Software Systems Engineer, Release Reliability & Automation (Autonomous Vehicles) job opportunity at General Motors.



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General Motors Software Systems Engineer, Release Reliability & Automation (Autonomous Vehicles)
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Release Reliability & Automation (Autonomous Vehicles)

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loacation Sunnyvale, California, United States of America, United States Of America
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Job Description The Role   You will be part of a core team that ensures safe, reliable, and scalable releases of the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) software  stack  through automation, data-driven reliability insights, and systematic validation processes. The mission is to accelerate the velocity and stability of AV releases by unifying software engineering, reliability analysis, and release automation under one cohesive framework.   In this position, you will collaborate closely with Release Engineers, Systems Engineers, DevOps, and AI/ML teams to design and implement automated release validation pipelines, build metrics for release health and stability, and drive root-cause investigations of software and system issues  impacting  production readiness.   If you are passionate about improving the safety, reliability, and velocity of ML-driven AV software releases through intelligent automation and systems thinking, we want to talk to you.   What  You’ll  Be Doing   Design and implement automated release pipelines  that integrate simulation, on-road, and CI/CD validation signals to assess software readiness.   Establish release reliability metrics and dashboards  to quantify build quality, regression trends, and confidence of software deployment.   Collaborate with AI/ML, Simulation, and Systems Engineering teams  to ensure robust and reproducible evaluation of release candidates.   Develop automated triage and failure analysis systems  to  identify  and categorize root causes of reliability or stability regressions.   Integrate data pipelines  for continuous monitoring of release health, including automated collection of test, simulation, and telemetry data.   Drive systematic improvements in release readiness criteria , defining measurable gates and pass/fail logic tied to product safety and reliability standards.   Develop frameworks for continuous release validation , ensuring each ML or software iteration is tracked, reproducible, and explainable.   Communicate insights and reliability findings  to developers, QA, and leadership to influence roadmap prioritization and technical debt mitigation.   Map reliability and automation processes  to the broader safety case framework, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and internal governance.     What You Must Have   Strong  proficiency  in  Python  and  SQL .   Proven experience in  CI/CD systems  (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, or equivalent).   Prior experience implementing  ELT/ETL pipelines  for quality monitoring, reliability, or release metrics.   Solid understanding of  system reliability concepts , including regression tracking, flakiness detection, and automated triage.   Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills across large-scale software systems.   Experience integrating  simulation or hardware-in-loop testing  into automated pipelines.   Track record  of  cross-functional collaboration  across engineering, QA, and operations teams.   Ability to  learn quickly  and  operate  effectively in a dynamic, high-stakes environment.   Excellent communication skills for presenting data-driven insights to engineering and leadership stakeholders.   Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or  a related  field—or equivalent experience.   Bonus Points!   Experience with  release governance frameworks  for ML or AV systems.   Familiarity with  reliability engineering methodologies  (MTBF, FMEA, reliability growth analysis).   Knowledge of  AV/ADAS software architectures  and simulation validation loops.   Experience building  metrics  pipelines in cloud environments  (AWS, GCP, or Azure).   Familiarity with  data visualization and observability tools  (Grafana, Superset, Power BI, etc.).   Experience using  Jira, GitHub Projects, or equivalent tools  for release tracking and reliability triage.   



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