Staff Software Engineer, Chassis Controls at General Motors
Milford, MI
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Jul 17, 2026
Milford, MI
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on technical leadership role within an automotive chassis controls software organization, focused on improving how embedded control software is built across multiple teams. Day-to-day work spans writing production C/C++ code, building internal tools and automation, strengthening CI/CD and testing pipelines, shaping software architecture early in development, and mentoring engineers. Suits a deeply experienced embedded software engineer comfortable driving systemic improvements independently.
Staff level · 8+ years · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7 people in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4–10
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $133,635 (middle half $104,090–$156,640).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role is explicitly titled 'Staff Software Engineer' and the JD describes cross-team technical leadership, roadmap ownership, and org-wide influence — consistent with a genuine Staff-level IC role, not a people-manager role.
The required qualifications list C/C++ together; C is the primary language called out for embedded controls delivery, while C++ is implied by the combined mention — emitted as a single skill with C++ as an alternative.
Git and GitHub are listed together as a single GM tooling requirement; emitted as one skill with GitHub as an alternative.
CAN, LIN, and Ethernet are listed together as serial data communication protocols under required qualifications; emitted as one skill with LIN and Ethernet as alternatives since the JD treats them as a group.
PRTS (GM's internal problem-reporting tool) is listed under required GM tools but is a GM-internal proprietary system with no common external equivalent; omitted as it is not a broadly recognizable named technology.
MATLAB and Simulink are listed under preferred qualifications and emitted separately as they are distinct tools (modeling environment vs. simulation/code-gen tool), both preferred.
HIL and SIL are listed together under preferred qualifications; emitted as one skill with SIL as an alternative.
The preferred qualifications mention 10+ years of experience; the required qualifications gate on 8+ years — the overall years minimum is set to 8 (the hard gate).
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
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