Principal Systems Architect defining autonomous-vehicle platform architecture at General Motors. Leading safety-critical systems strategy, requirements, verification, and technical direction across vehicle programs.
Responsibilities
Define the technical vision and strategy for AV Platform Software across vehicle platforms and product lines.
Develop functional, logical, and physical architecture and an early model-based systems engineering baseline.
Translate business, product, safety, cybersecurity, regulatory, and vehicle-integration goals into roadmaps.
Own milestone scope and its translation into Systems Engineering deliverables and KPIs.
Decompose PRDs and features into systems and sub-systems.
Own system-level requirements, boundaries, assumptions, constraints, system specifications, and system FMEAs with traceability.
Drive sub-system-level coverage and quality.
Resolve complex problems spanning teams and systems; track, document, and roll out system changes.
Set role boundaries and coverage across hardware, perception, autonomy, safety, cybersecurity, validation, manufacturing, service, suppliers, and vehicle-level architecture.
Drive requirements standards, artifact expectations, V&V strategy, and architecture metrics across AV Platform Systems Engineering.
Surface gaps on incoming P0 topics and AV escapes and communicate architecture risks with actionable recommendations to senior leadership.
Share architectural ideas, methods, and lessons with the broader GM engineering community.
Mentor senior and staff engineers and foster candid technical debate, learning, and inclusion.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline.
A Master’s degree plus 8 or more years of experience, or 10 or more years of industry experience delivering large-scale solutions and leading technical direction.
Recognized expert in systems architecture or software systems engineering, with a reputation across the company or industry.
Experience defining architecture and short- and long-term strategy for a vehicle platform, product line, or equivalent large-scale embedded platform, including system requirements, interfaces, and verification strategy.
Experience resolving complex issues spanning multiple teams and systems with independent judgment.
Experience with system decomposition, interface control, traceability, risk management, system change rollout, and validation planning on safety-critical platforms.
Experience with ISO 26262, SOTIF, Automotive SPICE, or equivalent safety-critical development frameworks.
Experience mentoring senior and staff-level engineers and participating in hiring, promotion, or role-assessment decisions.
Experience bringing new ideas, methods, or standards into a broader engineering community.
Ability to work effectively in a hybrid environment and collaborate across locations, disciplines, and regions.
Immigration-related sponsorship is not provided; candidates must not require GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future.
Benefits
Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and supplemental benefits for pregnancy, parental and adoption leave.
Healthcare, dental and vision benefits including health care spending account and wellness incentive.
Life insurance plans to cover you and your family.
Company and matching contributions to a Defined Contribution Pension plan.
GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for you, your family, and friends.
Role-related assessment(s) and/or pre-employment screening where applicable.
Reasonable accommodation support for applicants with disabilities.
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