Battery Electrification Diagnostics Strategist

General Motors Africa & Middle East; Brighton Charter Township (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

General Motors in Milford, Michigan, is seeking an Electrification Diagnostic Strategist Engineer to lead calibration development for electric and hybrid systems. The role blends in-vehicle testing, lab work, and cross-functional collaboration with software, hardware, and algorithm teams.

The candidate will design tests, manage diagnostic plans, and guide other calibrators while ensuring safety and adherence to best practices across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical or software engineering.
• 5 years of automotive controls, calibration, diagnostics and/or hardware development.
• Knowledge of and passion for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• High level of oral and written communication skills.
• Good project planning and leadership skills.
• DFSS Black Belt.
• Experience with calibration tools: INCA, Vehicle Spy, CRETA, MDA, Matlab/Simulink.

Responsibilities

• Develop and document requirements required to calibrate an automotive system.
• Design and manage key strategic interfaces within systems to enable component reuse and adherence to best practices.
• Coordinate requirements development with other activities.
• Provide support to other engineers for root cause analysis.
• Strong ability to efficiently capture and analyze empirical data.
• Design Tests to efficiently identify opportunities for calibration improvements.
• Keep abreast of industry trends, technologies, and best practices.
• Identify and document system vulnerabilities and create mitigation action plans; track corrective actions.
• Plan and execute overall diagnostic development plan
• Provide leadership and technical guidance for other diagnostic calibrators as they develop and optimize diagnostic calibrations.
• Develop and optimize diagnostic calibrations to meet performance and timing requirements utilizing calibration standard work.
• Identify and procure resources needed for diagnostic calibration development.
• Support resolution of vehicle, plant, durability/dyno, or customer issues.
• Represent the diagnostic calibration team to various program execution and strategy forums.
• Follow all Safety Precautions and Requirements, and treat safety as the top priority during all work activities.

Skills

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Project planning

Leadership

DFSS Black Belt

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/mechanical/software engineering

Master's degree

Tools

INCA

Vehicle Spy

CRETA

MDA

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

General Motors in Milford, Michigan, is seeking an Electrification Diagnostic Strategist Engineer to lead calibration development for electric and hybrid systems. The role blends in-vehicle testing, lab work, and cross-functional collaboration with software, hardware, and algorithm teams.

The candidate will design tests, manage diagnostic plans, and guide other calibrators while ensuring safety and adherence to best practices across programs.