Principal Software Engineer

General Motors is a leading automotive company committed to innovation and safety. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and testing of automotive infotainment application software while fostering cross-functional collaboration and mentoring team members.

Responsibilities:

• Guide and approve selection of software architecture choices and strategies, supplier partner selection, and ensure smooth, on-time development of products that meet/exceed customer expectations
• Translates business objectives and market requirements to actionable deliverables by defining and delivering architectural solutions that will implement highly maintainable and reliable quality Infotainment software
• Develop and manage partnerships with key engineering, product planning, marketing, business development, manufacturing, and vehicle development teams and activities
• Foster relationships both within and outside of Infotainment development team to ensure a holistic approach to delivering products is achieved
• Facilitate cross functional collaboration with design, product, safety, systems and other groups within and outside the company to implement vehicle infotainment features
• Mentor, coach and develop employees
• Work in Agile environment and engage in defining, planning and analyzing user-stories to meet groups’ strategic objectives
• Understand the existing specifications, software structure, and the changes of the new specifications
• Follow software development processes where quality comes first and ensure that the designed solutions conform to architectural requirements such as scalability, maintainability, reliability, extensibility, usability and security
• Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists across multiple locations
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience leading technology delivery efforts at scale managing multiple technology teams
• Engage in all regular software development activities such as architecture, feature requirements, design, code, and test case reviews to ensure that the team delivers high quality code on time
• Establish and monitor budget for responsible activities
• Execute resource planning for required activities
• Model and foster GM's Core Values and Winning Behaviors

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Software, Computer Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience leading and developing Infotainment HMI Applications or equivalent
• Experience leading a global teams
• Experience in working in Product Driven Organization model
• Large Agile program delivery including technology, API development and integrations, and cloud-based applications
• Strong focus on Customer Experience
• Strong troubleshooting skills to triage issues across a complex ecosystem with multiple technologies and service providers in times of critical service interruption
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view
• Ability to quickly learn and understand complex environments and team dynamics
• Proven ability to build effective relationships with technology teams, business partners, and external suppliers to drive technology transformation
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills
• Collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Value and leverage diversity and has a passion for talent development
• Demonstrated expertise managing teams that deploy modern design patterns and scalable, reusable code in Automotive environments
• Excellent multi-functional communication and leadership skills - able to get multiple teams moving in the same direction
• Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity while driving timely decision making
• 15+ years of experience leading engineering teams that develop embedded software using C/C++, and RTOS
• 15+ years of experience leading and developing Infotainment HMI Applications or equivalent
• Leadership experience developing and testing automotive infotainment applications for radios and instrument panel clusters
• Ability to influence leaders and team members in a diplomatic way
• Ability to provide a clear point of view and challenge respectfully when necessary
• Possess a high tolerance for ambiguity and an ever-changing environment
• Experience working with Automotive Embedded Systems and deploying applications to embedded target systems
• Leadership experience with ASIL A-D safety compliance
• Ability to manage and lead multiple teams with autonomy and accountability for results
• Leadership of teams of engineers responsible for developing or testing embedded control systems or related hardware in an agile environment
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results through effective teamwork, lead numerous projects with different focal areas to successful completion, and manage and measure work through metrics, data, and results
• Experience managing a global team that is geographically dispersed
• Working knowledge of embedded software development tool set – (e.g. IDEs, Jira, Git ecosystem etc.)
• High level of understanding of GM Vehicle Development Process a plus