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As a principal software developer, you will architect and develop software solutions for the OnStar Turn By Turn navigation client.

• Responsible for design, development, deployment, and maintenance of the Turn by Turn navigation client software


• Participate in the development of requirements, innovative subsystem and system level designs as well as production software.
  


• Participate in architecture, requirements, design, code, and test case reviews
  


• Responsible for client side components integration
  


• Provide technical oversight to junior developers
  


• Design and implement business-critical features
  


• Work closely with team members for solutions to difficult problems
  


• Create clear and complete design level documentation
  


• Provide timely support for customer issues that reach the development team
  


• Ability to work with and bridge across multiple disciplines, including Engineering, Information Technology, Technical Support, and Marketing, to make appropriate system level design trades
  


• Interact with internal customers, vendors and external organizations to refine understanding of requirements and identify innovation opportunities


• Generates technical solutions for current, new and major programs


• Provides technical leadership for advanced technology development


• Performs complex design analysis


• Develops engineering designs (including subsystems)


• Implements engineering changes


• Initiates documents to provide engineering authority and to maintain math data


• Defines system requirements


• Solves engineering related problems


• Works with engineering functions, suppliers, plant personnel and others to implement cost reduction, methods and product improvements, and to support build programs


• Plans and implements test and/or development programs


• Releases parts and subsystems for production


• Communicates information to and from internal and external customer organizations


• Coordinates and consults with departments outside engineering, such as manufacturing


• Stays abreast of new technology and competitive products


• Travels as required

• BS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related degree or equivalent training
  


• Strong C++, C, and Java programming experience
  


• Experience in developing off-board navigation solutions
  


• Tangible experience in navigation client tracking software development
  


• Experience with multiple RTOS' - QNX
  


• Thorough understanding of OOD methods and UML constructs
  


• Client/server and embedded programming experience
  


• Extensive Telephony/Packet Data, GPS, HTTP, TCP/IP software development experience
  


• Programming experience with HTML, PHP, Ruby
  


• Detailed technical knowledge of network applications
  


• Able to develop software in a Linux environment
  


• POSIX programming experience
  


• Real-time and multi-threaded programming experience
  


• System-wide hardware debug experience
  


• High level of oral and written communication skills
  


• Understanding of engineering theory and principles of operation of mechanical/electrical mechanisms


• High level of analytical ability where problems are unusual and difficult


• High level of interpersonal skills to work independently and effectively with others


• Demonstrated technical and professional skills in job-related area


• Appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to work effectively with business partners to meet mutual goals


• Knowledge of computer software as it pertains to engineering 


• BSE, BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Math or equivalent training

• Experience with Telematics applications
  


• Experience with location based services
  


• Journeyman experience with Linux Build Tools, QNX Momentics, and Microsoft Developer Studio
  


• Doors, Subversion, Microsoft Office applications
  


• Visual Studio C++, MySQL, Oracle, WebLogic
  


• System Administration experience with Linux systems
  


• Comfortable with using hardware protocol analyzers
  


• Demonstrated performance in a position requiring both high creativity and engineering technical excellence
  


• History of success in applying advanced technology to enhance usability of complex systems and to reduce cost
  


• Strong evidence of career performance excellence in position of ever increasing levels of responsibility and challenge
  


• Familiarity with production processes such as foundry, forging, pressed metal and machine tool activities
  


• Specific knowledge of engineering mechanics, physics, metallurgy and manufacturing methods engineering


• DFSS Certification