Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Battery

General Motors

Michigan

Job Description
The Role
The Electrification Solutions New Markets (ESNM) organization within Vehicle Mechatronic Embedded Controls, (VMEC), has an opening for a Software Quality Assurance Engineer (SQAE). ESNM is a start-up within VMEC that focuses on battery management, inverter, and electric motor solutions for non-automotive or unique automotive products. In this role, you will directly impact GM’s strategy to expand into new markets such as Autonomous Manufacturing, Mobile Power Generation Systems, Stationary Energy Storage Systems, Specialty Vehicles, Watercraft, and Locomotives! We are seeking creative, highly motivated, agile thinkers with great attention to detail.
We are looking for a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to help us elevate our software built-in quality to the next level in the Vehicle Mechatronics Embedded Controls (VMEC) organization. In this role you will be using Agile methods, such as behavior driven development (BDD), to collaborate with a team of product owners, developers, and testers to ideate, create, and execute software behavior tests for the next generation of GM embedded controllers.
What You'll Do:
Create software for battery management, inverter, and electric motor system functions and perform integration and verification testing with minimal direction of lead engineers.
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 software anomalies, missed requirements and performance issues early in the development processes.
Develop robust continuous automation methods using tools such as Python and Jenkins.
Understand functional, safety, and compliance requirements, implementing appropriate test plans and setups.
Execute test plans on a variety of test environments, mostly through hardware-in-the-loop testing
Be the go-to troubleshooter for any end product integration issues
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.
Frequently collaborate with controls, diagnostic, and software cross-functional teams as well as other stakeholders to define effective acceptance criteria.
Be an active member of the scrum team, acting as a subject matter expert to enable Solution in Context, Solution in Isolation, and System Testing
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
What You'll Need (Required Qualifications):
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or other technical related field.
1+ years of embedded software development or test experience.
1+ years of Python scripting experience.
Experience reading and debugging source code in C/C++/Python language.
Hardware-in-the-loop test environment experience, ideally dSPACE ControlDesk
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
Master’s Degree in Mechatronic, Software, Electrical, or Computer Engineering.
Expert level proficiency with Python or other similar scripting languages (R, C, C++, MATLAB, VBA, or equivalent programming language).
Proficiency in Agile processes and built-in quality concepts such as Behavioral Driven Development, Test Driven Development, or Model Based System Engineering
Software Quality Assurance experience.
Knowledge of applied controls theory at the Battery, Inverter, or Electric Motor system level
Working knowledge of the software development process.
Test automation (e.g., Jenkins), regression testing, and test procedure creation.
Experience working in an Agile environment.
Software-in-the-loop test environment experience.
CppUTest environment experience.
MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow experience.
Communication protocol and tool experience (Automotive Ethernet, CAN, LIN diagnostics, ETAS INCA, Intrepid NeoVI/VSpy, Vector CANoe/CANape tools).
GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
About GM
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Why Join Us
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Benefits Overview
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We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire .
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Posted 2026-04-03

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