General Motors
Staff Software Engineer, Simulation Evaluation
$157K–$246K
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2026
- 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
Leads development of simulation evaluation systems, metrics, and workflows that assess autonomous-vehicle software and inform safety and release decisions.
What you'll do
- Architect and improve large-scale evaluation pipelines and methodologies for simulation testing.
- Lead cross-functional integration of evaluation products into development and release workflows; set technical roadmaps and priorities.
- Own evaluation metrics and KPIs, communicate findings through dashboards, and guide architecture and engineering practices.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of applied experience developing complex evaluation, simulation, or test frameworks.
- Production Python development, including testing, code review, performance tradeoffs, and reliability practices.
- Cross-team technical leadership, including setting strategies and influencing system and architecture decisions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Autonomous driving or high-stakes robotics experience, including large-scale simulation or field experiments; safety-critical validation experience.
- Familiarity with SQL, time-series analysis, performance monitoring, and dashboarding systems such as Looker or Streamlit.
Pay
$157,100 - $246,500 USD base salary
Tools
Python, SQL, Looker, Streamlit
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