General Motors

Staff Technical Product Engineer, RF Connectivity

General Motors$134K — $207K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in delivering hardware products from concept to production
  • Strong cross-functional background in RF, reliability testing, and mechanical domains
  • Proven ability to manage complex products across teams
  • Experience in making high-impact decisions in ambiguous environments
  • Strong communication skills to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end delivery of antenna systems across multiple vehicle programs
  • Drive decisions regarding performance, cost, weight, quality, and timing
  • Identify early risks and implement mitigation strategies
  • Lead execution to meet program milestones and launch readiness
  • Drive cross-functional alignment among hardware, RF, mechanical, and manufacturing teams
  • Manage supplier deliverables and ensure readiness for key milestones
  • Support on-site builds at suppliers and assembly plants

Benefits

  • Variety of health and wellbeing programs including medical, dental, and vision
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Retirement savings plan with company contributions
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Tuition assistance programs
  • Employee discounts on GM vehicles
Full Job Description
Job Description

We are seeking a Staff Technical Product Engineer, RF Connectivity to own the end-to-end delivery of antenna systems across vehicle platforms. This role operates at the intersection of hardware engineering, system integration, and product execution, requiring both deep technical judgment and strong product ownership.

You will act as the single-threaded owner responsible for driving antenna systems from concept through production, making critical trade-offs, aligning cross-functional teams, and ensuring the final product meets performance, cost, and quality expectations.

What You'll Do

Own Product Outcomes
  • Own end-to-end delivery of antenna systems across multiple vehicle programs
  • Drive decisions across performance, cost, weight, quality, and timing
  • Identify risks early and take ownership of mitigation strategies
  • Drive execution to meet program milestones, builds, and launch readiness
  • Lead reliability and EMC validation planning and execution


Drive Cross-Functional Alignment
  • Lead alignment across hardware, RF, mechanical, manufacturing, validation, and program teams
  • Act as the central point of accountability, ensuring teams are moving toward a unified product outcome
  • Resolve ambiguity and unblock teams to maintain forward progress
  • Drive decisions in the absence of complete data
  • Drive DV/PV execution, validation readiness, and production approval
  • Own supplier deliverables across DVP&R, DFMEA, PFMEA, and quality documentation
  • Ensure readiness for key milestones, including builds, validation, and launch


Manufacturing & Launch
  • Own manufacturing readiness, including SMT processes, line bring-up, and EOL testing planning
  • Drive resolution of build issues and ensure scalable production
  • Support on-site builds at suppliers and assembly plants


What You Bring
  • 8+ years of experience delivering hardware products from concept to production
  • Strong cross functional technical background in RF, reliability testing, PLM, mechanical related domains
  • Proven ability to own complex products and drive outcomes across teams
  • Experience operating in ambiguous environments and making high-impact decisions
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Identify risks early and drive mitigation across teams
    • Quality and validation artifacts
  • Drive issue resolution across suppliers, manufacturing, and integration teams
  • Partner with internal design teams to guide product development decisions


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 salary range for this role is 134,700 and 207,600. 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:
• 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.

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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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Net Income
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1908
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