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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Software Engineer - Virtualization - **Company:** General Motors - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, AUTomotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR), Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Embedded Software, MISRA C (C Programming Language), Software Architecture, Cloud Services, ISO/IEC 15504, Software Engineering, Real Time Systems, Kubernetes, Terraform - **Published:** September 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.ultimatejobs.com/jobs/723175302/apply ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience. * 12+ years of experience in software development . * Deep understanding of software architecture for real time systems. * Experience shipping high quality safety critical products. * Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen attention to detail. * Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment. * Demonstrated ability to work in an action-oriented decision-making environment. * Deep Kubernetes knowledge including cluster operations. * Strong Terraform/IaC experience with production-grade module design. * Experience with embedded or simulation workflows (vECUs, SIL, FMU, SSP). * Cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP. What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications): * Master's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience * 15+ years of experience in software development . * Experience in automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, or another embedded, real-time, regulated, or safety-critical environment. * Knowledge of functional safety, ISO 26262, cybersecurity engineering, ASPICE, MISRA, AUTOSAR, or related engineering practices. * Experience with vehicle-level integration and validation, including SIL, CoSIM, vECU, HIL, benches, physical systems, or other virtual and hardware-based environments. * A record of creating enterprise standards, platform strategies, technical communities, developer self-service, reliability objectives, or measurable productivity improvements. * Advanced degree in a related technical field. ## Description This role is based remotely, but if the candidate lives within a 50 miles radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week (or other frequency dictated by your manager)., General Motors is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms that build, test, integrate, validate, and deliver embedded software for software-defined vehicles. This role is for a hands-on technical leader who can turn ambiguous, cross-team problems into durable architecture, practical standards, and measurable improvements in engineering effectiveness, release confidence, and product quality. The successful candidate will lead a major capability across multiple teams, influence technical direction beyond their immediate organization, and connect software, tooling, infrastructure, test, and release activities into a coherent engineering system. What You'll Do: * Be a critical leader of software engineering productivity and effectiveness. * Identify opportunities, strategies, process improvements, and lead the change. * Be hands-on by leading high impact efforts. * Be a strong communicator, coach, and mentor. * Analyze unusual and difficult problems effectively. * Ability to connect multiple initiatives together to deliver higher value. * Visualize required innovation, learning and simplification in this space and transition the team to execute what is required to achieve. * Maintain command skills and empathy at the same time * Architect enterprise-scale CI/CD systems for embedded, simulation, and cloud workloads. * Define branching, release, and quality-gate standards across multiple engineering domains. * Design GitOps-based delivery for multi-cluster Kubernetes environments. * Lead progressive delivery strategy including automated rollback and analysis. * Establish IaC architecture using Terraform modules and multi-environment patterns. * Integrate security and compliance into pipelines and artifact flows. * Define observability standards for pipelines, simulation workloads, and runtime systems. * Mentor DevOps and simulation developers across the organization. ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [Software defines the vehicle: Why customers and developers will love cars even more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1114-software-defines-the-vehicle-why-customers-and-developers-will-love-cars-even-more) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) - [Car's are Technology on Wheels - Impact of Software and IT Competence in Automotive](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/780-car-s-are-technology-on-wheels-impact-of-software-and-it-competence-in-automotive) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard)