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Software Engineer, AV Frameworks – Early Career
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What General Motors Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles34 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $216k–$265k, median $235k. Most were filed at wage level IV (65%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description About the Team We’re AV Frameworks within AV Platform Core at General Motors. We build the foundational frameworks that power robotics and autonomous capabilities across distributed compute — with a focus on inter-process communication (IPC), middleware, and developer experience that make complex systems reliable, observable, and fast. The Role As a early career Software Engineer on the AV Frameworks , you will design and deliver the core communication and runtime building blocks used by AV/Robotics applications on vehicle s , on b enches , and in simulation. You’ll work across C++ systems, Linux, and networking/IPC to achieve low-latency messaging, deterministic scheduling, and production-grade reliability at scale. This role is designed for a recent graduate or engineer early in their career who wants to build depth in embedded systems, distributed software, vehicle platforms, and autonomous driving technology. You will learn from experienced engineers while contributing meaningful code to systems that must be dependable, observable, and maintainable. You will develop a systems-level understanding as you learn how individual applications, compute elements, and data flows interact. Over time, you will turn that understanding into clear abstractions and design guidance that inform how other developers build vehicle software. What you’ll do • Build and debug high-performance IPC and middleware primitives (publish/subscribe, shared memory, serialization, discovery, QoS). • Drive latency, throughput, and determinism improvements through profiling, tracing, benchmarking, and targeted optimizations. • Build developer-facing APIs , tooling, and documentation that improve ergonomics, correctness, and velocity for internal customers. • Deliver platform-ready components with observability (metrics, logs, traces), robust fault handling, and reproducible performance characteristics. • Work alongside experienced engineers platform OS, drivers, safety, controls, perception , and tooling teams to ramp up on AV software. • Apply production rigor : code reviews, testing strategies (unit, integration, soak), performance and regression gates, and rollout/rollback discipline. • Grow through progressively more complex assignments spanning design, implementation, integration, and testing. Required Qualifications • Recently completed a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/ Computer Engineering, Robotics , or a degree in a related field. • Strong background in modern C++ (20/23) and Python development, demonstrated through coursework, internships, research, or substantial projects. • Strong grasp of software fundamentals including concurrency, memory management, lock-free or low-contention patterns, and performance profiling . • Hands-on experience with IPC/messaging systems and distributed systems fundamentals (serialization, backpressure, flow control, QoS). • Knowledge of linux -based networking (sockets, TCP/UDP, multicast, NICs, buffers, MTU, packetization) . • Ability to debug complex software problems, reason about system behavior, and communicate clearly in a collaborative team environment. • Interest in autonomous vehicles, robotics, embedded systems, or high-performance software. Preferred Qualifications • Robotics/AV middleware: ROS 2 , DDS , gRPC . • Serialization and data: Protobuf , FlatBuffers , Cap’n Proto, zero-copy techniques . • Real-time Linux and systems constraints (scheduling, CPU isolation, priority inversion mitigation, bounded latency). • Prior internship, research, or project experience in autonomous driving, robotics, embedded systems, AI/ML infrastructure, or platform software. • Degree completed between December 2025 and August