General Motors

Engineering Group Manager, Chassis Controls

General Motors$120K — $150K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, etc.)
  • 7+ years of engineering/technical experience
  • 5+ years in embedded control systems and calibration development
  • Proven track record in chassis controls or vehicle dynamics
  • Strong leadership and multi-functional communication skills
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive decision-making
  • Valid driver's license with capability to operate test vehicles

Responsibilities

  • Lead self-organizing teams to deliver quality products in an agile setting
  • Foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics
  • Implement and support agile practices to streamline workflows
  • Mentor and coach team members for career growth
  • Manage budget and resource planning for projects
  • Communicate GM policies and strategies to the team
  • Promote GM’s core values and behaviors

Benefits

  • Company vehicle evaluation program after successful motor vehicle report review
  • Support for personal well-being at work and home
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace
  • Access to comprehensive Total Rewards resources for career fulfillment
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role:

Our Vehicle Mechatronic Embedded Controls (VMEC) team within GM's Software and Services organization is responsible for developing, deploying, and releasing control software and calibrations that truly control the whole vehicle. Be it internal combustion engines, hybridized drive units & transmissions, high voltage batteries, or chassis & thermal management, the exciting challenge of inventing new methods to control the world's best mechatronic systems is never ending.
We currently have multiple opportunities in the Chassis Controls organization within VMEC to be an Engineering Group Manager leading a team of engineers responsible to execute a specific area of embedded development including control software design, development and deployment, or system calibration, system test and validation. These teams work cross functionally with product, systems, and program teams to ensure all pieces come together to successfully release quality products on time to support our broad vehicle product portfolio.

In this people leader role, as well as having responsibilities for specific areas of technology, you will help develop and lead strategic action plans to support business goals for our inclusive future as we reinvent ourselves from auto manufacturer to a tech company! The heart of this position is to embrace agile practices that will enable you to grow your team's capability for the future with a focus on speed, quality, and safety. You will be using the agile concepts to empower your team to innovate and grow technology.

Your technical leadership will be at the strategic direction level with responsibilities for execution. You will help develop and lead strategic action plans to support business goals for our inclusive future with industry-leading chassis controls performance that elevate our customer's driving experience.
Are you ready to identify and lead staffing initiatives for a work team, conduct regularly scheduled group meetings, communicate GM policies and procedures, leadership and safety messages, and craft specific to function communication on vision and strategy? Are you in? #EVerybodyIn. #IWorkForGM

What You'll do:
  • Enable self-organizing, self-managing teams to deliver product on-time with quality executions in an agile environment.
  • Help remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement
  • Implement and support agile principles and practices, identifying and eliminating impediments, and facilitating flow
  • Mentor, coach, and develop employees and their careers
  • Establish and monitor budget for responsible activities
  • Execute resource planning for required activities
  • Model and foster GM's Core Values and Winning Behaviors


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical degree
  • Minimum of 7 years of professional engineering/technical experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience related to embedded control system, calibration, related hardware, and/or safety critical system development
  • Demonstrated technical background in chassis controls and/or vehicle dynamics
  • Demonstrated results in successful project execution
  • Excellent multi-functional communication and leadership skills - able to get multiple teams moving in the same direction
  • Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity while driving timely decision making
  • Possess a valid driver's license and the ability to operate test vehicles


What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Skills)
  • Master of Science in Engineering and/or Master of Business Administration
  • Master of Science in Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, Mechatronic, Aerospace, Systems or Software Engineering with emphasis in Controls or Robotics
  • Experience in chassis controls development
  • Leadership experience developing or utilizing industry standards
  • Leadership experience in safety compliance of embedded systems
  • Leadership of teams of engineers responsible for developing or testing embedded control systems or related hardware in an agile environment
  • Demonstrated ability to: achieve results through effective teamwork, lead numerous projects with different focal areas to successful completion, and manage and measure work through metrics, data, and results
  • Experience managing a global team that is geographically dispersed
  • Working knowledge of embedded controls development tool set - (e.g. IBM Rational Tool Suite, Jira/Jama, Git ecosystem, MATLAB-Simulink, ETAS)


Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.
GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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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Industry
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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