General Motors
Staff Software Engineer, Validation Foundations and Acceleration
$189K–$291K
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years in systems engineering, software product development, or technical program management.
- Education
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Leads development and improvement of behavior-validation products and dashboards for autonomous-vehicle launch and release decisions, combining stakeholder alignment with hands-on technical work.
What you'll do
- Align priorities and requirements with EAI, safety, product, and other partner teams; define roadmaps and success metrics.
- Use Pareto analysis and other methods to prioritize and implement validation-dashboard improvements.
- Develop technical improvements, including connecting data pipelines to user interfaces, and ensure products are scalable and reliable.
What they ask for
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience in systems engineering, software product development, or technical program management.
- Proficiency in Python for prototyping and data analysis.
- Experience developing internal customer-facing front-end dashboards.
Nice to have
- Experience managing complex validation or analytics products in safety-critical domains; familiarity with autonomous vehicles, ADAS, or robotics.
- Background in data visualization and reporting tools, simulation environments, or validation frameworks.
Pay
$189,300 to $290,700 USD base salary
Tools
Python
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