Staff Software Test Engineering - ADAS Infrastructure Compliance

Role overview

Work arrangement

• Hybrid role requiring attendance at the Markham office at least three times per week.
• Relocation benefits may be available to candidates who qualify under company policy.

Responsibilities

• Work with requirements owners, SMEs, calibration, system safety, platform/application software, and tool teams to implement validation test plans.
• Align validation test methodologies across GM organizations to improve collaboration and efficiency.
• Analyze requirements and test inputs, assess validation feasibility, troubleshoot issues, and identify organization-wide coverage gaps.
• Track software issue sources, improve upstream processes, and serve as the team's validation testing SME by developing best practices.
• Design test setups for new programs using open-loop, HIL, and SIL benches.
• Manage project timing, bench and simulation/tool readiness, test automation readiness, status reporting, and escalation.
• Train team members to analyze results and participate in data-driven system development.
• Set Scrum priorities and conduct smoke, sanity, regression, and feature-based testing; monitor rollout and QA across software teams.
• Conduct Delta Questionnaires for software model-year changes, own the team validation roadmap, and lead continuous improvement workshops.
• Deliver timely, high-quality validation results, software-readiness information, issue documentation, and test reports to internal customers.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software, Computer, Electrical, Embedded Systems, or Electronics Engineering, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of black-box testing, software testing, test automation, or related experience.
• Prior software experience, preferably Python, with exposure to Bash and Jenkins automation.
• Knowledge of System-on-Chip software, CAN and Ethernet, system engineering, and software validation testing.
• Knowledge and experience with compliance testing on open-loop, HIL, and SIL benches.
• Knowledge of ADAS controller vehicle-safety testing, serial communications, diagnostics, cybersecurity, OTA, and reprogramming.
• Knowledge of calibration, MAC, ARXML, and ODX and their testing impact.
• Ability to anticipate and escalate problems, investigate complex issues independently, and improve validation efficiency and quality.
• Ability to manage urgent requests and fast software changes; communicate effectively across organizational levels and demonstrate creativity, discipline, and responsibility.

Competitive advantages

• Understanding of ADAS, Motion Control, Automotive Network, or Powertrain vehicle systems.
• Experience with Linux or QNX, or tools such as CANoe, Vehicle Spy, INCA, or AutoVAL.
• Exposure to Adaptive AUTOSAR, C/C++, CI/CD methodologies, or Scrum operations.

Compensation

• Annual salary range is $147,000 to $196,600; the offered base salary varies with position-related factors.

Benefits

• Paid time off, holidays, and supplemental pregnancy, parental, and adoption leave benefits.
• Healthcare, dental, vision, health care spending account, and wellness incentive.
• Life insurance, defined contribution pension plan with company matching contributions, and GM vehicle purchase plan.

Hiring notes

• Applicants may be asked to complete role-related assessments or pre-employment screening where applicable.
• GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.

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