Workplace Classification:
Hybrid : This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to their primary work location three times per week, at minimum, or other frequency dictated by the business.
The Role:
As a Senior Controls Engineer at GM, you will be a part of the Vehicle Mechatronic Embedded Controls (VMEC) team, working in the Battery Charging domain for EVs and PHEVs focusing on High Voltage Energy Transfer Communication and Terminations which consists of algorithm development for Offboard Charging Station Communication Interfaces, Energy Transfer Process Control, Energy Transfer Receptacle Hardware Interface, and related features.
You will design, implement, and test software solutions rolled out to all of GM’s EV and PHEV portfolio based on VIP and SDV 2.0 electrical architectures. You will use your creativity to develop features to support the EV ecosystem included but not limited to V2X features, EVSE interfaces, and charging protocols (DIN/ISO, CCS, NACS, CHAdeMO, etc.). Your work will contribute directly to GM's vision of a world with ZERO Crashes, ZERO Emissions, and ZERO Congestion.
What You’ll do (Responsibilities):
- Deliver high-quality software for embedded controls systems in the electrification space.
Ensure compliance with safety requirements, government regulations, and GM-internal policies (e.g., MISRA guidelines). - Adhere to best software design principles, utilizing design patterns and understanding supervisory controls architecture and hardware abstractions for effective software solutions.
- Design, develop, and implement Physics and Controls requirements to continuously improve software for mechatronic controls, diagnostics strategies, and controller communication.
- Maintain an understanding of Ethernet standards and its application and automotive communication protocols like CAN, LIN, ARXML.
- Test & demonstrate software functionality & readiness, ensuring hardware agnostic solutions across all GM owned software.
- Document requirements for design solutions and link them to test cases that can demonstrate software functionality ensuring traceability.
- Utilize automated test tools in build environments, test benches, and vehicles to verify functionality at the Controller, System, and Vehicle level.
- Lead and provide guidance to your Agile Scrum team members, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.
- Coordinate with various departments outside your organization such as Systems & Safety, Validation, Electrical Architecture, Software Defined Vehicle (SDV), Calibration, and Vehicle Performance.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineers to define vehicle, sub-system, and behavioral requirements.
- Embrace BDD/TDD software development methodologies to ensure Software Built-in-Quality, promoting early bug detection, and facilitating collaboration between developers, testers, and non-technical stakeholders.
- Utilize CI/CD pipelines for efficient development, testing, and deployment of software solutions, with a solid understanding of DevOps principles.
- Collaborate with other teams to define and integrate components, check functionality on the bench and on the vehicle.
- Define software unit tests, HIL, and vehicle tests from customer expectations and system requirements.
