Embedded Software Engineer – Electrification

General Motors

Embedded Software Engineer creating software for battery management and electric motor systems at GM's Electrification Solutions. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative automotive solutions.

Posted 6/14/2026full-timeMilford • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create software for battery management, inverter, and electric motor system functions and perform integration and verification testing with minimal direction of lead engineers.
Deliver scalable and modular software across all customers to enable a single software stream delivery.
Document requirements for design solutions and link them to test cases that can demonstrate software functionality.
Utilize automated test tools in build environments, benches, and products, to verify functionality of the feature.
Analyze software defects; determine root cause, create software solution, test and verify closure.
Performs design and analysis on changes.
Diagnose, debug and solve issues related to battery, inverter, and electric motor hardware and software.
Work with teams from multiple groups to meet project milestones.
Develop test cases and write comprehensive test plans to assess software products at different system levels.
Identify and resolve software problems; contribute to the team knowledge base so common software errors, corner case situations and other learnings can be retained and shared.
Support the evaluation of software packages, including data reviews, simulation behavioral test, automation methods, and authoring/execution of comprehensive test plans to assess software and simulation products at different system levels.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or other applicable Engineering focuses.
2+ years of Embedded C software development experience.
Experience developing, reading, and debugging source code in C, C++, Python.
Understanding of one or more of the following: Batteries, Invertors, Supervisory Controls, or Electric Motors.
Strong tools background in MATLAB/Simulink, DOORS, Git/Jira, and related GM controls toolchains is expected.
Unit testing, SIL, HIL, bench, and vehicle testing.

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

Embedded CCC++PythonUnit testingSILHILDebuggingSoftware integrationSoftware verification

Soft Skills

Problem solvingCollaborationCommunicationDocumentationAnalytical skillsAttention to detailRoot cause analysisAdaptabilityTeamworkProject management