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Software Systems Engineer roles qualify for STEM OPT because they fall under computer science and engineering CIP codes, making you eligible for the 24-month extension beyond your initial 12-month OPT. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify and sign a Form I-983 training plan before your extension is approved.
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The Role
You will be part of a core team that ensures safe, reliable, and scalable releases of the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) software stack through automation, data-driven reliability insights, and systematic validation processes. The mission is to accelerate the velocity and stability of AV releases by unifying software engineering, reliability analysis, and release automation under one cohesive framework.
In this position, you will collaborate closely with Release Engineers, Systems Engineers, DevOps, and AI/ML teams to design and implement automated release validation pipelines, build metrics for release health and stability, and drive root-cause investigations of software and system issues impacting production readiness.
If you are passionate about improving the safety, reliability, and velocity of ML-driven AV software releases through intelligent automation and systems thinking, we want to talk to you.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Design and implement automated release pipelines that integrate simulation, on-road, and CI/CD validation signals to assess software readiness.
- Establish release reliability metrics and dashboards to quantify build quality, regression trends, and confidence of software deployment.
- Collaborate with AI/ML, Simulation, and Systems Engineering teams to ensure robust and reproducible evaluation of release candidates.
- Develop automated triage and failure analysis systems to identify and categorize root causes of reliability or stability regressions.
- Integrate data pipelines for continuous monitoring of release health, including automated collection of test, simulation, and telemetry data.
- Drive systematic improvements in release readiness criteria, defining measurable gates and pass/fail logic tied to product safety and reliability standards.
- Develop frameworks for continuous release validation, ensuring each ML or software iteration is tracked, reproducible, and explainable.
- Communicate insights and reliability findings to developers, QA, and leadership to influence roadmap prioritization and technical debt mitigation.
- Map reliability and automation processes to the broader safety case framework, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and internal governance.
What You Must Have
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Proven experience in CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, or equivalent).
- Prior experience implementing ELT/ETL pipelines for quality monitoring, reliability, or release metrics.
- Solid understanding of system reliability concepts, including regression tracking, flakiness detection, and automated triage.
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills across large-scale software systems.
- Experience integrating simulation or hardware-in-loop testing into automated pipelines.
- Track record of cross-functional collaboration across engineering, QA, and operations teams.
- Ability to learn quickly and operate effectively in a dynamic, high-stakes environment.
- Excellent communication skills for presenting data-driven insights to engineering and leadership stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
Bonus Points!
- Experience with release governance frameworks for ML or AV systems.
- Familiarity with reliability engineering methodologies (MTBF, FMEA, reliability growth analysis).
- Knowledge of AV/ADAS software architectures and simulation validation loops.
- Experience building metrics pipelines in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Familiarity with data visualization and observability tools (Grafana, Superset, Power BI, etc.).
- Experience using Jira, GitHub Projects, or equivalent tools for release tracking and reliability triage.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Benefits Overview
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
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.
Accommodations
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Job Description
The Role
You will be part of a core team that ensures safe, reliable, and scalable releases of the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) software stack through automation, data-driven reliability insights, and systematic validation processes. The mission is to accelerate the velocity and stability of AV releases by unifying software engineering, reliability analysis, and release automation under one cohesive framework.
In this position, you will collaborate closely with Release Engineers, Systems Engineers, DevOps, and AI/ML teams to design and implement automated release validation pipelines, build metrics for release health and stability, and drive root-cause investigations of software and system issues impacting production readiness.
If you are passionate about improving the safety, reliability, and velocity of ML-driven AV software releases through intelligent automation and systems thinking, we want to talk to you.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Design and implement automated release pipelines that integrate simulation, on-road, and CI/CD validation signals to assess software readiness.
- Establish release reliability metrics and dashboards to quantify build quality, regression trends, and confidence of software deployment.
- Collaborate with AI/ML, Simulation, and Systems Engineering teams to ensure robust and reproducible evaluation of release candidates.
- Develop automated triage and failure analysis systems to identify and categorize root causes of reliability or stability regressions.
- Integrate data pipelines for continuous monitoring of release health, including automated collection of test, simulation, and telemetry data.
- Drive systematic improvements in release readiness criteria, defining measurable gates and pass/fail logic tied to product safety and reliability standards.
- Develop frameworks for continuous release validation, ensuring each ML or software iteration is tracked, reproducible, and explainable.
- Communicate insights and reliability findings to developers, QA, and leadership to influence roadmap prioritization and technical debt mitigation.
