General Motors

Senior Active Chassis Calibration Engineer

General Motors • $100K — $130K *
Milford, MI 48381Hybrid
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • Minimum 5 years of engineering experience in vehicle dynamics, brake controls, and calibration
  • Strong initiative for innovation and development
  • Deep knowledge of vehicle dynamics, chassis, and propulsion integration
  • Ability to make independent judgments with minimal guidance
  • Exceptional analytical problem-solving skills
  • Hands-on experience with vehicle dynamics and high-performance driving

Responsibilities

  • Champion safety for employees and customers
  • Calibrate and integrate performance features to meet vehicle requirements
  • Own multiple features across various programs
  • Deliver timely calibrations aligned with program milestones
  • Collaborate with algorithm teams to identify and address issues
  • Work with performance engineers to ensure vehicle performance meets standards
  • Develop and institutionalize Calibration Standard Work procedures

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with specific in-office requirements
  • Collaborative team environment
  • Opportunity for significant hands-on work with vehicles
  • Access to advanced calibration tools and simulations
  • Engagement in innovative vehicle dynamics projects
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role:

We are seeking an exceptional candidate to join our Active Chassis Calibration team at GM's Milford Proving Grounds. Our team develops and delivers world-class vehicle dynamics performance to our customers through innovative Chassis and Brake Controls features. The Calibration Engineer is responsible for calibrating actively controlled chassis technologies in order to provide safe and confident vehicle performance to the end user. Some examples of the features and functions include ABS, TCS, ESC and Trailer Sway Control.

Active Chassis calibration is highly dynamic work involving significant hands-on time spent driving, evaluating and calibrating vehicles, deep technical analysis of the resulting data, and efforts to continually enhance the underlying algorithm, controls and processes. In addition to in-vehicle work, calibration engineers utilize advanced tools to achieve their goals including vehicle simulation environments, HiL benches and DiL simulators. The engineers accomplish this work among a collaborative team of peer calibrators, algorithm specialists, HiL engineers, system feature owners and performance engineers.

Candidates should possess strong experience with Brake Control systems, in-vehicle performance evaluation, vehicle dynamics expertise, calibration experience in a complex technology area, along with demonstrated planning, communication, teamwork, and prioritization skills.

What You'll do:
  • Champion the safety of our employees and customers
  • Calibrate and integrate performance features to meet vehicle requirements
  • Take ownership of assigned feature on multiple programs in parallel
  • Deliver calibrations according to program milestone timing
  • Work collaboratively with algorithm team to identify and solve issues
  • Work with performance engineers to seek feedback and ensure vehicle performance meets VTS/SSTS
  • Develop common approaches and institutionalize them in Calibration Standard Work (Calibration Procedures, LADV, Deliverables, Master Calibration, etc.)
  • Improve the efficiency and quality of Standard Work by systematically driving present vehicle-based tasks into virtual, HiL and CoSim workpackages
  • Lead technical calibration peer reviews and leadership reviews for assigned program
  • Lead resolution of vehicle, plant, service, and customer issues
  • Provide input to VTS, STS, SSTS, and CTS specifications as applicable
  • Ensure compliance with government regulations and GM policies
  • Document and integrate Lessons Learned from development and field issues into algorithms and Calibration Standard Work
  • Adhere to all safety precautions and requirements, treating safety as the top priority during all work activities


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent engineering degree
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant engineering experience (vehicle dynamics, chassis/driveline performance, brake controls, calibration, etc.)
  • Demonstrated initiative to drive for results in areas of innovation and new development
  • Thorough physics-based knowledge of vehicle dynamics, brake systems, chassis and propulsion integration
  • Exercises independent judgment with minimal input from leadership
  • High level of analytical problem solving skills where problems are unusual and difficult
  • Hands-on experience with vehicle dynamics and high-performance driving
  • Experience with measurement equipment, vehicle instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis
  • Position requires the ability to travel for winter testing in January / February for 6 - 8 weeks
  • Ability to travel for development and ride trips interspersed throughout the year
  • GM Level 3 Driving Credential


What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Skills)
  • MS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar
  • High level of oral and written communication skills
  • High level of interpersonal and collaboration skills
  • Experience working in multiple functional areas within controls/calibration
  • Experience developing/executing GM standard calibration processes
  • Experience with in-vehicle development tools (INCA, NeoVI, etc)
  • Experience with Matlab/Simulink
  • Experience with GM simulation tools (CarSim, CarMaker)
  • GM Level 4 and OR1/OR2 driver training
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.

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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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