2027 Summer Intern - Software Engineer, AVAI Platform

Job Description

About the Team:

GMs Autonomous Vehicle Platform Software Engineering organization builds the foundational software that enables autonomous-driving capabilities to run reliably on production vehicle platforms. The organizations teams span platform operating systems and compute drivers embedded MCU software core services and tools and system-performance engineering. Their work includes developing low-level platform software middleware service interfaces software-update and deployment capabilities diagnostics logging and observability and performance tooling across vehicle compute systems.

Working at the intersection of software hardware AI/ML and vehicle systems the teams integrate operating systems sensors compute and application workloads to deliver secure efficient testable and production-ready autonomous-vehicle capabilities. Engineers collaborate closely with AV AI/ML hardware systems validation and safety partners with opportunities to contribute across embedded software platform engineering developer tools and performance optimization. Depending on team needs projects may focus on platform OS and drivers MCU software core services vehicle software integration or system and ML-workload performance.

About the Role:
As an Autonomous Driving Software Engineer Intern you will contribute to the design development and validation of cutting-edge software powering self-driving systems. Youll collaborate with experienced engineers across AV Platform teams to build scalable safety-critical software for autonomous vehicles operating in real-world environments.

What Youll Do:

• Develop test and deploy production-ready code across components of vehicle platform software.

• Quickly ramp up on assigned codebase product area and/or system.

• Complete assigned tasks efficiently with few iterations.

• Identify problem statements outline optimal solutions account for tradeoffs and edge cases

• Participate in design reviews code reviews technical discussions and continuous integration and deployment practices.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware systems test and safety to ensure seamless software integration.

• Communicate effectively across multiple stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a full-time degree-seeking program and in the process of obtaining a Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science artificial intelligence machine learning robotics engineering or a related STEM field.

• Must be graduating between December 2027 and August 2029 and have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship.

• Availability to work full-time40 hoursper week during the 12 week summer internship period between May 24th August 13th or June 14th September 3rd 2027

• Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures with proficiency in C Python or another object-oriented programming language.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated software engineering experience through an internship work experience coding competition student engineering team or competition (e.g. SAE student competitions EcoCAR Formula SAE or Baja SAE) research coursework or personal project.

• Experience building testing and shipping production software with exposure to safety-critical development (FDA FAA Automotive)

• Familiarity with embedded build systems such as Yocto or Buildroot networking fundamentals and software integration across compute MCU and vehicle platforms.

• Understanding of networking fundamentals relevant to embedded or distributed systems.

• Experience with robotics frameworks (e.g. ROS) embedded Linux platforms or common sensors (e.g. cameras lidar radar IMUs) is a plus.

• Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world

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 $8100 $10300 per month. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

• GM will provide a one-time lump sum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the 2027 Student Program - to help facilitate administration of relocation benefits please apply using the permanent address you would move from.

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid : This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to their designated office three times per week at minimum.

Location:

• Sunnyvale California

• Warren Michigan

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Required Experience:

Intern