General Motors

Senior Design Manager, ADAS Design

General Motors • $178K — $273K *
Sunnyvale, CA 94087In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years in UX, UI, or related design disciplines
  • 2+ years of experience managing design or cross-functional teams
  • Experience designing real-time interactive systems such as automotive or robotics
  • Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end design solutions
  • Experience working closely with product, engineering, and safety partners
  • Hands-on experience with design prototyping tools and in-vehicle evaluations

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead the comprehensive ADAS and AV experience vision
  • Oversee design of key ADAS domains like Super Cruise and lane keeping
  • Establish interaction patterns and visual language to communicate system status
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to translate technical constraints into design
  • Work with design system teams to ensure consistency and accessibility
  • Lead the development of a high-performing ADAS design team
  • Represent HID in governance and executive forums for feature rollout

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and well-being programs
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Tuition assistance programs
  • Employee assistance programs
  • GM vehicle discounts
Full Job Description
Job Description

Work Arrangement:
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the office three times per week or other frequency dictated by the business. Candidates must be willing to relocate to Warren, MI or Sunnyvale, CA in order to be onsite in a hybrid capacity.

The Role

The Senior Manager, ADAS Design is a strategic design leader responsible for defining and guiding the end to end user experience for GM's advanced driver assistance and supervised and unsupervised driving features. This role sits at the intersection of human factors, interaction and visual design, and autonomy technology, shaping how drivers perceive, understand, and trust automated driving systems. You will lead a multidisciplinary design team focused on in vehicle and ecosystem experiences including system status, supervision, handoff, and edge cases. Partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Safety, Legal, and Research, you will help ensure ADAS experiences are safe, intuitive, and scalable across vehicle programs. This role has significant impact on GM's safety outcomes, brand trust, and future autonomy roadmap.

What You'll Do
  • Define and lead a holistic ADAS and AV experience vision aligned with GM safety standards, brand values, and business goals
  • Oversee design for key ADAS domains including Super Cruise, lane keeping, adaptive cruise, takeover requests, and degraded or failure states
  • Establish scalable interaction patterns, visual language, motion, and multimodal cues that clearly communicate system status, limitations, and intent
  • Partner cross functionally with Product, Engineering, Safety, Legal, and Research to translate technical constraints into clear experience decisions
  • Collaborate with gmUI and HID design system teams to ensure consistency, accessibility, and reuse across brands and platforms
  • Lead and develop a high performing ADAS design team, setting quality standards and growing talent
  • Represent HID in readiness, governance, and executive forums to support feature rollout and change management decisions


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Cognitive Science, Interaction Design, Industrial Design, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • 7 or more years of experience in UX, UI, interaction design, human factors, or related disciplines
  • At least 2 years of people management experience leading design or cross functional teams
  • Proven experience designing complex, safety critical, or real time interactive systems such as automotive, aviation, robotics, or similar domains
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating end to end experience definition, systems level thinking, and shipped solutions
  • Experience collaborating closely with product management, engineering, research, and safety or regulatory partners
  • Hands on experience with prototyping tools and in vehicle evaluation including simulators or test vehicles
  • Familiarity with ADAS feature sets, SAE levels of driving automation, and automotive safety or regulatory considerations
  • Experience contributing to or building design systems spanning hardware, software, and services


What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
  • Master's degree in Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Cognitive Science, Interaction Design, Industrial Design, or a related field
  • Direct experience leading design for ADAS or AV features, driver monitoring systems, or complex in vehicle HMI
  • Experience working within large, global, matrixed organizations across multiple vehicle programs or brands, ideally in the automotive space.
  • Strong background partnering with human factors and research teams on behavioral validation and testing


Relocation:
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Sponsorship:
GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

Compensation:

The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate. The base salary range for this role is $178,000 - $273,000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position. Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance. Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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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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
NASDAQ
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