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Software Manager, Vehicle Software

AT General Motors
General Motors

Software Manager, Vehicle Software

Mountain View, CA

Description

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Mountain View, CA three times per week, at minimum.

The Role

We are the Vehicle Experiences Engine team, or VEE for short. We build software engines for digital vehicle experiences that are as fast, reliable, and affordable as the legendary LS Engines at the heart of our most powerful cars. We own, build, and maintain software engines that drive delightful in-vehicles experiences enabling GM to win today and tomorrow. Our engines will be as hardware agnostic as possible allowing us to rapidly adopt new hardware platforms and allow our internal partners to use our engine on any hardware platform.

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Our team delivers platform solutions for high end SoC's which enables to run infotainment, ADAS and other high compute application. We offer challenging positions for passionate professionals looking to advance their careers and be a part of an organization focused on innovation, speed, and business value. Our Team is seeking an experienced software manager to join our team to lead on high-compute System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms.

What You'll Do

  • Leads, guides and directs a large group of technical employees responsible for engineering deliverables in support of the organization's business objectives.
  • Manages engineering execution of team as related to the Vehicle Development Process deliverables.
  • Provides technical leadership to work team. Interacts and collaborates with many teams cross-functionally.
  • Leads team on new methods or initiatives without defined procedures.
  • Leads team to meet targets.
  • Reviews and approves engineering documentation, e.g. requirements, documents.
  • Hiring: Identifies & leads staffing initiatives for work team.

Additional Description

Your Skills & Abilities

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field-or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in embedded systems development.
  • 2+ years of team leadership or people management experience.
  • Experience in safety-critical software development with exposure to ASIL B and ASIL D standards (preferably in the automotive or industrial domain)
  • Solid understanding of embedded hardware architectures, including processors, memory management, and peripherals
  • Experience in Linux-based embedded operating systems
  • Knowledge of communication protocols like CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, etc
  • Experience deploying commercial embedded systems
  • Familiarity with ARM architectures
  • Demonstrated ability to understand the tech stack, debug code and tests
  • Enthusiastic about the opportunity of impacting the engineering culture from the bottom up

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge

COMMUNICATING:
- Conducts regularly scheduled Group Meetings, Communicates GM Policies & Procedures, Leadership and Safety Messages.
- Creates and communicates vision & strategies specific to functional responsibilities. May include preparing and giving presentations.

TRAINING & DEVELOPING:
- Insures employees complete all mandatory GM training and any specific training related to functional responsibility.
- Understands & supports employee's career development goals. Develops and executes initiatives to improve work team capability and increase work team capacity.

ASSIGNING WORK:
- Assigns and manages workload for direct reports. Sets individual employee and group priorities.

MONITORING & APPROVING GM RECORDS:
- Reviews and approves employee work and overtime schedules, expenses, and other work-related data.

EVALUATING PERFORMANCE AND BEHAVIORS:
- Reviews deliverables and provides candid & constructive feedback. Conducts performance interventions when necessary.

RECOGNITION:
- Formally & informally recognizes employee's contributions.
- Provides timely and consistent feedback to direct employee's as appropriate.
- Participates in compensation planning and administers compensation treatment.

REMOVING ROADBLOCKS & RESOLVING ISSUES/COMPLAINTS:
- Observes and steps up to remove roadblocks and resolve potential issues.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

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 195,200 to 298,000. 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:

  • 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.

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL

NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

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Client-provided location(s): Mountain View, CA, USA
Job ID: General_Motors-JR-202509000
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Stock Purchase Program
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Woman founded/led
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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