Senior Airbag & Safety Systems Release Engineer

General Motors (GM); Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors in the United States seeks a Senior Design Release Engineer to lead airbag module and seat belt CCC hardware design, release, and lifecycle management across vehicle programs. You will drive cross-functional collaboration with Safety, Vehicle Architecture, Seats, and Manufacturing to deliver safe, reliable components.

You will translate occupant protection needs into robust component requirements, guide DFMEA and PPAP activities, and lead technical decisions using data, risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Materials, or a related engineering discipline.
• Six or more years of DRE or equivalent full-cycle product development experience including safety critical components.
• Working knowledge of airbag modules, airbag inflators, seat belts, steering wheels, or related vehicle safety hardware.
• Strong understanding of engineering release, validation, change management, supplier quality, PPAP, and vehicle program processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead airbag module and seat belt hardware design, integration, release, validation, and best practice applications for CCC components.
• Provide technical guidance for safety field investigations, product remediations, and open field actions.
• Lead PDT and supplier technical activities to meet engineering, release, validation, sourcing, build, and launch milestones.

Skills

DRE experience

Airbag hardware

Release & validation

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Supplier quality

PPAP

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Materials, or related engineering

Master of Science (preferred)

Tools

DFSS

DFMEA

PPAP

Job description

General Motors in the United States seeks a Senior Design Release Engineer to lead airbag module and seat belt CCC hardware design, release, and lifecycle management across vehicle programs. You will drive cross-functional collaboration with Safety, Vehicle Architecture, Seats, and Manufacturing to deliver safe, reliable components.

You will translate occupant protection needs into robust component requirements, guide DFMEA and PPAP activities, and lead technical decisions using data, risk