Active Chassis Technician: Test & Data Specialist

General Motors LLC; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a skilled technician to work in the Chassis Controls Lab and Active Chassis teams. You will ensure 1st time quality and on-time data delivery for developmental and regulatory tests, supporting multiple engineering groups while coordinating with internal teams.

The role requires hands-on automotive electrical/mechanical experience, ability to read engineering drawings, use test equipment, and travel seasonally for field tests. Onsite work with GM facilities.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Automotive Technology or ASE Master Mechanic with dealership experience.
• 2+ years of automotive electrical and/or mechanical hands-on experience.
• Knowledge of instrumentation installation, troubleshooting, and repair.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, electrical schematics, service information, and torque specifications.
• Experience building, routing, terminating, and troubleshooting prototype or vehicle wiring harnesses and power-distribution circuits.
• A valid driver’s license.
• Excellent mechanical assembly and disassembly skills.
• Experience with hand and air tools.
• Data acquisition, review, and troubleshooting experience.
• Ability to handle basic project assignments with minimum supervision.
• Ability to operate vehicle movers, walkies, or fork trucks.
• Willingness and ability to support seasonal travel for field testing (e.g., winter validation in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, up to 2 weeks at a time twice per year).

Responsibilities

• Plan, build, install, and teardown instrumentation for the various tests requested by engineering.
• Setup and troubleshooting of test automation systems, vehicle driving robots, and data acquisition hardware.
• Evaluate results; Produce quality test data in accordance with Vehicle Technical Specifications (VTS) and Federal Regulatory requirements, per documented GMW and NHTSA procedures.
• Conduct pre-test inspections, functional checks, and post-build/test verification.
• Investigate mechanical/electrical operational difficulties on products and/or components.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and computer/software problems with test equipment and properties.
• Schedule workload and test equipment usage and calibration.
• Prototype vehicle build prep, parts changes, track staging, and monitoring.
• Work with vehicle communication tools including INCA, V‑spy, General CAN, NeoVi, etc.
• Maintain build records, test conditions, and equipment traceability for engineering follow‑up.

Skills

Automotive electrical

Hands-on mechanical

Instrumentation installation

Engineering drawings

Wiring harness

Driver's license

Data acquisition

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Education

Associate degree in Automotive Technology or ASE Master Technician

Tools

INCA

V-Spy

General CAN

NeoVi

Job description

General Motors is seeking a skilled technician to work in the Chassis Controls Lab and Active Chassis teams. You will ensure 1st time quality and on-time data delivery for developmental and regulatory tests, supporting multiple engineering groups while coordinating with internal teams.

The role requires hands-on automotive electrical/mechanical experience, ability to read engineering drawings, use test equipment, and travel seasonally for field tests. Onsite work with GM facilities.