Gear & Shaft Process Engineer: Drive Optimization (Hybrid)

General Motors Company; United States; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits

Job summary

General Motors Company is seeking a Process Engineer for Gears & Shafts to advance manufacturing excellence across gear and shaft operations. You will partner with plants to solve production challenges, drive safety, quality, cost, and throughput improvements, and support equipment strategies.

The role offers exposure to process development, equipment strategy, and future manufacturing investments, with a hybrid work model and opportunities for technical leadership within a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, industrial engineering, machining, or related environment.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Ability to collaborate across manufacturing, engineering, quality, maintenance, suppliers, and leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with manufacturing plants to identify, prioritize, and resolve production and process-related challenges.
• Lead and support structured problem-solving activities related to safety, quality, cost, and throughput.
• Analyze manufacturing data and process performance to identify improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical support and guidance for troubleshooting gear and shaft manufacturing processes.
• Drive initiatives focused on scrap reduction, process capability improvements, equipment reliability, and uptime optimization.
• Work with cross-functional teams to define problems, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Support initiatives on cost reduction, warranty improvement, productivity and operational excellence.
• Analyze plant performance metrics to standardize and stabilize processes across facilities.
• Consolidate improvement opportunities based on plant needs and business impact.
• Capture lessons learned and share best practices throughout the organization.
• Collaborate to support equipment specifications and future manufacturing investments.
• Input into process requirements and equipment strategies.
• Support process development efforts to meet plant needs.
• Build expertise in gear and shaft manufacturing technologies and aim for technical leadership.

Skills

Problem-solving

Analytical

Communication

Organizational

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

CAD/CAM

Teamcenter

Microsoft Project

Job description

General Motors Company is seeking a Process Engineer for Gears & Shafts to advance manufacturing excellence across gear and shaft operations. You will partner with plants to solve production challenges, drive safety, quality, cost, and throughput improvements, and support equipment strategies.

The role offers exposure to process development, equipment strategy, and future manufacturing investments, with a hybrid work model and opportunities for technical leadership within a collaborative team.