Senior Software Engineer – Simulation Tooling

General Motors

Senior Software Engineer contributing to architectural roadmap and leading design for simulation tooling. Driving evolution of Python infrastructure and mentoring engineers for autonomous driving technologies.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $153,200 - $234,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudPythonUnityUnreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Contribute to the architectural roadmap for our Simulation Scenario Definition platform and/or its programmatic Python SDK.
Lead the design and implementation of our next-generation graphical editing tools used by hundreds of engineers to precisely define complex traffic, environment, and sensor scenarios.
Drive the evolution of our Python infrastructure, focusing on core algorithms for scenario serialization, validation, and integration with our large-scale cloud compute cluster.
Act as a hands-on mentor, setting the engineering excellence standard for API design, code quality, and testing practices across the team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional experience in software development, with a significant portion focused on large-scale platforms, tooling, or SDK development.
Proven ability to lead technical projects from concept to production.
Expert-level proficiency in Python, including deep knowledge of best practices, performance optimization, and building robust APIs/SDKs for external consumers.
Solid foundation in 3D graphics, computational geometry, and/or real-time simulation concepts.
A track record of mentoring and coaching mid-level and senior engineers, raising the technical bar, and driving code quality standards within a team.
Experience with C++ for performance-critical components or integration with simulation engines (Bonus Points).
Direct experience developing or extending a Domain-Specific Language (DSL) or high-level scripting language (Bonus Points).
Background in game engines (e.g., Unity, Unreal) or other professional simulation software (Bonus Points).
Experience in data visualization techniques for large, complex datasets (Bonus Points).
Familiarity with the architecture of Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology (e.g., perception, planning, controls) or other complex robotics/safety-critical systems (Bonus Points).

Benefits

Comp & perks

GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs.
Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonC++3D graphicscomputational geometryreal-time simulationAPI designSDK developmentperformance optimizationdata visualizationDomain-Specific Language (DSL)

Soft Skills

mentoringcoachingleadershiptechnical project managementengineering excellencecode quality standards