Job Description

The Role:
We are seeking a dynamic, experienced individual to join the Core Technology team at General Motors as a Staff Technology Manager for Mechatronics, with a strong focus on technology vision strategy development, and stakeholder development within complex global environments.  As a Staff Technology Manager, you will lead the vision, roadmap, and development of GM’s mechatronic infrastructure hardware, systems, and software strategy for GM’s current and next-generation vehicles.

Mechatronic infrastructure provides a platform including basic software, support package, microcontroller integration, and communication protocol for in-house and outsourced real-time ECUs (embedded control units).  System- and solution-level requirements include electrical architecture specifications, infrastructure and application integration strategies, development and support for new technologies such as automotive Ethernet, and software-defined vehicle architectural strategies. An essential part of this role involves developing mechatronic infrastructure strategy for vehicles set to launch years down the line, and providing guidance for emerging use cases and technology introductions. This means staying ahead of industry trends, identifying emerging technologies, showcasing potential experiences, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to shape the technology roadmap for the vehicle.  The Staff Technology Manager is passionate and knowledgeable about the mechatronic platform, which includes state-of-the-art Software-defined Vehicle Electrical & Electronic (EE) architectures, semiconductors and electronics, and platform software, and is committed to delivering high-quality technologies that are both customer-centric and strategically viable for our business.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop strategic vision for Mechatronics technology to optimize vehicle and system level performance and enhance key performance indicators (KPIs)

• Drive technology initiatives/PRDs across the organization

• Develop next-generation electrical architecture strategies

• Conduct market research, competitor benchmarking, new technology investigations, and competitive analysis to identify market opportunities, performance improvement opportunities, and potential threats

• Determine new technology needs and drive new technology development, leveraging suppliers, R&D, and engineering resources to determine recommended insertion and enterprise impacts

• Change control technology requirements, including customer stories, customer use cases, business cases, and backlog prioritization

• Develop business cases for new technology insertion and new strategies, present to senior leadership for alignment

• Define, document, and track key metrics using KPIs to measure technology success and usage, and inform future decisions

• Monitor product health of deployed mechatronics technology and identify areas for improvement

• Communicate technology updates, progress, and plan to stakeholders across the organization, including executives, customers, and partners

• Develop rollout strategies for complex infrastructure capabilities spanning hardware variants, model years, electrical architectures, and suppliers

• Assess impact of implementation, deployment, and maintenance complexity across variants and strategic impacts on new and proposed strategies

• Drive Make vs Buy analyses to support in-house hardware and software design strategy

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure technology goals and priorities alignment

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• 7+ years real-time embedded software development experience, including 2+ years standing up new infrastructure capabilities and 2+ years developing new mechatronic technologies

• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to stakeholders at all levels of the company; the ability to effectively balance and integrate vision, strategy, and technical details into a cohesive narrative; and the ability to lead complex tradeoff analyses and gain stakeholder alignment

• Proven experience driving cross-functional projects with diverse organizations, teams, and people to drive objectives and processes in high-pressure, fast-paced development environment

• Ability to manage multiple and significantly complex projects and assignments with high level of autonomy and accountability for results; capability to analyze and resolve broad and complex technical problems where guidance or precedent is not available

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• Deep knowledge of embedded hardware, system, software development

• Experience in Electrical & Electronic architecture optimization for Software-defined Vehicles

• Comprehensive understanding of the software and hardware architecture associated with major vehicle features, including chassis systems, body systems, propulsion systems, active safety and autonomous vehicle systems, low-voltage energy management and signal distribution systems, and support for infotainment and connectivity systems

• Experience implementing systems or features on multiple HW variants, vehicle architectures, or electrical architectures

• Demonstrated software architecture expertise with experience architecting complex features against tight constraints

• Experience designing systems or software for features with high safety or cybersecurity requirements, or migrating features and systems with stringent requirements to new architectures and allocations

• Application of Safety ISO 26262 principles such as hazard analysis and risk assessment, safety concept development

• 5+ years ECU integration experience (application software, infrastructure, ECU hardware) or vehicle integration experience

• 5+ years experience working on mechatronic infrastructure technologies such as MCUs, Board Support packages, Basic Software, infrastructure system requirements, and embedded OS software

• 5+ years experience standing up new mechatronic infrastructure functionality (ECUs, microcontrollers, communication protocols, functions, electrical architectures, ECU device classes)

• 3+ years of semiconductor-related experience, including MCU, ASIC, transceiver, switch development

• 2+ years real-time software architecture experience (Classic AUTOSAR or similar)

• Vehicle launch management experience.  Knowledge of product design and development cycles – Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP) and Global Software Development Process (GSDP)

• Previous responsibilities collecting customer feedback and leading product improvement to enhance customer and/or user community experience

• Master’s degree in Engineering and/or Business Administration

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