Software Systems Engineer

Description

Work Arrangement

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, MI, Phoenix, AZ or Mountain View, CA three times per week, at minimum or other frequency dictated by the business.

The Role

As Software Systems Engineer, you will be part of a core team delivering GM's next generation Connectivity and Telematics solutions. You will work with a group of talented engineers who assess features, document architecture / system dependencies, develop requirements, assist with issue triage, and support software development and test activities.

What You'll Do

• Capture and document software requirements for connectivity and telematics system.
• Collaborate with system engineers, architects and feature owners to document use cases and narratives to ensure a common understanding of the solution.
• Create UML diagrams that depict the context and partitioning of requirements.
• Refactor existing requirements to good requirement form - moving implementation details to design documentation.
• Be able to provide requirement interpretation and updating requirements to add clarity when questions are asked.
• Manage and maintain requirements in database to clearly identify functional groupings and release baselining.
• Collaborate with software development team to identify pieces of implementation that should be covered by requirement.
• Contribute to software failure mode analysis based on knowledge of requirements.
• Ensure that documents released to external parties have been reviewed for export compliance.
• Collaborate with integration team members to review reported defects to ensure reported defect is valid based on released specifications.
• Identify and document system vulnerabilities and create mitigation plans as well as track corrective actions.
• Interact with internal customers, vendors, and external organizations to refine understanding of requirements and identify innovation opportunities.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or other related disciplines.
• Strong understanding of and the ability to collaborate on complex software systems.
• 5+ years of demonstrated ability to write concise functional software requirements that clearly express "what" is to be created versus the "how".
• Experience with team-based requirements / development tools (IBM RTC, Doors, Doors Next Generation, RQM)
• Extremely self-motivated and the ability to deliver results with little oversight - take ownership and be accountable.
• Excellent presentation, oral and written communication skills - comfortable with presenting to senior management.
• Organized and disciplined in managing meetings, notes, and actions.

• Master of Science degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or other related disciplines.
• 8+ years of demonstrated technical knowledge and ability in relevant discipline.
• Working experience showing understanding of major automotive subsystems and dependent technologies (Telephony, CAN vehicle bus and derivates, Ethernet, TCP/IP, Cybersecurity)
• Working experience in wireless technologies and networking, vehicle diagnostics or automated test frameworks.

• The salary range for this role is ($148,000 - $226,200). 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.