Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Description
Remote: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of Mountain View, you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.
Role: The AV Integrity Platform (AVIP) delivers critical platform capabilities that enable autonomous vehicle safety, health, and resilience. As part of this mission, the Diagnostics Software group is responsible for the design, implementation, and integration of embedded software that detects, manages, and communicates system-level faults across the AV stack.
We are seeking a Senior Manager to lead this team of talented system engineers, developers, architects, and managers, guiding the evolution of diagnostics runtime services, infrastructure, and software architecture. This is a key leadership role at the intersection of platform software and vehicle systems integration.
At GM, we value leaders who are technically fluent, able to guide their teams through complex challenges, and passionate about mentoring engineers to grow into their best selves. Our managers create clarity, remove roadblocks, and advocate for their teams' long-term success.
What you'll do:

• Lead and grow a team of first-line Managers and senior engineers within the Diagnostics Software function

• Own the full development lifecycle for platform diagnostics software - from architecture and infrastructure to production-grade implementations

• Provide clear strategy and direction for the Diagnostics Software function, aligning team goals with broader AV platform and business objectives while leading other managers and senior technical contributors

• Drive the development and continuous improvement of engineering processes and policies within Diagnostics Software, ensuring best practices are identified, adopted, and scaled

• Drive platform alignment between GM teams to support common diagnostics runtime components and services

• Develop people resource plans, actively support skill and competency growth, and align responsibilities with individual strengths through ongoing career development conversations

Additional Description
Your Skills & Abilities:

• 12+ years of proven experience leading software engineering teams in complex, multi-domain environments such as embedded systems, autonomy, platform infrastructure, or safety-critical systems

• Deep expertise in both systems and software engineering, including defining traceable requirements, architecting modular and scalable platforms, and aligning system-level behaviors with software implementation

• Strong track record of improving engineering velocity, product quality, and architectural clarity through clear interfaces, scalable development practices, and systems thinking

• Experience leading complex development across the full product lifecycle, from system definition and integration to implementation and deployment

• Demonstrated ability to manage and mentor managers and senior ICs while fostering a high-performance, people-first engineering culture

• Skilled at driving cross-functional alignment between software, systems, QA, and product teams in fast-paced, mission-critical environments

• Excellent communication and organizational skills with the ability to translate technical complexity into clear strategies and execution plans

• Proven ability to define and operationalize engineering and organizational health metrics to guide execution and performance

• Passion for scalable engineering systems, technical leadership development, and building resilient engineering organizations

• Experience implementing innovative solutions that drive development efficiency and long-term impact

What will give you a competitive edge

• Experience with automotive diagnostics systems, including Unified Diagnostic Services (UDS) and On-Board Diagnostics (OBD)

• Familiarity with ISO 26262, ASPICE, or other functional safety and automotive software development standards

• Knowledge of automotive communication protocols (e.g., CAN, LIN, Ethernet, DoIP)

• Experience with software infrastructure for fault detection, fault management, or health monitoring in autonomous or safety-critical systems

• Background in architecting platform-level services or tooling used across multiple domains (e.g., sensing, actuation, powertrain)

• Exposure to vehicle integration workflows and cross-functional collaboration with plant, service, and manufacturing engineering teams

• Understanding of OEM-tier diagnostics pipelines and service toolchains

Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.

• The salary range for this role is $204,000-$385,000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits:

• 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.
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