General Motors

Senior Safety Integration Validation Engineer Lead - SDV Architecture (GPSSC)

General Motors • $110K — $130K *
Milford, MI 48381In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Computer, Systems, or related discipline)
  • 5+ years of relevant engineering experience in vehicle systems, validation, integration, or testing
  • Strong knowledge of vehicle systems, interfaces, and architecture variants
  • Hands-on experience with system- or feature-level testing in various environments
  • Experience leading validation planning and evidence closure for assigned scope
  • Ability to interpret requirements into validation plans and test cases
  • Proficiency with requirements, test management, and issue-tracking tools

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for infrastructure functional requirements translation into test intent
  • Champion traceability and evidence-management practices across tools like DNG, ETM, and Jira
  • Oversee integration and system validation execution plans across various environments
  • Lead compliance and governance discussions for SDV Architecture
  • Drive cross-functional issue triage and resolution for integration and validation
  • Define and improve operating models for system integration and validation
  • Mentor SIVEs to enhance technical skills and execution discipline

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility based on managerial requirements
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship
  • Engagement in innovative and impactful vehicle safety projects
  • Active participation in cross-functional leadership and strategy discussions
  • Contributions to safety and regulatory compliance within the automotive sector
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Job Description

The Role

The Senior Safety Integration Validation Engineer Lead for SDV Architecture provides technical and leadership oversight for end-to-end integration and validation of Core ECUs and Infrastructure Functions within Software Defined Vehicle Architecture. This role also drives broader strategy, readiness, integration, and mentorship for the application domain SIVE community, ensuring that validation standard work, training, and governance are consistently applied.

The Senior SIVE Lead shapes validation operating models, aligns cross-functional partners, and represents the Infrastructure Functions in key readiness and governance forums. The role mentors SIVEs and Senior SIVEs, supports role clarity, and ensures that integration issues, risks, and evidence are managed with a systems mindset and in line with GM Behaviors.

What You'll Do

1. Requirement Translation & Test Intent
  • Provide technical leadership for how infrastructure functional requirements are translated into test intent and coverage across overall SDV Architecture.
  • Sponsor and review executable test intent, ensuring alignment with system architecture, safety, regulatory, and customer requirements.
  • Coach SIVEs and Senior SIVEs on defining ownership and converting ambiguous or evolving requirements into clear validation objectives and coverage.

2. Traceability & Evidence Management
  • Define and champion traceability and evidence-management practices across DNG, ETM, Jira, and other tools.
  • Ensure evidence flow, source-of-truth rules, and audit-ready documentation expectations are clearly understood and applied by HW/SW development teams, as well as system development teams.
  • Review and challenge traceability and evidence completeness at key milestones, driving closure of gaps before Safety Usage Approval Milestones and Formal Reviews.

3. Integration & System Validation Execution
  • Oversee integration and system validation execution plans across benches, vehicles, and virtual environments for Core ECUs and Infrastructure Functions within Software Defined Vehicle Architecture
  • Define patterns and playbooks for structured exploratory testing, virtual-to-hardware correlation, and variant evaluation.
  • Support resolution of complex integration issues spanning multiple systems, hardware, and software, engaging appropriate experts as needed.

4. Readiness, Compliance & Governance
  • Lead readiness, compliance, and governance discussions for SDV Architecture in ADV, PAR, DVUL, Regulatory, and related forums.
  • Ensure validation, readiness, evidence, and milestone status for the SDV Architecture are accurate, concise, and decision-ready.
  • Guide the team on compliance dependency management with DRE and supplier inputs, and on export / regulatory certification documentation.

5. Issue Triage, Closure & Launch Support
  • Lead cross-functional issue triage and closure ownership for high-impact integration and validation issues within the SDV Architecture.
  • Convert technical discussion into clear owners, actions, timing, and escalation paths, ensuring structured concern surfacing and risk management.
  • Support plant, launch, and field teams by prioritizing and coordinating resolution of integration issues impacting launch readiness.

6. Cross-functional Operating Model & Leadership
  • Define and continuously improve the cross-functional operating model for system integration and validation for SDV Architecture (roles, handshakes, and decision rights).
  • Foster explicit handshakes across systems, safety, software, calibration, validation, and suppliers, aligning on owners and expectations.
  • Provide Senior SIVE leadership and mentoring, helping others grow in technical depth, systems thinking, and execution discipline.
  • Lead by example through accountability, constructive feedback, inclusion, and consistent application of GM Behaviors.


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Computer, Systems, or related discipline).
  • 5+ years of relevant engineering experience in vehicle systems, validation, integration, or testing with ownership of significant technical deliverables.
  • Strong knowledge of vehicle systems, interfaces, architecture variants, and failure modes relevant to assigned scope.
  • Hands-on experience with system- or feature-level testing on benches, vehicles, and/or virtual test environments.
  • Experience owning or leading validation planning, execution, readiness assessment, and evidence closure for assigned scope.
  • Ability to interpret requirements and translate them into validation plans, test cases, acceptance criteria, and traceable evidence.
  • Experience with issue management, root-cause analysis, and cross-functional problem solving.
  • Proficiency with requirements, test management, traceability, and issue-tracking tools.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to present readiness, risks, and trade-offs clearly.
  • Ability to support compliance activities tied to [Insert applicable regulatory / compliance requirements].
  • Proven experience leading cross-functional integration and validation efforts across programs, domains, or architecture variants.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers and to shape validation strategy at the system or domain level.


What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
  • Master's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechatronics, Systems, or related field).
  • Experience in automotive system integration, validation, or feature / system testing across multiple programs or architecture variants.
  • Direct experience validating safety- or regulatory-relevant features and systems.
  • Experience with automation, regression testing, HIL/SIL, virtual validation, and/or data-analysis-driven evaluation methods.
  • Working knowledge of automotive networks, diagnostics, and tools used to support system integration troubleshooting.
  • Experience authoring or reviewing compliance summaries, Product Validation Letters, judgement letters, or similar validation documentation.
  • Demonstrated experience coaching others, facilitating reviews, and driving alignment across technical stakeholders.
  • Experience with standards, procedures, or domain-specific requirements related to [Insert domain or system area].
  • Experience defining validation operating models, standard work, or governance for a broader team or portfolio.
  • Demonstrated leadership in readiness, compliance, and milestone governance forums (e.g., ADV, PAR, DVUL).
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}.The selected candidate will be required to travel

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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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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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