Staff Continuous Integration Architect - Virtualization and SIL Integration

The Role

General Motors is undergoing a major transformation in how we design, develop, and validate software as we move toward our Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, Zero Congestion vision for the future of transportation. As part of the Software Defined Vehicle – Embedded Platforms organization, the Staff Continuous Integration Architect will lead the design and implementation of CI/CD strategies that power our Virtual Test Chambers (CoSimulation environments) for system and vehicle‑level embedded software and calibration development.

Responsibilities

• Build & Toolchain – CI Architecture
  • Design and implement CI/CD build pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) that support Cloud, Windows, Linux, and HPC environments at scale.
  • Define and maintain standard build flows for L3/L4 virtual ECUs and FMUs (SIL tool builds, board‑level HWIO simulation drivers, FMU generation).
  • Create reusable CI templates and composite actions that standardize how teams build, test, and package controllers and CoSim assets across multiple GitHub and/or internal repositories.
  • Establish robust build validation workflows, including unit, integration, and regression checks (e.g., Simulation Behavior Tests) that can run regardless of underlying test framework.
  • Enable the team to build metrics, dashboards, and alerts to ensure visibility into build health, performance, and quality trends.
• Simulation Pipeline & Execution Orchestration
  • Design and maintain the execution pipeline for L3/L4 CoSim packages, including orchestration of internal simulation and test execution frameworks (e.g., virtual environment launchers, test schedulers, and results collectors) across on‑prem and cloud infrastructure.
  • Ensure pipelines can efficiently run multiple configurations and variants per package without manual rework.
  • Implement testcase‑driven configuration selections so that system‑level test definitions drive which packages, variants, and configurations are executed.
  • Enable the team to define and implement pre‑run/learn cycle flows (e.g., RID/NVM learning, multi‑layered test gating/promotion strategies) to ensure simulations start from correct conditions.
  • Collaborate with Quality & Metrics partners to emit rich metadata for traceability (e.g., package, variant, build ID, test plan, environment, and results).
  • Improve the performance, reliability, and debuggability of the execution stack (queueing, retries, failure categorization, log standardization).
  • Automate deployments of CoSim packages and virtual test assets to end customers and shared environments (on‑prem and/or cloud).
• Technical Leadership & Collaboration
  • Serve as the technical authority for CI/CD and execution orchestration within Virtualization and SIL Integration; monitor execution, triage, and debug systemic issues.
  • Partner closely with Simulation Integration Engineers (SIEs), domain control teams, and calibration engineers to align build and execution pipelines with evolving feature and test requirements.
  • Work with architecture and infrastructure teams to support Linux/HPC/SDV‑OS execution needs and future scalability.
  • Mentor and coach other engineers on CI/CD best practices, automation patterns, and tooling, enabling a culture of continuous improvement and self‑service.
  • Provide technical support and guidance to internal users of virtual test environments, helping to troubleshoot build, integration, and execution issues.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a significant portion focused on CI/CD, build systems, and test automation for complex, multi‑component software.
• Strong C/C++ build expertise, including compilers, linkers, optimization levels, and debug symbol management.
• Hands‑on experience with GCC/Clang and common build systems (e.g., make, CMake, or equivalent).
• Proficiency in Python and at least one additional scripting language (PowerShell, Bash, etc.) for automation and tooling.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) for large codebases and/or multi‑repo environments.
• Experience with custom vNE trunner image.
• Experience with test automation frameworks, job schedulers, or orchestration systems used to run large suites of tests across distributed resources.
• Working knowledge of SIL/HIL execution characteristics and constraints, including performance, determinism, and real‑time considerations.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with a track record of partnering across teams (integration, controls, testing, infrastructure).

What Can Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• 15 years of software development and integration experience, including leadership of CI/CD transformations or platform‑level initiatives.
• Experience designing and delivering virtualization or software‑in‑the‑loop (SIL) integration solutions for automotive or similarly complex embedded domains.
• Hands‑on experience with tools and concepts such as Execution Management/Cloud Orchestration, Integration Automation, Robot Test Framework, Model‑Based Systems Engineering (or equivalent orchestration/test systems).
• Virtual ECUs (vECUs), FMUs, SSP, and associated modeling and packaging standards.
• Git, GitHub/Gerrit, and code review workflows.
• Regression testing, automated test generation, and integration of model‑based tests (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink) into CI pipelines.
• Background in embedded controls software for one or more of the following: vehicle body controls, propulsion thermal management, battery management, chassis and brake controls.
• Experience with cloud‑hosted CI/CD and execution environments, containerization, and/or infrastructure‑as‑code approaches for scaling test capacity.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional initiatives, influence technical direction without direct authority, and mentor senior engineers.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $147,000 to $196,600.

Benefits Overview

• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and supplemental benefits for pregnancy, parental and adoption leave.
• Healthcare, dental, and vision benefits.
• Life insurance plans to cover you and your family.
• Company and matching contributions to a Defined Contribution Pension plan to help you save for retirement.
• GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for you, your family and friends.