General Motors

Senior Vehicle Motion Controls Platform Engineer – Steering or Suspension

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

  • MSc or PhD in relevant fields (Controls, Robotics, Aerospace, etc.)
  • 5+ years of experience in control systems
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Proven ability to deliver clear technical documentation
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • Valid driver’s license for test support

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement vehicle motion control and estimation algorithms
  • Apply model-based design and simulation workflows
  • Support integration and testing in simulation environments
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Participate in design reviews and propose process improvements

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model with flexibility on in-office days
  • Potential for relocation benefits
Full Job Description

Job Description

The Role:

At General Motors, the Vehicle Motion Controls and Estimation (VMCC) Platform Design team develops reusable vehicle-motion control and estimation solutions for future vehicle platforms. This role provides technical leadership in either the steering-controls domain or the suspension and vertical-motion-controls domain, depending on the position.

The steering focus includes electric power steering (EPS), steer-by-wire, and active rear steering. The suspension focus includes semi-active and active suspension and vertical vehicle motion. In either focus area, you will own the technical domain while helping develop a scalable VMCC platform that supports multiple vehicle configurations, actuator

technologies, operating modes, and driver modes.

 

This role is designed for an experienced automotive controls engineer from a leading OEM or Tier 1 supplier who can lead work from vehicle-dynamics analysis through control- architecture and algorithm design and into production software, calibration, and vehicle validation.


What You’ll do:

  • Lead end-to-end controls design for either the steering or suspension/vertical-motion domain.
  • Develop reusable control and estimation algorithms that translate vehicle-level motion objectives into actuator commands while accounting for system constraints, operating modes, and degraded operation.
  • For steering-focused positions, develop controls for EPS, steer-by-wire, and active rear steering, including steering response, driver feedback, desired-state and trajectory tracking, disturbance rejection, mode transitions, and fault-tolerant or degraded operation.
  • For suspension-focused positions, develop controls for adaptive and active suspension, including ride, handling, body-motion, wheel-motion, roll, pitch, and heave objectives.
  • Define platform interfaces, control ownership, actuator coordination, arbitration, and technology-specific extensions that scale across vehicle configurations.
  • Develop vehicle-motion state estimators, observers, sensor-processing and sensor-fusion methods, system-identification approaches, and parameter-estimation techniques that support robust controls performance.
  • Coordinate with braking, propulsion, rear-steering, and other chassis domains to deliver cohesive vehicle-motion behavior.
  • Translate vehicle-dynamics, ride, handling, stability, comfort, and controllability objectives into control requirements, performance metrics, algorithms, and calibration strategies.
  • Use model-based development, vehicle-dynamics simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), driver-in-the-loop (DiL), and in-vehicle testing to design, calibrate, verify, and validate controls.
  • Implement algorithms in production-oriented embedded software and support requirements development, interface definition, design reviews, diagnostics, and software-release activities.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, resolve cross-functional issues, and communicate design decisions across controls, software, systems, calibration, test, and program teams

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • MSc or PhD in Controls, Robotics, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree with relevant experience.
  • 5+ year of relevant experience
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver clear technical reports and presentations.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
  • Valid driver’s license for occasional test support.

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Skills)

  • Experience writing and understanding software/hardware requirements and interfaces, with exposure to tools such as DOORS, DNG, JAMA, or equivalent.
  • Familiarity with automotive product release and specification processes.
  • Knowledge of related automotive systems (powertrain, driveline, CAN/LIN networks).
  • Experience with advanced test setups (dSPACE HiL, DiL) and/or in-vehicle track testing.
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}. Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.

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
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