Hybrid Propulsion & HV Power Electronics Engineer

General Motors; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking an Electrical Engineer to optimize and define design and validation requirements for power inverters and high‑voltage bus systems. You will predict losses, heat rejection, and ripple, and assess how control strategies affect performance.

The role provides technical leadership across concept to production, with a focus on cost reduction and efficiency improvements; hybrid work policy applies (3 days in-office, 2 days remote).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and five years of relevant experience.
• Alternatively, a Master's degree with three years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Electric Drive and Propulsion, High Voltage Bus, and V2V/V2H architectures.
• Power electronics analysis, design, development, validation, and release experience.
• Experience with wide band gap semiconductors (Si, SiC, GaN).
• Design, development, and testing of power inverters/converters.
• EMC design for power electronics modules.
• Vehicle-level emissions modeling and use of tools like Ansys, Matlab/Simulink, Saber.

Responsibilities

• Define design and validation requirements for inverter systems.
• Predict inverter losses and heat rejection; assess HV bus ripple and resonances.
• Assess impact of control strategies on component and system performance.
• Support power electronics teams from concept to production.
• Provide technical leadership in product development and supplier assessments.
• Apply cost, size, and efficiency improvements across programs.

Skills

Power electronics

EMC design

Vehicle electrical systems

Modeling and simulation

Inverter/converter design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Ansys Sherlock HFSS Siwave

Matlab/Simulink

Saber

Job description

General Motors is seeking an Electrical Engineer to optimize and define design and validation requirements for power inverters and high‑voltage bus systems. You will predict losses, heat rejection, and ripple, and assess how control strategies affect performance.

The role provides technical leadership across concept to production, with a focus on cost reduction and efficiency improvements; hybrid work policy applies (3 days in-office, 2 days remote).