Platform Lead — Vehicle Motion Controls

General Motors Company; Milford (CT); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Relocation benefits

Job summary

General Motors is seeking an experienced automotive controls engineer to lead end-to-end development in either steering or suspension/vertical-motion domains. You will advance control and estimation algorithms from vehicle dynamics analysis through production software, calibration, and validation, collaborating across software, systems, and test teams.

The role requires advanced degrees and at least 5 years of related experience, with hybrid work expected and relocation benefits available for

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Controls, Robotics, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree with relevant experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver clear technical reports and presentations.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Valid driver’s license for occasional test support.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end controls design for either the steering or suspension/vertical-motion domain.
• Develop reusable control and estimation algorithms that translate vehicle-level motion objectives into actuator commands while accounting for system constraints, operating modes, and degraded operation.
• For steering-focused positions, develop controls for EPS, steer-by-wire, and active rear steering, including steering response, driver feedback, desired-state and trajectory tracking, disturbance rejection, mode transitions, and fault-tolerant or degraded operation.
• For suspension-focused positions, develop controls for adaptive and active suspension, including ride, handling, body-motion, wheel-motion, roll, pitch, and heave objectives.
• Define platform interfaces, control ownership, actuator coordination, arbitration, and technology-specific extensions that scale across vehicle configurations.
• Develop vehicle-motion state estimators, observers, sensor-processing and sensor-fusion methods, system-identification approaches, and parameter-estimation techniques that support robust controls performance.
• Coordinate with braking, propulsion, rear-steering, and other chassis domains to deliver cohesive vehicle-motion behavior.
• Translate vehicle-dynamics, ride, handling, stability, comfort, and controllability objectives into control requirements, performance metrics, algorithms, and calibration strategies.
• Use model-based development, vehicle-dynamics simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), driver-in-the-loop (DiL), and in-vehicle testing to design, calibrate, verify, and validate controls.
• Implement algorithms in production-oriented embedded software and support requirements development, interface definition, design reviews, diagnostics, and software-release activities.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, resolve cross-functional issues, and communicate design decisions across controls, software, systems, calibration, test, and program teams.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Excellent collaboration and沟通 skills

Education

MSc or PhD in Controls, Robotics, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree

Tools

DOORS

DNG

JAMA

Job description

General Motors is seeking an experienced automotive controls engineer to lead end-to-end development in either steering or suspension/vertical-motion domains. You will advance control and estimation algorithms from vehicle dynamics analysis through production software, calibration, and validation, collaborating across software, systems, and test teams.

The role requires advanced degrees and at least 5 years of related experience, with hybrid work expected and relocation benefits available for