Senior Software Release Engineer

General Motors

Software Design Release Engineer managing embedded controller products at GM. Leading cross-functional teams and ensuring high-quality delivery of projects while managing stakeholder relationships.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeMilford • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Contribute ideas to a culture and organization that continues to try new ways of working, managing programs, and collaborating with product engineering and vehicle manufacturing.
Ensure that the product development and release plans are created and implemented in alignment to engineering standard work for the purpose of on-time high quality delivery of VMEC embedded control products.
Manage part number proliferation for the embedded controller (end model part number, software, and calibration parts)
Track and report status of work.
Escalate issues as required and drive team effort to mitigate timing or quality risk.
Lead and support product issue investigations (Problem Resolution Tracking System – PRTS), continuous process improvements, standard methodologies, lessons learned, and quality improvement initiatives.
Support standard meetings related to specific responsibilities (e.g., Software Execution Team Meeting and agile meeting ceremonies)
Provide technical leadership ensuring issue resolution and appropriate technical direction for products of responsibility.
Train, coach, mentor other team members in areas of strong proficiency.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical degree
Minimum of 5 years of combined experience in at least three of the embedded controls development areas or equivalent such as: controller hardware design, sensor and actuator design, algorithm design, software development, calibration, integration, testing and validation, electrical architecture design, FMEA experience, HW or SW DRE, etc.
A solid foundation in at least a few of these skills: taking initiative, working towards results, solving problems, and analyzing issues particularly where the problems are unusual and sophisticated, dealing with ambiguity, planning and organizing including shown skills in project management, building relationships, collaboration and teamwork, critical thinking, experience leading meetings.
Proven Experience in Root Cause Analysis
Understanding of HIL Bench Testing

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

embedded controls developmentcontroller hardware designsensor designactuator designalgorithm designsoftware developmentcalibrationintegrationtestingvalidation

Soft Skills

initiativeproblem solvinganalytical skillsplanning and organizingproject managementrelationship buildingcollaborationteamworkcritical thinkingleading meetings