General Motors
Staff Software Engineer, Simulation
$160K–$246K
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America +1 · Remote/Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Remote - United States - Experience
- 7+ years of applied experience developing complex evaluation, simulation, or test frameworks.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Architect and lead simulation test infrastructure and evaluation pipelines that validate autonomous vehicle software and support safety and release decisions.
What you'll do
- Build and advance scalable test infrastructure, evaluation pipelines, and methods to assess simulation accuracy, reliability, and effectiveness.
- Lead cross-functional integration of simulation testing and evaluation into development workflows and release decisions.
- Define evaluation metrics and technical roadmaps; present results and make insights available through dashboards.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of applied experience developing complex evaluation, simulation, or test frameworks.
- Production Python proficiency, including unit testing, code review, performance tradeoffs, and reliability practices.
- Cross-team technical leadership defining strategies and influencing system and architecture decisions.
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Experience in autonomous driving or high-stakes field robotics, including large-scale simulation and field experiments.
- Experience with safety-critical product validation; familiarity with SQL, Looker, or Streamlit.
Pay
$160,200 - $246,300 USD base salary
Tools
Python, SQL, Looker, Streamlit
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