Senior Design Release Engineer: Safety Hardware, Hybrid

General Motors LLC; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors LLC is seeking a Senior Design Release Engineer to lead the design, engineering, integration, release, and lifecycle management of airbag module and seat belt CCC hardware across vehicle programs. This role requires strong technical judgment, cross functional leadership, and the ability to deliver safety critical components from development through production and field issue resolution.

The candidate will lead airbag module, steering wheel and seat belt hardware development, guide

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Materials, or related engineering.
• Six or more years of DRE or equivalent experience in full cycle product development, 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.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex technical problems using physics based analysis, test data, failure evidence, and structured root cause methods.
• Ability to communicate technical issues, risks, and recommendations clearly to engineering teams, suppliers, cross functional partners, and leadership.
• Ability to make sound technical decisions in ambiguous environments and independently drive issues to closure.
• Experience working with global OEM, supplier, manufacturing, validation, and program teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead airbag module and seat belt hardware development and integration with cross‑functional teams across Safety Performance, Vehicle Architecture, Seats, Chassis, Instrument Panels, Body Structures, Interior Trim, Electrical, Manufacturing, Validation, and program teams.
• Provide technical guidance for ongoing safety field investigations, product remediations and open field actions from interior SMT execution.
• Drive technical decisions using engineering analysis, test data, failure evidence, and structured problem solving while managing safety, quality, timing, cost, and implementation risk.
• Lead the PDT and supplier technical activities to meet engineering, release, validation, sourcing, build, and launch deliverables.
• Execute Quality Chain elements, DFMEA, interface requirements, design reviews, validation plans, engineering changes, and program milestones.
• Manage production releases, component configuration, PPAP readiness, validation evidence, and product traceability.
• Apply robust engineering tools, including DFSS and structured problem solving, to improve performance, quality, cost, mass, complexity, and manufacturability.

Skills

DRE experience

Safety critical

Cross-functional leadership

Root cause analysis

Release process knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

General Motors LLC is seeking a Senior Design Release Engineer to lead the design, engineering, integration, release, and lifecycle management of airbag module and seat belt CCC hardware across vehicle programs. This role requires strong technical judgment, cross functional leadership, and the ability to deliver safety critical components from development through production and field issue resolution.

The candidate will lead airbag module, steering wheel and seat belt hardware development, guide