Technical Lead - Simulation Platform (Galileo)

Job Description

Technical Lead

-

Autonomous Driving Evaluation Infrastructure

Description

Role

Overvi

ew:

As a Technic

al Lead

of the

Galileo

team

, you will be a senior individual contributor building and

optimizing

the infrastructure and

required

technology for all testing and evaluation workflows

for both vehicle release and

autonomous

driving stack validation and verification.

This

includ

es

building and

optimizing

data processing pipelines for large scale analysis. Your role will include defining and shaping the technical vision and strategy to ensure alignment with broader company

objectives

,

designing

and implementing systems to support AV / ADAS development. You will drive software engineering best practices within the team and develop tools that promote these standards company-wide.

About the Organization:

The

GM

AV

Simulation team builds world-class testing and analysis related products and technologies to enable GM to ac

celerate d

evelopment of autonomous vehicles

as well as general vehicle software development

. Our customers range from AV developers understanding the effects of their code on vehicle behavior, data engineers using our data pipelines to build

the

craziest

insights

for various evaluation needs, to the release team tracking top-line performance metrics on releases.

AV

Simulation aims to deliver intuitive user experiences for robotics and AI engineers that accelerate GM towards a driverless future. Galileo is building the core infra and architecture to support testing at scale. As part of this team, you will build the infra and

r

equired

tech

for test

organization, test triggering, test analysis

w

orkflows

and the related data pipelines.

What

You’ll

Do:

• Act as technical architect,

  help define technical vision and strategy, and ensure the technical direction of your team aligns with broader company

  objectives

  .

• Design and implement systems capable of supporting simulating millions of miles of driving every day to predict on-road performance

• Improve and deliver reliable software through continuous integration, automated testing, and code reviews.

• Drive software engineering best practices within your team and develop tools that promote these standards

  company-wide

  .

• Develop and oversee top-tier software engineers within a dynamic, fast-paced, and inclusive setting

• Help define, build, and embody GM engineering culture and principles

Your Skills & Abilities:

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or equivalent experience

• A demonstrated

  track record

  of building

  high quality

  software

  and a focus on

  the

  customer

  through

  operational

  excellence

• Broad exposure to the end-to-end product engineering stack, from frontend to infrastructure

• Experience with SOA or microservice-based architectures, large scale distributed systems, and common cloud platforms like AWS/GCP

• Strong organizational and communication skills

  .

• Self-motivation and passion to lead,

  mentor,

  encourage best practices, and constantly improve

• Familiarity with Python, Go, Node, React or other web development framework/languages

• PostgreSQL (or similar relational database) and data warehouse technologies like

  BigQuery

  or Amazon Redshift.

• Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world

What Will Give You

A

Competitive Edge:

• A background in robotics, ROS, or the AV/ADAS industry

• Scientific Analysis experience

• Experience with data pipelines/workflows supporting data scientists

• Experience building

  high quality dev productivity tools.

• Experience writing modern production C++ applications

• Experience developing high-quality software under significant latency and performance constraints

• Experience developing or working with safety-critical code

Remote: This role is based

remotely

but if you live within a 50-mile radius of [Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren,

Milford

or Mountain View

], you

are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum. 

Relocation:

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

“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-AV-1





This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile 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}.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.



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