Staff Systems Engineer (Core Platform)

Job Overview Hybrid role. Successful candidate will live at Mountain View, CA; Warren, MI; or Austin, TX and report to a location at least three times per week. Responsibilities Design and build integration tooling and agent services in Go that connect automotive test hardware to the platform's cloud‑native control plane, enabling automated hardware discovery, state reporting, and lifecycle management. Develop provisioning workflows that coordinate firmware flashing, health checks, power cycling, and resource validation across diverse bench configurations, working with existing vendor tools and automotive protocols. Engage with embedded engineering teams and bench users to understand their hardware workflows, identify pain points, and translate findings into platform features and automation tooling. Build hardware abstraction layers that present heterogeneous bench hardware as clean, allocatable resources to the platform scheduler and API. Contribute to core platform services in Go—including the API, scheduler, and CLI tooling—bringing a hardware‑aware perspective to architecture and design decisions. Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for firmware build automation, integration testing, and deployment workflows that cover both platform services and hardware‑facing components. Document hardware integration patterns, protocol quirks, and operational knowledge to build institutional understanding across the team. Collaborate with stakeholders across Infrastructure Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Hardware Infrastructure to define integration requirements, validate platform capabilities against real‑world bench workflows, and drive adoption. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong foundation in systems‑level programming and infrastructure development. Strong proficiency in Go and ability to write clean, maintainable production code for backend services and systems tooling. Solid understanding of Linux systems, including process management, networking, and service management (systemd). Experience building integration tooling, agent services, or automation frameworks that bridge hardware and software systems. Familiarity with embedded systems concepts, firmware management, boot processes, and hardware interfaces such as CAN, SPI, I²C, UART, Ethernet. Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and deployment workflows for systems that include hardware‑in‑the‑loop or physical device dependencies. Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, software, and integration layers with a systematic debugging methodology. Ability to work across team boundaries, engage with stakeholders, and translate hardware requirements into platform features. Strong communication and documentation skills to capture and share integration knowledge. Ownership mentality and comfort working on a small, greenfield team where everyone contributes across the stack. Preferred Qualifications Experience building platforms, tooling, or services that manage physical hardware as allocatable resources (IaaS, lab automation, test infrastructure, fleet management). Background in automotive software development, ECU integration, or hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing environments. Hands‑on experience with automotive communication protocols such as CAN, LIN, DoIP, or UDS. Experience with embedded Linux distributions (Yocto, Buildroot), device trees, or kernel‑level configuration for hardware bring‑up. Familiarity with the HashiCorp stack (Nomad, Consul, Vault) for orchestration, service discovery, and secrets management. Experience developing Nomad device plugins or similar resource abstraction mechanisms. Understanding of firmware update mechanisms (OTA, flashing tools) and hardware provisioning workflows. Experience with observability stacks including Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, distributed tracing, structured logging. Background in lab automation, hardware validation, or test infrastructure engineering. Experience migrating from legacy infrastructure to modern platforms while maintaining service reliability. Track record of mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams. Additional Information Relocation benefits may be available. GM does not provide immigration‑related sponsorship for this role. Compensation Salary range: $160,200 – $263,700. Bonus potential is based on company performance, job level, and individual performance. Benefits Medical, dental, and vision coverage; Health Savings Account; Flexible Spending Accounts. Retirement savings plan. Sickness and accident benefits; life insurance; paid vacation and holidays. Tuition assistance programs; employee assistance program. GM vehicle discounts and other employee perks. Equal Employment Opportunity General Motors is committed to a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination but genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. Employment decisions are made on a non‑discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr General Motors