Staff Embedded Logging Software Developer

Job Description

The Data Engineering organization at General Motors Canada is developing a unified scalable Vehicle Logging Architecture to enable consistent secure and highfidelity logging from vehicle ECUs to the cloud. Were seeking a Staff Embedded Logging Software Developer to design and integrate embedded logging pipelines across diverse invehicle platforms ensuring cohesive interaction between the control plane (configuration arbitration lifecycle) and the data plane (streaming telemetry and filebased transfer).

The ideal candidate brings deep embedded expertise in C/C and Android a track record of delivering solutions across Android Automotive Linux and QNX and handson experience scaling log data flows from ECU to cloud while meeting strict reliability performance and security requirements.

What Youll Do (Responsibilities)

Embedded Platform Logging

• Define and implement Platform Log Client behaviors across Android Linux and QNX.

• Manage volatile buffers and persistent storage (log files and packages) including rotation compression retention and quotas.

• Support vehiclelocal data access mechanisms (e.g. USBbased retrieval) when connectivity is limited.

Control Plane Integration

• Build/extend a Log Control Interface Library to handle configuration retrieval validation arbitration (including TTL for local overrides) and persistence/fallback to lastknowngood.

• Implement interactions between vehicle log control logic platform clients and configuration providers.

• Define API contracts for configuration updates log control and create/upload package triggers; align with invehicle UX/HMI flows.

Data Plane Integration

• Design and operate reliable egress paths for:

  o Log Streaming

  o Filebased transfer of highfidelity artifacts (binary logs crash dumps multifile log packages).

• Specific behaviors to ensure dependable delivery under varying connectivity and resource conditions.

Reliability Performance & Security

• Implement runtime controls to enable/disable logging subsystems locally and remotely

• Establish startup sequencing and resource budgets (CPU memory flash) that safeguard realtime and safetycritical workloads.

• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity and dataprotection requirements for both local and remote access to log settings and log data.

Standards Documentation & Collaboration

• Champion consistent logging schemas naming and formatting across platforms; drive structured logging best practices.

• Produce clear design documents configuration guides and support operational runbooks.

• Collaborate closely with embedded platform teams observability/data engineering product and validation to deliver endtoend data flows from ECU to cloud.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelors 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 platformlevel integrations.

• Demonstrated experience integrating with control plane services (configuration retrieval arbitration persistence/fallback) and data plane pipelines (streaming and filebased transfer).

• Handson experience with:

  o File management workflows; file rotation/compression retention and storage quotas.

  o Logger ecosystems (e.g. Android logs QNX slogger2 Linux journal/syslog) 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 crossteam compliance.

• Experience designing metrics/telemetry for operational visibility and remote control at fleet scale.

• Clear concise technical communication; strong crossteam collaboration and design documentation skills.

What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience designing driver/HMIinitiated capture flows (e.g. create/upload log packages).

• Knowledge of automotive cybersecurity controls and dataprotection processes.

• Exposure to OpenTelemetry protobuf/gRPC or similar observability/dataplane technologies.

• Contributions to or strong affinity for opensource observability/logging ecosystems.

• Automotive domain familiarity: ECU architectures SoC platforms diagnostics failure/crash analysis

Compensation:

The salary range for this role is $147000 to $196600. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

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Benefits Overview:

The goal of the General Motors of Canada total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan currently includes the following benefits in addition to many others:

• Paid time off including vacation days holidays and supplemental benefits for pregnancy parental and adoption leave.

• Healthcare dental and vision benefits.

• Life insurance plans to cover you and your family.

• Company and matching contributions to a Defined Contribution Pension plan to help you save for retirement.

• GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for you your family and friends.

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