Design Lead - Transmission & Electric Drive

General Motors Company; Pontiac (MI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits

Job summary

General Motors Company is seeking a Design Lead Technician to guide a team in developing robust transmission and electric drive unit products. The role involves translating requirements into clear design direction, balancing workload, and delivering launch-ready designs at GM’s Warren Tech Center in a hybrid on-site setting.

You will lead layout studies, DFM/DFA reviews, and cross‑functional collaboration with engineering, CAE, safety, and suppliers to ensure design maturity and timely releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, engineering technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Eight or more years of product‑design experience, including technical leadership of design work or a design team.
• Significant experience designing transmissions, electric drive units, or related automotive systems.
• Advanced knowledge of component and subsystem design, packaging, interfaces, manufacturing, assembly, serviceability, and product integration.
• Experience creating and reviewing complete 2D drawings and PMI, including sections, notes, specifications, interface requirements, datum schemes, and functional dimensioning.
• Proficiency with NX and Teamcenter, including complex modeling, assemblies, design intent, Wave linking, clearance and interference analysis, product structure, and engineering release.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
• Excellent organization, planning, follow-through, and risk-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily technical direction, assign priorities, balance workload across a team of TDU designers.
• Set expectations for design quality, model robustness, drawing completeness, release discipline.
• Coach designers through design reviews, lessons learned, standard work, templates, and best practices.
• Foster ownership, accountability, collaboration, and timely risk escalation.
• Lead the design and integration of complex transmission and electric drive unit components from concept through launch.
• Translate system, safety, performance, packaging, service, and manufacturing requirements into robust designs.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, engineering technology, or a related discipline

Graduate degree in engineering or a related field

Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills

Excellent organization, planning, follow-through, and risk-management skills

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

Jira

GM design & release processes

GD&T

Job description

General Motors Company is seeking a Design Lead Technician to guide a team in developing robust transmission and electric drive unit products. The role involves translating requirements into clear design direction, balancing workload, and delivering launch-ready designs at GM’s Warren Tech Center in a hybrid on-site setting.

You will lead layout studies, DFM/DFA reviews, and cross‑functional collaboration with engineering, CAE, safety, and suppliers to ensure design maturity and timely releases.