General Motors

Staff Program Manager, CoSIM and Calibration

General Motors • $120K — $145K *
Milford, MI 48381In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or related field.
  • Successful leadership of complex, cross-functional programs from strategy to implementation.
  • Practical understanding of vehicle controls, embedded software, and calibration workflows.
  • Experience coordinating teams through competing priorities and ambiguity.
  • Strong communication skills for presenting to senior leaders and technical audiences.
  • Proven ownership of outcomes and commitment to safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the CoSIM and calibration execution roadmap, including scope and milestones.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to deliver agreed capabilities on time and with quality.
  • Establish a clear operating model for program intake and prioritization.
  • Drive readiness of the virtual assets needed for execution.
  • Collaborate with technical leaders to define calibration workflows.
  • Identify and resolve technical and organizational risks, providing clear recommendations.
  • Create transparent reporting for program success and health metrics.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Retirement savings plan and life insurance.
  • Paid vacation & holidays, and tuition assistance programs.
  • Employee assistance program and GM vehicle discounts.
  • Opportunity to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program.
Full Job Description
Job Description

At General Motors, we are working to create a future with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion. This role offers the opportunity to help transform how vehicles are developed by scaling virtual engineering and calibration methods across complex hardware and software systems.

You will join a cross-functional team advancing co-simulation (CoSIM)-the coordinated simulation of physical-system models and virtual electronic control units-to help engineering teams evaluate and calibrate vehicle capabilities earlier, faster and with fewer physical prototypes. The work connects software, controls, systems engineering, calibration, validation and vehicle-program execution in a high-visibility environment where practical execution and technical judgment matter.

The Role

The Staff Program Manager, CoSIM and Calibration will lead the execution of GM's transition toward using CoSIM environments for selected calibration and system-regression activities. The role will establish the operating rhythm, governance, priorities and cross-functional accountability needed to turn a promising virtual capability into a repeatable product-development method.

This is a Staff-level program leadership role for someone who can move between strategy and day-to-day execution. You will bring structure to an evolving initiative, resolve competing priorities, make risks visible, and create alignment across technical teams and leadership. Success will be measured by adoption of reliable virtual methods, improved execution flow, reduced dependence on development vehicles where technically appropriate, and contribution to a shorter vehicle-development cycle.

What You'll Do

  • Own the integrated CoSIM and calibration execution roadmap, including scope, milestones, dependencies, decision points, resource needs and measurable outcomes.


  • Lead cross-functional execution across calibration, controls, software, systems engineering, validation, vehicle programs, test facilities and external partners to deliver agreed capabilities on time and with quality.


  • Establish and maintain a clear operating model for intake, prioritization, ownership, handoffs, issue escalation and decision-making across program and capability work.


  • Drive readiness of the virtual assets required for execution, including simulation variants, plant and controller models, calibration inputs, test scenarios, data and supporting tools.


  • Partner with technical leaders to define repeatable calibration and regression workflows, including version control, traceability, approval paths, release readiness and continuous improvement.


  • Identify and resolve technical, organizational and schedule risks; surface trade-offs early and provide leadership with concise status, options and recommendations.


  • Create transparent reporting for program health, capability maturity, adoption, quality, cycle time, physical-asset utilization and other agreed success measures.


  • Represent the initiative in senior leadership reviews and technical forums, translating complex engineering issues into clear business decisions and actionable commitments.


  • Mentor program and technical leads and build a culture of ownership, collaboration, urgency and fact-based problem solving.


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.


  • Demonstrated success leading technically complex, cross-functional programs from strategy through implementation and operational adoption.


  • Practical understanding of vehicle controls, embedded software, calibration, virtual validation or related engineering-development workflows.


  • Experience coordinating teams through ambiguity, competing priorities, dependencies and issues without relying solely on formal authority.


  • Strong written, verbal and executive communication skills, including the ability to present risks, decisions and recommendations to senior leaders.


  • Demonstrated ownership of outcomes, disciplined follow-through and a commitment to safety, quality and customer needs.


What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Experience with co-simulation, software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, model-based development or other virtual engineering methods.


  • Experience with automotive calibration, propulsion or vehicle-motion controls, embedded controllers, plant models or system-level testing.


  • Experience scaling engineering capabilities across multiple programs, architectures or product teams.


  • Familiarity with automated regression, continuous integration and continuous delivery, data-driven engineering or version-controlled calibration repositories.


  • Experience defining governance, responsibility models, standard work, readiness criteria and performance metrics for a new capability.


  • Knowledge of vehicle development milestones and the interactions among software, hardware, calibration, validation and vehicle-program teams.


  • Experience reducing physical-test dependency, improving first-time quality or shortening development-cycle time through process and technology innovation.


Behavioral Competencies

  • Win with Integrity: Build trust through transparent commitments, sound judgment and honest escalation.


  • Lead as One Team: Align diverse technical teams around a common outcome and collaborate across organizational boundaries.


  • Own the Outcome: Take accountability for delivery, including dependencies outside the immediate team.


  • Commit to Customers: Focus virtual engineering improvements on the needs of calibration teams, engineering partners and vehicle programs.


  • Move with Urgency: Convert ambiguity into an executable plan and remove roadblocks before they affect critical-path milestones.


  • Innovate and Embrace Change: Challenge existing methods and scale better ways of working when evidence supports the change.


Reasons to Apply

  • Shape a high-impact capability that can change how GM develops and calibrates vehicles.


  • Work at the intersection of vehicle engineering, software, controls, simulation and program execution.


  • Influence an enterprise initiative with visibility from technical teams through senior leadership.


  • Help convert virtual development from an emerging practice into repeatable, measurable execution across programs.


  • Deliver outcomes that can reduce development-vehicle demand, improve engineering efficiency and help GM move products to customers faster.


  • Grow as a technical program leader while working with experts across multiple engineering disciplines.


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.

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

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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}.

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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