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Principal Software Engineer - Virtualization
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 5 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
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 roles171 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in MI: $140k–$163k, median $150k. Most were filed at wage level IV (74%) — 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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Sponsor Radar — General Motors Company
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 Work Arrangement: This role is based remotely, but if the candidate lives within a 50 miles radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week (or other frequency dictated by your manager). The Role: General Motors is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape and scale the engineering platforms that build, test, integrate, validate, and deliver embedded software for software-defined vehicles. This role is for a hands-on technical leader who can turn ambiguous, cross-team problems into durable architecture, practical standards, and measurable improvements in engineering effectiveness, release confidence, and product quality. The successful candidate will lead a major capability across multiple teams, influence technical direction beyond their immediate organization, and connect software, tooling, infrastructure, test, and release activities into a coherent engineering system. What You'll Do: • Be a critical leader of software engineering productivity and effectiveness. • Identify opportunities, strategies, process improvements, and lead the change. • Be hands-on by leading high impact efforts. • Be a strong communicator, coach, and mentor. • Analyze unusual and difficult problems effectively. • Ability to connect multiple initiatives together to deliver higher value. • Visualize required innovation, learning and simplification in this space and transition the team to execute what is required to achieve. • Maintain command skills and empathy at the same time • Architect enterprise‑scale CI/CD systems for embedded, simulation, and cloud workloads. • Define branching, release, and quality‑gate standards across multiple engineering domains. • Design GitOps‑based delivery for multi‑cluster Kubernetes environments. • Lead progressive delivery strategy including automated rollback and analysis. • Establish IaC architecture using Terraform modules and multi‑environment patterns. • Integrate security and compliance into pipelines and artifact flows. • Define observability standards for pipelines, simulation workloads, and runtime systems. • Mentor DevOps and simulation developers across the organization. Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications): • Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience. • 12+ years of experience in software development . • Deep understanding of software architecture for real time systems. • Experience shipping high quality safety critical products. • Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen attention to detail. • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Demonstrated ability to work in an action-oriented decision-making environment. • Deep Kubernetes knowledge including cluster operations. • Strong Terraform/IaC experience with production‑grade module design. • Experience with embedded or simulation workflows (vECUs, SIL, FMU, SSP). • Cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP. What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications): • Master's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience • 15+ years of experience in software development . • Experience in automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, or another embedded, real-time, regulated, or safety-critical environment. • Knowledge of functional safety, ISO 26262, cybersecurity engineering, ASPICE, MISRA, AUTOSAR, or related engineering practices. • Experience with vehicle-level integration and validation, including SIL, CoSIM, vECU, HIL, benches, physical systems, or other virtual and hardware-based environments. • A record of creating enterprise standards, platform strategi