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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - Propulsion System Torque - **Company:** General Motors - **Location:** Milford Charter Township, MI, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), C (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Unit Testing, Behavior-Driven Development, Communications Protocols, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, DevOps, Embedded Software, Scrum Methodology, Simulink, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Software Systems, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Test Scripts, Virtual Environment, Git, Information Technology, CruiseControl - **Published:** May 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d216c1639c73ccf2 ## About the Role **Job Description** **Work Classification:** **Hybrid:** This means the successful candidate is expected to report to their primary location (Milford, MI) three times per week, at minimum, or other frequency dictated by the business. **The Role** : The Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls is a production level group that supports the definition, design, and development of all embedded controllers that impact vehicle motion. Our Scrum teams work in an Agile environment and are responsible for Software Requirements, Software Development, Testing and Verification in Virtual vehicle environments. We are seeking creative, highly motivated, agile thinkers with passion and expertise in controls and software development with great attention to detail. As a Software Engineer at GM, you will be working on the Vehicle Motion Supervision product, focusing on Propulsion System Torque Determination. This work enables key customer-facing features such as accelerator pedal interpretation, axle torque calculation, EV One-Pedal Drive, cruise control, vehicle maximum speed limiting, and OnStar speed-limiting with related communication protocols-delivering safe, intuitive, and desirable driving experiences **What You'll Do:** - Design, develop and implement controls software and diagnostic algorithms for GM's current and next generation vehicle portfolio. - Work closely with multi-disciplined engineering teams to interpret functional requirements to translate and implement appropriate control and software strategies. - Create and integrate software in hand-coded C, occasionally in MATLAB Simulink models. - Create or modify Unit test cases and Multicomponent test cases to ensure thorough software testing. - Leverage GM's virtual systems, benches, and vehicles to verify and validate systems behaviors and performance. - Works cross-functionally with Product, System, Calibration, Program, and other agile release train teams to ensure robust design. - Participate in the Agile Team and Agile ceremonies as required. - Embrace BDD (Behavior Driven Development) and TDD Test-Driven Development) software development methodologies to ensure Software Built-In Quality, promoting early bug detection, and facilitating collaboration between developers, testers, and non-technical stakeholders. - Utilize CI/CD pipelines for efficient development, testing, and deployment of software solutions, with an understanding of DevOps principles. **Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):** - Minimum 2+ years of embedded software/controls development experience - Bachelor's degree in computer science, Mechatronics, Software, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience - Skilled with embedded software coding (C-language), Simulink/State flow, GIT environment(s), plant modeling - Development / testing experience on SIL/HIL or other virtual environments - Ability to manage time and meet deliverable timing is critical. - High analytical ability, effective communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills required to build relationships with local and global team members and customers to resolve issues - Ability to work with minimum supervision and full autonomy. **What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)** - 5+ years of embedded software/controls development experience - Master's degree in computer science, Mechatronics, Software, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience - SAFe Agile certified - Test script creation using Robot Framework and debugging - Technical problem-solving skills and experience in the production domain to address vehicle level issues. **Benefits:** GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more. **Relocation:** This job may be eligible for relocation benefits. **About GM** Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all. **Why Join Us** We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and ## Related Videos - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) - [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) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [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) - [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) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [The Prompt Engineer ✍️](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/216-the-prompt-engineer) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [Dev Digest 102 - Race conditions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/386-dev-digest-102-race-conditions) - [How to Answer the Interview Question: “Why Do You Want to Be a Software Engineer?”](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/392-how-to-answer-the-interview-question-why-do-you-want-to-be-a-software-engineer) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers)