Principal Engineer, Body Control Subsystem Integration - Compliance & Regulations

GM
Warren, OH

Job Description

Hybrid: This role is hybrid and based at General Motors Global Technical Center in Warren Michigan. You are expected to report to that location three times a week at minimum.

Role:

The Principal Software Engineer at General Motors should be an experienced leader who cares deeply about software and software quality. As a Principal Software Engineer you will be responsible for broad oversight and ownership of safety and regulatory design compliance for all features in the Body Controls domain across the subsystems of Occupant Protection Occupant Position Occupant Cabin Comfort Lighting & Visibility and Secure Vehicle Access. This responsibility will extend to designing documenting and guiding the implementation of complex highly scalable embedded software in C/C. Your work will guarantee that the continued evolution and innovation of Body Controls Software while sustaining a strong and forward-thinking compliance posture.

At General Motors we believe in engineering leaders who remain deeply technical and understand the challenges their teams are facing. The ideal candidate will be comfortable switching context from programming in C/C designing elegant software architectures defining how to test benchmark and debug complex systems engaging with third parties (including standards bodies and regulatory teams) and providing mentorship for staff and senior software engineers.

What youll do:

  • Define and lead software compliance strategy for new technology and highly complex features for Body Controls Platform development with a focus on Occupant Protection Occupant Position Occupant Cabin Comfort Lighting & Visibility Secure Vehicle Access and abstraction layers

  • Define a compliance & technology roadmap

  • Drive architecture standards patterns and principles actively engaging with and leading third party standards initiatives

  • Serve as subject matter expert on analyzing judging and advising on disposition of technical matters related to safety regulation and compliance

  • Establish a forward looking external posture on emerging trends and standards impacting the Body Controls domains

  • Work across orgs to ensure that the joint architecture across the full stack is coherent and can solve relevant problems

  • Maintain alignment between senior leadership and engineering teams through effective executive communication

  • Maintain high-quality bar in projects from the start and champion quality improvements by implementing better technical practices

  • Work with other teams to ensure the system level architecture and strategies for compliance are implemented

  • Initiate large projects with complex architecture breaking it down to the right logical components so others can be utilized effectively

  • Improve and deliver reliable software through requirements generation continuous integration automated testing issue tracking and code reviews

  • Provide technical leadership guidance and mentorship to Senior and Staff engineers as they propose prototype evaluate and iterate solutions as well as through their career progression

  • Lead large initiatives involving many stakeholders by driving impact analysis and ensuring alignment with the larger architectural roadmap

Your Skills & Abilities:

  • Minimum Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Electronics & Communication Electrical Engineering or related degree

  • 10 years of experience in Embedded Software development and launching quality software into production

  • Demonstrated successful technical track record leading software development teams in complex system environments

  • Experience with safety critical development and testing in regulated environments (examples include FDA FAA Automotive Aerospace)

  • Experience with real-time operating systems or middleware

  • Proficiency with C/C

What will give you a competitive edge:

  • Experience leading external standards committees

  • Experience interfacing with or advising regulators and policy makers

  • Experience developing on and for embedded RTOS / Linux / POSIX systems

  • Experience applying and mentoring team members on software best practices

  • Experience with embedded build systems CI/CD and test automation

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g. H1-B OPT STEM OPT CPT TN J-1 etc). This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week or other frequency dictated by their manager. This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate. This position requires the ability to legally operate a motor vehicle on a regular basis and successfully complete a Motor Vehicle Report review.

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 collectively to drive meaningful change through our words our deeds and our culture. Every day we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

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Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)

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All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex race color national origin citizenship status religion age disability pregnancy or maternity status sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran or protected veteran or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal state and local laws.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required where applicable to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more visit How we Hire .

Accommodations

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Required Experience:

Staff IC

Posted 2025-11-21

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