Design Release Engineer - Instrument Panels & Floor Console

General Motors; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors in Warren, MI seeks an experienced instrument panel engineer to lead design, development and validation of vehicle instrument panels and consoles. You will balance performance requirements with manufacturability while coordinating across Thermal, Electrical and Body teams.

The role emphasizes design evaluations, CAE analysis, and supplier collaboration, with a focus on cost, mass and timing. Hybrid on-site work at Warren Tech Center is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from an accredited university.
• Comfortable leading multidisciplinary and cross-cultural teams and coaching other DREs.
• Ability to deal optimally with ambiguity and forward-thinking environment.
• Capacity to lead complex projects, provide accurate time estimates, and allocate resources efficiently.
• Within 1 year upon hire: Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Greenbelt certification.
• Within 2 years upon hire: Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Blackbelt certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering design evaluations and concept development across global vehicle programs.
• Utilize engineering tools (DFMEA, ICDs, PFMEA) and leverage CAE groups including Safety Performance to successfully develop the best system solution.
• Assessment of design to manufacturing processes (e.g. injection molding, vibration welding, vacuum forming, foam-in-place, wrapping).
• Package components, manage CAD development through supplier or GM designers and collaborate with other systems within the vehicle (Thermal, Electrical, Body, Chassis, Restraints, etc.). Ensure best practices are incorporated in the CAD and seek support when best practice not met. Schedule and lead Peer Reviews
• Work cross-functionally to support initial vehicle configuration work, realize cost optimization, deliver customer-driven requirements, and implement product and process improvements
• Balance business imperatives, including but not limited to cost, mass, complexity, timing, and content
• Communicate information to and from internal and external customer organizations (e.g. Creative Design, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, suppliers) and lead the product development team (PDT). Track and resolve open issues with support.
• Review, support and apply benchmarking for design direction competitiveness. Stay abreast of relevant new technology and competitive products
• Lead the development of Statement of Requirements (SOR) Creation and lead in the development of statements of work, key partner for DFMEA/DRBFM/FEA
• Mentor less-experienced engineers
• Support launch activities and ensure lessons learned are captured with the larger team to ensure/propose best practices are updated and issues are not repeated in future launches.

Skills

Leadership

Ambiguity management

Project estimation

Resource allocation

DFSS knowledge

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering

Job description

General Motors in Warren, MI seeks an experienced instrument panel engineer to lead design, development and validation of vehicle instrument panels and consoles. You will balance performance requirements with manufacturability while coordinating across Thermal, Electrical and Body teams.

The role emphasizes design evaluations, CAE analysis, and supplier collaboration, with a focus on cost, mass and timing. Hybrid on-site work at Warren Tech Center is required.