- Map reliability and automation processes to the broader safety case framework, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and internal governance.
What You Must Have
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Proven experience in CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, or equivalent).
- Prior experience implementing ELT/ETL pipelines for quality monitoring, reliability, or release metrics.
- Solid understanding of system reliability concepts, including regression tracking, flakiness detection, and automated triage.
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills across large-scale software systems.
- Experience integrating simulation or hardware-in-loop testing into automated pipelines.
- Track record of cross-functional collaboration across engineering, QA, and operations teams.
- Ability to learn quickly and operate effectively in a dynamic, high-stakes environment.
- Excellent communication skills for presenting data-driven insights to engineering and leadership stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
Bonus Points!
- Experience with release governance frameworks for ML or AV systems.
- Familiarity with reliability engineering methodologies (MTBF, FMEA, reliability growth analysis).
- Knowledge of AV/ADAS software architectures and simulation validation loops.
- Experience building metrics pipelines in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Familiarity with data visualization and observability tools (Grafana, Superset, Power BI, etc.).
- Experience using Jira, GitHub Projects, or equivalent tools for release tracking and reliability triage.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Benefits Overview
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
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.
Accommodations
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
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Verify your degree's CIP code eligibility
Check that your degree's Classification of Instructional Programs code appears on the STEM Designated Degree Program List published by USCIS. Computer science, electrical engineering, and computer engineering codes qualify, but interdisciplinary degrees sometimes don't match without a DSO review.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before applying
Before accepting an offer, ask the employer's HR team for their E-Verify Company ID. Employers can also self-verify enrollment through the E-Verify employer search tool. A company that isn't enrolled cannot legally employ you on STEM OPT, regardless of intent to sponsor.
Build a systems portfolio with documented outcomes
Hiring managers for Software Systems Engineer roles expect evidence of end-to-end system design work, not just code contributions. Document architecture decisions, performance benchmarks, and trade-off reasoning from academic or internship projects to strengthen your candidacy at E-Verify enrolled employers.
Target employers with active I-983 experience
Some employers are unfamiliar with the I-983 training plan requirement and delay offers when they discover it late. Ask recruiters directly whether their company has onboarded STEM OPT students before, since experienced employers complete the training plan faster and reduce your authorization gap risk.
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Filter your Software Systems Engineer job search on Migrate Mate to surface employers already enrolled in E-Verify. This cuts hours of manual verification and surfaces roles where the employer understands STEM OPT requirements and has the infrastructure to file your training plan promptly.
Time your application around cap-gap protection
If your employer files an H-1B visa petition before your OPT EAD expires, cap-gap extends your work authorization through September 30 automatically. Submit your STEM OPT extension application to your DSO at least 90 days before your OPT end date to keep this option open.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Software Systems Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, provided your degree falls under a qualifying CIP code on the STEM Designated Degree Program List maintained by USCIS. Computer science, systems engineering, and electrical engineering degrees typically qualify. Your DSO confirms eligibility before filing the extension, and the role itself must provide practical training directly related to your degree field.
What is the I-983 training plan and how does it apply to this role?
The I-983 is a formal training agreement between you and your employer that outlines how the Software Systems Engineer position provides training in your STEM field. Your employer signs it, your DSO countersigns it, and USCIS requires it before approving the 24-month extension. The plan must describe specific learning objectives tied to your degree, not just general job duties.
How do I verify that a Software Systems Engineer employer is enrolled in E-Verify?
Ask the recruiter or HR contact for the company's E-Verify Company ID during the offer stage, before you accept. You can also use the E-Verify employer search tool to confirm enrollment independently. If the employer isn't enrolled, they cannot legally hire you on STEM OPT, and enrollment cannot be completed retroactively after your start date.
How does cap-gap protection work if my OPT expires before an H-1B decision?
If your employer files an H-1B petition on your behalf before your current OPT EAD expires, cap-gap automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. You can continue working as a Software Systems Engineer during this period without interruption. USCIS provides cap-gap guidance, and your DSO issues an updated I-20 reflecting the extension.
Where can I find Software Systems Engineer jobs where employers already understand STEM OPT?
Migrate Mate filters Software Systems Engineer listings to show employers enrolled in E-Verify, which is the baseline requirement for STEM OPT. This saves you from applying to roles where you'll need to educate the employer about I-983 requirements from scratch. Employers familiar with STEM OPT can move faster on training plan completion and reduce delays in your authorization start date.