General Motors is looking for a Staff Embedded Logging Software Developer to design and integrate embedded logging pipelines across diverse in-vehicle platforms—Android Automotive, Linux, and QNX—for a unified Vehicle Logging Architecture. You'll ensure cohesive interaction between the control plane and the data plane, enabling reliable data flow from the vehicle to the cloud.

What You'll Do

Define and implement Platform Log Client behaviors across Android, Linux, and QNX.
Manage volatile buffers and persistent storage, including file rotation, compression, retention, and quotas.
Support vehicle-local data access mechanisms like USB-based retrieval for limited-connectivity scenarios.
Build and extend a Log Control Interface Library for configuration retrieval, validation, arbitration, and persistence.
Implement interactions between vehicle log control logic, platform clients, and configuration providers.
Define API contracts for configuration updates, log control, and package triggers; align with in-vehicle UX flows.
Design and operate reliable egress paths for Log Streaming and File-based transfer of high-fidelity artifacts.
Specify behaviors to ensure dependable delivery under varying connectivity and resource conditions.
Implement runtime controls to enable or disable logging subsystems locally and remotely.
Establish startup sequencing and resource budgets for CPU, memory, and flash that safeguard critical workloads.
Ensure compliance with cybersecurity and data-protection requirements for local and remote data access.
Champion consistent logging schemas, naming, and formatting across platforms; drive structured logging best practices.
Produce clear design documents, configuration guides, and operational runbooks.
Collaborate with embedded platform teams, observability/data engineering, product, and validation.

What We're Looking For

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
8+ years in embedded software development or systems engineering across Android, Linux, and/or QNX.
Strong coding proficiency in C/C++ and Android Java with experience in platform-level integrations.
Demonstrated experience integrating with control plane services and data plane pipelines.
Hands-on experience with file management workflows: rotation, compression, retention, and storage quotas.
Hands-on experience with logger ecosystems and buffer/file management at scale.
Deep understanding of ECU constraints: startup sequencing, CPU/memory/flash budgets, and contention mitigation.
Familiarity with structured logging guidelines and driving cross-team compliance.
Experience designing metrics/telemetry for operational visibility and remote control at fleet scale.
Clear, concise technical communication and strong cross-team collaboration skills.

Nice to Have

Experience designing driver/HMI-initiated capture flows, such as creating and uploading log packages.
Knowledge of automotive cybersecurity controls and data-protection processes.
Exposure to OpenTelemetry, protobuf/gRPC, or similar observability/data-plane technologies.
Contributions to or strong affinity for open-source observability/logging ecosystems.
Automotive domain familiarity: ECU architectures, SoC platforms, diagnostics, and crash analysis.

Technical Stack

C/C++
Android Java
Android Automotive
Linux
QNX
OpenTelemetry
protobuf/gRPC

Team & Environment

This role is part of the Data Engineering organization at General Motors.

Benefits & Compensation

Compensation range: $147,000 to $196,600
Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and supplemental benefits for pregnancy, parental and adoption leave.
Healthcare, dental, and vision benefits.
Life insurance plans for you and your family.
Company and matching contributions to a Defined Contribution Pension plan.
GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for you, your family and friends.

Work Mode

This is a hybrid position based in Canada.

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