Exteriors Design Group Lead

GM; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

General Motors is hiring a Senior Engineering Design Manager to lead the Exteriors Engineering Design Team at the Warren Tech Center. This hybrid role requires on-site work at least three days per week and involves staffing, training, and directing a large group of designers and DLTs across vehicle programs.

You will guide technical execution, influence process improvements, and promote GM values while delivering strong design solutions for global programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technology.
• 8+ years of experience in Design, including leadership experience.
• Experience in product development and design/release activities.
• Strong knowledge of engineering systems and processes (e.g., GxDP, GSTS, VIS Mock‑up, GPDS, engineering release systems, GD&T, specifications, Global BOM, product and program content).
• Ability to propose technical alternatives to balance priorities.
• Experience leading teams and mentoring others.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong technical leadership and guide the team to successful execution of vehicle programs with strong technical solutions.
• Develop new products, processes, standards, or operational plans with direct business impact.
• Influence others to adopt new concepts, practices, and approaches.
• Staffing, communication, training and development, directing work prioritization and performance evaluation.
• Promote GM values and customer‑focused decisions; remove roadblocks for the team.
• Assign and manage workload for direct reports; set priorities.
• Review and approve work, overtime schedules, expenses, and related data.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Staffing

Product development

Design release processes

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

GD&T

Job description

General Motors is hiring a Senior Engineering Design Manager to lead the Exteriors Engineering Design Team at the Warren Tech Center. This hybrid role requires on-site work at least three days per week and involves staffing, training, and directing a large group of designers and DLTs across vehicle programs.

You will guide technical execution, influence process improvements, and promote GM values while delivering strong design solutions for global programs.