Software Controls Engineer Power Electronics

Job Description

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The Role:

General Motors is seeking a motivated Software Engineer to join the Battery Energy Transfer organization. This role develops embedded software for electrified vehicles with a focus on power-electronics control and energy-transfer functions such as onboard charging power conversion charging and discharging and vehicle-to-everything capabilities.

You will design implement integrate and validate production-quality software that enables safe reliable and efficient transfer of energy between the vehicle battery and charging infrastructure. The role combines hands-on embedded software development with system-level collaboration across software controls systems validation calibration electrical architecture and hardware teams.

What youll do:

• Develop and maintain embedded C/C software for automotive power-electronics and energy-transfer applications.

• Design software for AC/DC charging DC/DC conversion voltage and current regulation power-flow control state machines diagnostics protection and fault handling.

• Translate system and controls requirements into clear maintainable and testable software designs and implementation.

• Collaborate with software architects system engineers SSLEs hardware and HWIO teams calibration validation and suppliers to resolve technical issues and deliver integrated solutions.

• Support software architecture interface definition feature decomposition and requirements traceability from system behavior through implementation and test.

• Develop and review software using sound design principles coding standards and automotive embedded best practices including MISRA-aligned development where applicable.

• Use CAN and other vehicle communication technologies to support controller interfaces diagnostics and feature integration.

• Perform unit integration hardware-in-the-loop system and vehicle-level testing; investigate failures and drive root-cause resolution.

• Support automated build test and continuous-integration workflows to improve software quality and delivery efficiency.

• Use behavior- and test-driven development practices including clear acceptance criteria and Given/When/Then scenarios where appropriate.

• Participate in design reviews code reviews technical problem solving and continuous improvement of development and validation processes.

• Contribute to charging and energy-transfer features supporting EV charging infrastructure charging protocols and bidirectional energy-transfer use cases.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• Bachelors degree in Software Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering Controls Engineering or a related field.

• 2 years of professional experience in automotive embedded software development power-electronics controls software or a closely related field.

• Demonstrated hands-on experience developing production-oriented software in C or C.

• Understanding of real-time embedded software design software interfaces state machines diagnostics and hardware/software integration.

• Experience translating requirements into software design implementation and verification activities.

• Experience with software debugging integration root-cause analysis and automated or bench-based testing.

• Ability to work effectively across software systems controls hardware validation and other cross-functional engineering teams.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills analytical ability and attention to detail.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• Masters degree in a relevant engineering or computer science discipline.

• 5 years of professional experience in automotive embedded software development power-electronics controls software or a closely related field.

• Experience with onboard chargers OBCM systems AC/DC converters DC/DC converters power-factor correction voltage/current control or related power-electronics applications.

• Experience with automotive charging discharging EVSE interfaces V2X V2G or charging protocols such as DIN/ISO CCS NACS or CHAdeMO.

• Knowledge of CAN LIN Ethernet ARXML UDS or other automotive communication and diagnostic technologies.

• Familiarity with requirements and traceability tools such as DNG or DOORS and development tools such as Git Jira CANoe/CANalyzer or equivalent platforms.

• Experience with software architecture MBSE concepts automated testing CI/CD pipelines or DevOps practices.

• Experience with HIL SIL CoSim bench dyno or vehicle-level validation.

• Knowledge of functional safety cybersecurity ASPICE MISRA or other automotive software quality practices.

• Experience with BDD or TDD methods and writing behavior-focused testable requirements.

What will help you succeed:

• Strong interest in electrification power conversion and automotive embedded software.

• Ability to move between detailed code-level problem solving and system-level technical discussions.

• Ownership mindset curiosity and willingness to resolve issues through collaboration.

• Commitment to building safe maintainable testable and reusable software.

• Ability to work in an agile environment and manage priorities across multiple stakeholders.

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