Calibration Technical Specialist - Active Chassis-1

General Motors; Milford Charter Township (MI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors in Michigan is seeking an experienced Diagnostics Engineer for hands-on chassis control work, development testing, and cross-functional collaboration. You will diagnose, reproduce issues, and drive corrective actions across development and validation programs.

The role emphasizes creating repeatable test procedures, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring thorough documentation as standard work. Hybrid work arrangement and travel to test facilities may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, computer, automotive engineering or related technical field.
• Working knowledge of vehicle diagnostics, diagnostic trouble codes, fault isolation and root-cause analysis.
• Experience with CAN-based communication and diagnostic concepts, including signal interpretation and basic network troubleshooting.
• Ability to work in hands-on vehicle development/testing environments, with travel and non-standard hours during tests.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to explain technical issues to engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Valid driver's license and ability to operate development/test vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on diagnostics support for chassis control systems.
• Plan and execute diagnostic troubleshooting on development vehicles, test benches, and engineering environments.
• Partner with controls and software engineers to reproduce issues, document findings, and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Create clear, repeatable test procedures and diagnostic methods for vehicle and system-level investigations.
• Review test results and communicate technical summaries, presentations, and cross-functional reviews.
• Own the diagnostic processes and validation with documentation as Standard Work
• Teach and mentor new calibration engineers on diagnostics strategies.

Skills

Vehicle diagnostics

CAN-based communication

Fault isolation

Root-cause analysis

Written/verbal communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

CANoe/CANalyzer

INCA

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

Vehicle Spy

ETAS

dSPACE

Vector

Job description

Key responsibilities

• Perform hands-on diagnostics support for chassis control systems/
• Plan and execute diagnostic troubleshooting on development vehicles, test benches, and other engineering environments.
• Partner with controls and software engineers to reproduce issues, document findings, and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Create clear, repeatable test procedures and diagnostic methods for vehicle and system-level investigations.
• Review test results and communicate technical summaries, presentations, and cross-functional reviews.
• Own the diagnostic processes and validation with documentation as Standard Work
• Teach and mentor new calibration engineers on diagnostics strategies.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, automotive engineering, or a related technical field.
• Working knowledge of vehicle diagnostics, diagnostic trouble codes, fault isolation, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience using CAN-based communication and diagnostic concepts, including signal interpretation and basic network troubleshooting.
• Ability to work effectively in a hands-on vehicle development and testing environment, including occasional travel and non-standard work hours during test events.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders.
• Valid driver's license and ability to meet company requirements for operating development and test vehicles.

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Skills)

• Five or more years of experience in automotive diagnostics, chassis controls, vehicle integration, calibration, validation, or a related engineering discipline.
• Proficiency with tools such as CANoe/CANalyzer, INCA, MATLAB/Simulink, Python, Vehicle Spy, ETAS, dSPACE, Vector, or comparable diagnostic and data-analysis platforms.
• Experience analyzing time-series data, bus traces, test logs, calibration data, and vehicle performance measurements.
• Experience with embedded software development, software release processes, requirements traceability, defect tracking, and configuration management.
• Knowledge of functional safety, cybersecurity, AUTOSAR, vehicle networks, and applicable automotive development processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical investigations, mentor less-experienced team members.

Success in this role

Success will be demonstrated by the ability to quickly isolate difficult chassis controls issues, provide actionable technical evidence, improve diagnostic and test efficiency with standard work processes, and help the team deliver reliable vehicle behavior across development and validation programs.

Work environment

This is a hands-on role supporting chassis controls work across engineering, vehicle integration, laboratory, and proving-ground environments. The position may require work around test vehicles and equipment, occasional travel, and flexible hours during vehicle testing and program milestones.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).

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}.

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

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