.
- Strong background in C++ and Python development, demonstrated through coursework, internships, research, or substantial projects.
- Experience developing in a Linux environment.
- Strong grasp of software fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, operating systems , concurrency, and computer architecture.
- Ability to debug complex software problems, reason about system behavior, and communicate clearly in a collaborative team environment.
- Interest in autonomous vehicles, robotics, embedded systems, or high-performance software.
- Familiarity with robotics middleware platforms and related concepts, such as inter-process communication or logging.
- Prior internship, research, or project experience in autonomous driving, robotics, embedded systems, AI/ML infrastructure, or platform software.
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