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Senior Data Engineer

General Motors

Mountain View, CA · HybridFull-time$256K/yrPosted 6 days agoStill listed 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$256K/yr
Location
Mountain View, CAHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Data Engineer will develop vehicle telemetry diagnostic and prognostic algorithms, analyze large automotive datasets, and build automation to identify and assess issues. The role designs and maintains data models, software, analytical cubes, and dashboards, supporting vehicle program decisions and warranty issue resolution. It focuses on battery, vehicle electronics, and software-defined vehicle data, and follows a hybrid schedule with three days in the office and two remote.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Microsoft ExcelExcel-Based Visual BasicPythonRC++C#JavaMATLABSoftware Development LifecycleIDEsVersion ControlProduction Product MaintenanceAzure Cloud PlatformDatabricksStatistical AnalysisStatistical ModelingPower BITableauGenAILLMsAutomotive Product Health Management12V and HV BatteriesVehicle MechatronicsVehicle ArchitecturesSoftware-Defined VehiclesAutomotive DatasetsVehicle Telemetry DataNeoVIVDRVehicle Management DataWarranty DataAI/ML ModelingAutomationVisualization ToolsCloud-Native Data PipelinesLakehouse ArchitecturesSpark-Based ETL/ELTReal-Time Telemetry ProcessingData ModelingData Quality Frameworks

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's in Data Science or RelatedBachelor's+5 or Master's+3 Years Experience3 Years Microsoft Excel and Excel-Based Visual Basic Experience3 Years Python/R and Programming Languages Experience3 Years Software Development Lifecycle Experience3 Years Production Product Development Experience2 Years Azure and Databricks Experience2 Years Statistical Analysis and Modeling Experience2 Years Visualization Tools Experience2 Years GenAI and LLM Automotive Experience2 Years Vehicle Systems Experience2 Years Automotive Dataset Experience

Full job description

Job Description DUTIES: Build expertise in data related to 12V and HV batteries, Power Modes, Vehicle Cockpit Unit, Active and Passive Safety, Body Electronics as GM transitions to Software Defined Vehicles (SDV) with a goal to provide immediate impact to drive vehicle program level decisions, detect and resolve warranty issues and benefit the company’s bottom line. Develop next generation vehicle telemetry related diagnostic and prognostic algorithms, utilize databases to house big data, analyze big data to drive pattern recognition, and advanced algorithm and model development. Research, propose, and architect new solutions with the company’s Big data infrastructure and tools to build automation to find, root cause and show impact analysis of issues. Design, manage, and maintain models (Heuristics based and AI/ML), software, analytical cubes, analytical reports/dashboards. 10% domestic travel required. Hybrid Work Policy - 3 days In-office, 2 days remote - Must be able to report to local office. REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field of study and Five (5) years of experience as a Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Software Engineer, or related occupation OR Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field of study and Three (3) years of experience as a Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Software Engineer, or related occupation. Three (3) years of experience with: Microsoft Excel and Excel-based Visual Basic programming language; Python/R and programming languages including C++, C#, Java, and MATLAB; Software development lifecycle and standard tools including IDEs and Version Control; and Developing products and maintaining them in production. Two (2) years of experience with: Azure Cloud Platform and Databricks; Statistical analysis and modelling using big data; Visualization tools including PowerBI and Tableau; GenAI and LLMs in the automotive industry to automate product health management; 12V and HV battery, vehicle mechatronics and vehicle architectures including software defined vehicles; Large automotive datasets including vehicle telemetry data from vehicle mechatronics, vehicle test tool (NeoVI, VDR) data, Vehicle Management and warranty data for building AI/ML models, automation and visualization tools; and Designing and optimizing large scale, cloud native data pipelines and lakehouse architectures on Azure Databricks—spanning Spark-based ETL/ELT, real time vehicle telemetry processing, data modeling, quality frameworks, visualization, LLM/AI integration, performance tuning, and CI/CD automation—to support high volume automotive analytics and enterprise reporting. Compensation:

  • The expected base compensation for this role is $255,757.00 to $255,757.00 Annually.
  • Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
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How this job compares

Set against the 5,648 open Data Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$256K/yr
  • California median$150–233K/yr632 salary ranges
  • US median$125–208K/yr4,336 salary ranges

This rate, $256K, is 32% above the California median midpoint ($194K) — in the top quarter of Data Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 846 open Data Engineer jobs in California and 5,648 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Data Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,893 postings).
Education
2,167 of the 5,648 open Data Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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