Software Engineer – Virtual Test Platforms

General Motors

Software Engineer on the Virtual Test Platforms team developing virtualization technology for vehicle development. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance test environments and improve product quality.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidCloudRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

As Software Engineer on the Virtual Test Platforms team, you will help to define, implement, deploy and support a variety of virtualization technology related products and services to accelerate development of new vehicles and support existing ones while increasing quality, reliability, security, and diagnosability.
Configure and customize virtual test environments including KVM, QEMU, and Android Emulators, and make these environments widely available using cloud services.
Help product teams integrate the virtual test environments into their developer inner-loop and CI/CD processes.
Author virtual devices to enhance virtual test coverage and fidelity including VirtIO Drivers.
Implement other custom test tools and simulators to enable higher test throughput and achieve quality faster.
Enhance collection, parsing, and reporting, of test results via reports and dashboards.
Write production-quality code, prototypes, and reference implementations that unblock teams and demonstrate best practices.
Create and maintain reusable guidance, examples, and documentation that scale knowledge across GM’s engineering community.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field OR equivalent work experience
4+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on building and operating production systems
Strong proficiency in at least one native programming language including C, C++ Rust, and a willingness to learn others
Experience automating testing of low level, embedded or mobile products at scale
Demonstrated ability to deliver smoothly and quickly as part of a team in an area with high ambiguity.
Masters Computer Science or Computer Engineering (Preferred)
7+ years of professional software engineering experience in systems, embedded, or mobile (Preferred)
Experience configuring and customizing Emulators for test including QEMU or Android Emulators and VirtIO drivers (Preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

CC++Rustvirtualization technologyKVMQEMUAndroid EmulatorsVirtIO DriversCI/CDautomated testing

Soft Skills

team collaborationadaptabilityproblem-solvingcommunicationdocumentation

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceMaster’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering