General Motors

Controls Error Proofing Engineer

General Motors$80K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or related field
  • 3 to 5 years of experience in manufacturing, particularly in automotive or high-volume production
  • Strong PLC and HMI programming expertise for plant environments
  • Hands-on experience with plant launches and issue resolution
  • Knowledge of error-proofing technologies like vision systems, barcode scanners, and torque interlocks
  • Experience with PFMEA, DFMEA, SOR development, and validation
  • Strong troubleshooting, communication, and project management skills

Responsibilities

  • Support the development and enhancement of error-proofing standards and templates
  • Translate PFMEA and DFMEA into standardized error-proofing guidelines
  • Collaborate with various engineering and plant teams to implement error-proofing solutions
  • Develop and maintain documentation for error-proofing systems
  • Create standard templates and checklists for manufacturing operations
  • Provide technical guidance for the application of error-proofing standards
  • Assist in validation planning and process improvement efforts

Benefits

  • Access to continuous professional development and training resources
  • Opportunity to work on advanced manufacturing technologies
  • Participation in a collaborative and innovative team environment
  • Support for cross-functional teamwork and knowledge sharing
  • Potential for involvement in high-impact projects across multiple plants
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Error Proofing Engineer is an individual contributor role on the Standards team focused on developing, maintaining, and improving standardized error-proofing requirements, templates, and processes that support manufacturing operations across General Motors.

In this role, you will help define common requirements, support validation strategies, improve reusable tools and documentation, and provide technical guidance that enables plants and execution teams to implement robust error-proofing solutions. Your work will help prevent mis-builds, improve manufacturing quality, and support a strong customer experience.

What You'll Do
  • Support the development and continuous improvement of error-proofing standards, templates, and common processes used across manufacturing operations
  • Translate Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) and Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) requirements into standardized error-proofing requirements, validation criteria, templates, and documentation for use across programs and plants
  • Partner with Vision Engineering, Controls Engineering, Product Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, plant teams, and external integrators to align standards and support deployment of standard error-proofing solutions
  • Support development of Statement of Requirements (SOR) templates, design standards, controls alignment requirements, and implementation guidance for error-proofing systems
  • Create and maintain standard templates, checklists, master lists, and documentation related to scanners, vision systems, human-machine interfaces (HMIs), programmable logic controllers (PLCs), challenge parts, and attribute gages
  • Maintain and improve standard work, templates, and supporting documentation used by plant and execution teams
  • Provide technical support to plants and execution teams for interpretation and application of error-proofing standards, including launch support and issue resolution as needed
  • Contribute to validation planning, audit readiness, process improvement, and sustained production support
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field
  • 3 to 5 years of manufacturing experience in automotive or other high-volume production environments
  • Strong PLC and HMI programming and troubleshooting experience, with the ability to support controls-related issue resolution in plant environments
  • Hands-on experience supporting plant launches, startup activities, or production issue resolution
  • Working knowledge of error-proofing technologies such as machine vision systems, barcode scanners, sensors, pick-to-light systems, tethering solutions, torque and tool interlocks, and attribute gages
  • Experience supporting PFMEA and DFMEA alignment, SOR development, validation planning, and production launch execution
  • Ability to work effectively with Product Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Controls Engineering, Vision Engineering, plant teams, and external supplier or integrator partners
  • Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and project coordination skills
  • Experience supporting validation, layered audit readiness, process improvement, and ongoing production support
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with GM manufacturing systems and error-proofing processes
  • Experience with traceability mapping, tool-event configuration, or comparable systems used to manage error-proofing traceability
  • Experience supporting multiple plant launches or cross-plant issue resolution

About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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157,000 employees
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Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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