Nicholas Decker

Principal Systems Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Principal Systems Engineer at General Motors
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • Senior Staff Vehicle Line Manager at Rivian
    Jul 2025 - Sep 2025 · 3 mos

  • Cruise (San Francisco, California)
    • Program Architect (Current Programs) - Embedded Systems
      Jan 2024 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Staff Engineer responsible for leading Embedded Systems through hardware retrofits and software architecture overhauls for Cruise Bolt AV reboot.

    • Program Architect (Future Programs) - Embedded Systems
      Mar 2023 - Jan 2024 · 11 mos

      Technical lead responsible for the delivery of embedded software for Cruise Origin manufacturing builds and road deployment.

    • Systems Engineer - Embedded Systems
      Sep 2020 - Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Lead Systems Engineer for Cruise Origin AV assembly plant verification system, and owner of system requirements for interior display, audio, two-way calling, remote charging, continuous logging, and the integration of a new compute and network architecture.

  • General Motors (5 yrs 1 mo)
    • Assistant Program Engineering Manager - Autonomous Vehicles
      Jun 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      GM technical lead and liaison at Cruise, responsible for improving issue escalation, intercompany processes, and cross-functional collaboration between OEM and startup teams through Bolt AV deployment, model year transitions, and retrofits.

    • Controls Integration Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles
      Nov 2017 - Jun 2018 · 8 mos

      Tracked, verified integration, and released GM’s largest-to-date vehicle-level firmware packages to development teams, assembly plants, and Cruise Automation. Served as the main point of contact for software integration issues and driving solutions through the release community.

    • Performance Integration Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles
      Mar 2017 - Nov 2017 · 9 mos

      Led development and execution of 70+ retrofits on 120 Cruise Gen2 vehicles, including assembly checks, issue resolution, and overall vehicle readiness.

  • Michigan State Formula Racing Team (2 yrs)
    • Team Captain / Project Manager
      Aug 2014 - Jul 2015 · 1 yr

      Led 15+ engineering students through the design, manufacture, and validation of an open-wheel race car. Managed $200k+ budget and fostered relationships with 100+ sponsors, the university, and followers. Driver for testing, tuning, and Autocross and Endurance competition events.

    • Chassis System Team Member
      Aug 2013 - Jul 2014 · 1 yr