General Motors

Sub-System Lead Engineer - Electric Power Components

General Motors • $110K — $130K *
Warren, MI 48089Hybrid
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in automotive or systems engineering
  • Experience with automotive systems requirements management
  • Knowledge of automotive communication technologies like CAN and LIN
  • Proficiency in managing component-level design and validation processes
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical issue resolution
  • Strong communication skills with multi-disciplinary teams

Responsibilities

  • Lead subsystem requirements definition for Electric Power components
  • Develop and maintain technical specifications and acceptance criteria
  • Translate system requirements into testable requirements with traceability
  • Oversee changes in requirements management tools like DOORS and Jira
  • Contribute to Model-Based Systems Engineering artifacts
  • Facilitate cross-functional discussions and requirements reviews
  • Coordinate with teams to validate and resolve design issues
  • Lead safety and compliance-related subsystem support efforts

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Tuition assistance programs
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Employee vehicle discounts
  • Life insurance coverage
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Sub-System Lead Engineer (SSLE) for Electric Power Components will lead the technical definition, integration, and validation of low-voltage electric power subsystems and their vehicle interfaces. The scope includes lead-acid batteries, intelligent battery sensors, DC/AC inverters, generators, and related power, communication, diagnostic, and control interfaces across current and future vehicle programs.

This role is accountable for translating vehicle and system needs into clear, testable subsystem requirements; maintaining alignment across hardware, software, controls, diagnostics, calibration, safety, validation, manufacturing, service, and suppliers; and driving timely resolution of complex technical issues. The SSLE will operate with a high level of independent judgment, influence technical direction across organizational boundaries, and lead work through collaboration rather than direct people management.

The Role

As a senior technical individual contributor, you will own the requirements and technical integration strategy for an assigned Electric Power subsystem or group of interfaces. You will connect customer and vehicle-level needs to component-level implementation and verification, ensuring that the resulting solution is robust, traceable, manufacturable, serviceable, and ready for program milestones.

You will work closely with Design Release Engineers, Functional System Architects, system and safety engineers, controls and software teams, technical specialists, validation teams, manufacturing, purchasing, service, and suppliers. You will also provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams and guide the work of other engineers as needed.

What You'll Do

  • Lead the definition and maintenance of subsystem requirements for lead-acid batteries, intelligent battery sensors, DC/AC inverters, generators, and related Electric Power interfaces.


  • Develop, review, and maintain Sub-System Technical Specifications and, where applicable, Behavioral Technical Specifications, interface requirements, diagnostic requirements, and acceptance criteria.


  • Decompose system and vehicle requirements into clear, complete, consistent, feasible, and verifiable subsystem requirements with full traceability.


  • Maintain requirements and interface content in the approved requirements-management environment, including DOORS/DNG or successor tools, and ensure changes are controlled and communicated.


  • Develop or contribute to Model-Based Systems Engineering artifacts, such as context, block definition, use-case, activity, and internal block diagrams, to clarify subsystem behavior and interfaces.


  • Lead cross-functional requirement and behavior discussions, including triad reviews and Given/When/Then scenario development where applicable.


  • Partner with Design Release Engineers and suppliers to ensure component designs, packaging, electrical interfaces, communication behavior, diagnostics, and performance meet subsystem intent.


  • Collaborate with controls, software, diagnostics, calibration, and systems teams to review implementation, resolve integration gaps, and ensure hardware and software operate as an integrated solution.


  • Define and maintain the validation intent for the subsystem, including testable scenarios, acceptance criteria, test coverage, and support for the Testable Functionality Roll-Out Plan.


  • Coordinate with bench, vehicle, simulation, and virtual-validation teams to evaluate designs, investigate anomalies, and close issues using quantitative and qualitative evidence.


  • Support development and maintenance of subsystem and solution FMEAs, including linkage to safety, manufacturing, service, and software-related failure modes.


  • Support safety, regulatory, OBD, cybersecurity, and other compliance-related requirements as applicable to the assigned subsystem.


  • Lead root-cause analysis for subsystem issues, drive corrective actions with the responsible teams and suppliers, and translate approved resolutions into updated requirements or interface definitions.


  • Participate in design reviews, technical reviews, program milestone assessments, issue reviews, Agile ceremonies, iteration planning, and program increment activities as applicable.


  • Manage technical work through the appropriate backlog and issue-tracking tools, including Jira, and maintain clear status, decisions, risks, and dependencies.


  • Drive alignment across multiple vehicle programs and stakeholders when Electric Power components or interfaces are reused, variantized, or changed.


  • Identify technical risks early, establish recovery actions, and communicate concise recommendations to engineering and program leadership.


  • Mentor and coach engineers in requirements quality, systems thinking, interface management, validation intent, and disciplined issue resolution.


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, systems engineering, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.


  • At least five plus years of experience in automotive engineering, systems engineering, component development, electrical architecture, or a closely related technical field.


  • Experience developing, reviewing, or managing requirements for automotive systems, subsystems, components, or interfaces.
  • Knowledge of automotive communication and diagnostic technologies, such as CAN, LIN, GMLAN, serial data, U-services, RIDs, DIDs, or OBD.
  • Experience with DFMEA, subsystem or solution FMEA, supplier DFMEA, DRBFM, design reviews, and validation
  • Experience with low-voltage vehicle electrical systems, including 12V and/or 48V architectures, power distribution, battery systems, sensing, conversion, generation, or related interfaces.


  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical issues from problem definition through root cause, corrective action, validation, and closure.


  • Experience working across hardware, software, controls, validation, manufacturing, service, and supplier organizations.


  • Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly to engineers, suppliers, program teams, and leadership.


  • Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise sound engineering judgment, manage competing priorities, and influence outcomes without direct authority.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with lead-acid batteries, intelligent battery sensors, DC/AC inverters, generators, or vehicle power-management systems.


  • Experience with requirements-management and traceability tools such as DOORS/DNG, Jira, or comparable platforms.


  • Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering, SysML, Rhapsody, behavioral requirements, or Given/When/Then methods.


  • Experience with virtual validation, simulation, co-simulation, electrical analysis, or data-driven troubleshooting.


  • Familiarity with functional safety, regulatory compliance, cybersecurity, manufacturing, service, and design-for-quality considerations.


  • Experience leading suppliers and coordinating technical deliverables across multiple vehicle programs.


Success in This Role

Success will be demonstrated by requirements and interfaces that are complete, traceable, testable, and aligned across the vehicle architecture; timely closure of technical and validation issues; disciplined change management; effective supplier and cross-functional execution; and robust Electric Power subsystem integration through development, release, launch, and production support.

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This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate

Why Join Us

This role offers the opportunity to work on critical vehicle electric power content by owning the mechanical and packaging execution of shields for generators, inverters, converters, battery vent tubes, jump start nuts, and related 12V hardware from concept through production. You will influence key integration decisions, solve packaging challenges, and help deliver robust solutions that support successful vehicle launches.

Work Environment

This position requires strong collaboration across electrical, systems, packaging, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and supplier teams. Candidates should be comfortable leading technical discussions, driving issue resolution, and executing engineering deliverables in support of aggressive program milestones.

Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

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.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities

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