General Motors

Seat Complete Staff Lead Engineer

General Motors • $100K — $130K *
Warren, MI 48089Hybrid
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering required.
  • Extensive experience in seat system development and performance.
  • Proven expertise in components like structures, foam, and occupant detection.
  • In-depth knowledge of seat performance and regulatory requirements.
  • Strong coaching and leadership capabilities in engineering environments.
  • Excellent cross-functional communication and problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects and ambiguity.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and integration of complex seat programs with multiple variations.
  • Coordinate tradeoff decisions to balance cost and requirements.
  • Provide technical leadership on seat performance and associated trade-offs.
  • Collaborate across teams and suppliers to drive design alignment.
  • Develop and maintain DFMEAs for program seat systems and components.
  • Track and manage costs for seat development activities.
  • Lead problem-solving efforts on significant quality and warranty issues.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with on-site requirements.
  • Opportunity for professional development and mentoring.
  • Engagement with a talented team of engineers.
  • Involvement in strategic decision-making and program vision.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams and suppliers.
Full Job Description

Job Description

This role is categorized as hybrid. The selected candidate will be expected to work on-site at the Warren Tech Center at least three days per week, or as otherwise determined by the hiring leader.

  • This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

About the Role:

This position is a key role within the Seat Complete Team, it offers an exciting opportunity to coach/mentor a talented group of seat complete engineers.  In addition to coaching and mentoring the team through challenging technical issues, the candidate will help develop future organizational vision and develop / implement tools.  The candidate should be comfortable with ambiguity and be able to provide direction with incomplete information. A deep knowledge of seat development, integration & validation is required.

What You'll Do

  • Lead the design, development and integration of highly complex and large scope program with multiple rows of seats with varying scope.
  • Coordinate integration and tradeoff decisions between seat systems to optimize the overall seat enterprise cost while ensuring program requirements are achieved.
  • Provide technical leadership for overall seat performance and associated tradeoffs for comfort, crashworthiness, SSTS performance, cost, mass, etc.
  • Collaborate with supplier engineers, internal technical resources, vehicle program teams, purchasing, design studio on design solutions while ensuring alignment to program and SMT objectives.
  • Lead the development and maintenance of the program seat system, seat components and integration DFMEAs.
  • Coordinate, track, manage and optimize enterprise piece and tooling costs for a complex large scope seat development activity.
  • Lead focused problem solving efforts on significant cost/quality/warranty issues on seat programs.
  • Leverage program specific learnings to expand the overall GM seat system knowledge base by demonstrating outstanding problem solving skills and knowledge management
  • Demonstrate exemplary commitment to customer focused product development
  • Utilize DFSS methodologies to insure robust design development and trade off management. 

Your Skills & Abilities

  • Bachelor of Science - Engineering
  • Extensive experience in seat system development with demonstrated levels of outstanding performance.
  • Demonstrated sub system expertise in structures, foam, trim covers, head restraints, lumbar systems, heat and heat/vent/cool systems, occupant detection systems, airbag deployment technologies, CLAs, haptic systems, etc.
  • Detailed knowledge of seat performance requirements including global regulatory requirements and design best practices.
  • Demonstrated early product development to launch expertise and capability
  • Demonstrated ability to coach and lead internal and external resources
  • Thorough understanding of seat system requirements and trade offs
  • Excellent cross-functional communication skills – able to build effective coalitions
  • Ability to break down complex issues into understandable pieces
  • Ability to explain technical issues in simple terms
  • Demonstrated ability to “deal with ambiguity” while driving timely decision making toward issue resolution
  • Demonstrated people leader skills to motivate and empower employees to enable optimized levels of performance and execution.
  • Ability to manage a multitude of assignments, program deliverables and launches strategic with high levels of composure and effective implementation.
  • Strong design and manufacturing background to coach and guide engineers in developing robust design solution from a product manufacturing/assembly standpoint.
  • Experience in developing Design Best Practices / Lesson Learned to support 100% virtual validation
  • Able to coach engineers in using our engineering tools (product design and Design for Manufacturing/Assembly tools) or able to identify new tools to support 100% virtual validation
  • Leverage Benchmarking / voice of the customer to define best in class execution for our products
  • Familiar with GD&T, DFMEAs, PFMEAs, KCDS

What Can Give You A Competitive Edge

  • Master’s Degree
  • RED-X problem solving skills for subsystem and vehicle performance.
  • DFSS Master BB

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., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

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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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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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