Senior Electrical Design Automation Engineer

General Motors Corporation; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

GM vehicle discounts

Tuition assistance

Job summary

General Motors in Warren, Michigan seeks a Senior Electrical Design Automation Engineer to lead the integration, extension, and automation of Siemens Capital and related tools across electrical engineering workflows.

You will develop plugins, APIs, and AI-enabled workflows to improve design quality, validation, and release processes, while maintaining traceability from requirements to manufacturing outputs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Software, Systems, Mechanical, Automotive, or related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in electrical design, harness engineering, engineering software, design automation, or systems integration.
• Experience developing software, scripts, plugins, APIs, or automated engineering workflows.
• Experience with Siemens Capital or a comparable ECAD/PLM platform.
• Proficiency in Python, C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, VBA, or a comparable language.
• Experience with JSON, XML, SQL, REST APIs, data mapping, or message-based communication.
• Ability to lead technical work, communicate across functions, and deliver maintainable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect integrations across Siemens Capital tools and related systems.
• Design, develop, test, document, and support plugins, APIs, connectors, and automation services.
• Automate model creation, connectivity checks, design-rule validation, drawing generation, BOM extraction, and release preparation.
• Apply software engineering practices including version control, automated testing, and CI/CD where appropriate.
• Develop AI-enabled tools for PSDS within VSEE and integrate with engineering data while preserving traceability.

Skills

Electrical design

Python

C++

APIs & automation

Git & CI/CD

Lead technical work

Electrical systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/related engineering

Tools

Siemens Capital

Capital Platform Designer

CATIA/NX/Creo

Git

Job description

## Senior Electrical Design Automation EngineerApply: Hybrid: Warren, Michigan, United States of America: Full time: Posted Today: JR-202619498**Job Description****Work Arrangement:****Hybrid:**This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, MI three days (Tues., Wed., Thurs.) a week, at minimum.**Our Mission:**There’s never been a more exciting time to work at General Motors! We are passionate about our bold vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion . Our culture is built on inclusivity, where diverse perspectives are embraced, and every employee can contribute to their fullest potential. We offer flexible and tech-savvy work environments, foster innovation through collaboration, and encourage community engagement through volunteerism.**The Role:**We are seeking a Senior Electrical Design Automation Engineer to lead the integration, extension, and automation of Siemens Capital and related electrical-engineering toolchains. This role combines electrical architecture expertise with software-development discipline to create plugins, APIs, services, workflows, and AI agents that improve design quality, accelerate release, and maintain traceability from logical connectivity through physical implementation and manufacturing documentation.A key focus will be converting existing PSDS and electrical-engineering processes into intelligent AI-agent workflows that reduce manual effort, scale engineering expertise, and transform design, problem resolution, validation, and release activities.The successful candidate will work across electrical engineering, software engineering, manufacturing, PLM, IT, suppliers, and engineering-tool vendors. They will own solutions from requirements and architecture through implementation, validation, deployment, adoption, and support.**What You'll Do:****Capital integration and toolchain ownership*** Architect integrations across Siemens Capital Logic, Capital Harness, Capital Topology, Capital Integrator, Capital Platform Designer, and adjacent systems* Define data models, interfaces, mappings, and transformation rules across logical, physical, 3D, PLM, requirements, and manufacturing representations* Evaluate Capital capabilities, identify gaps, and recommend configuration, customization, plugin, or service-based solutions* Establish reusable integration patterns, coding standards, versioning practices, and deployment methods* Partner with vendors and internal platform teams to resolve issues and influence product roadmaps**Plugin, API, and automation development*** Design, develop, test, document, and support plugins, APIs, connectors, scripts, and services for electrical design workflows* Automate model creation, connectivity checks, design-rule validation, drawing generation, bill-of-material extraction, reporting, and release preparation* Build reliable import, export, comparison, and validation pipelines to identify missing data, invalid connectivity, inconsistencies, and release defects* Apply software-engineering practices including source control, code review, automated testing, logging, error handling, and configuration management* Support CI/CD where appropriate for engineering applications and automation services**AI tools for PSDS within VSEE*** Develop, deploy, and maintain AI agents and AI-enabled tools for the Power and Signal Distribution Systems (PSDS) organization within VSEE* Convert existing PSDS engineering, design-release, quality, and knowledge-management processes into secure, usable, and maintainable AI workflows* Integrate AI tools with engineering data and systems while preserving data quality, access controls, traceability, and engineering accountability**Electrical engineering and system integration*** Apply knowledge of electrical architecture, wiring systems, power and signal distribution, grounding, shielding, connectors, terminals, splices, and communication networks* Maintain traceability from requirements and logical connectivity through physical routing, drawings, bills of material, manufacturing outputs, verification, and change management* Participate in design reviews, root-cause analysis, tool validation, process definition, and release-readiness assessments**Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):*** Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Software, Systems, Mechanical, Automotive, or related engineering field, or equivalent experience* 5+ years of experience in electrical design, harness engineering, engineering software, design automation, or systems integration* Experience developing software, scripts, plugins, APIs, or automated engineering workflows* Experience with Siemens Capital or a comparable ECAD, MCAD, harness, PLM, or engineering-design platform* Proficiency in Python, C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, VBA, or a comparable language* Experience with JSON, XML, SQL, REST APIs, file-based interfaces, data mapping, or message-based communication* Ability to understand electrical connectivity, engineering models, design constraints, and downstream manufacturing requirements* Ability to lead technical work, communicate across functions, and deliver maintainable solutions**What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):*** Master's degree in Electrical, Computer, Software, Systems, Mechanical, Automotive, or related engineering field, or equivalent experience* 8+ years of experience in electrical design, harness engineering, engineering software, design automation, or systems integration* Direct experience with Capital Logic, Capital Harness, Capital Topology, Capital Integrator, or Capital Platform Designer* Experience integrating Capital with CATIA, NX, Creo, Zuken E3, Altium, PLM, requirements, manufacturing, or enterprise data systems* Experience with design-rule checking, harness topology, 2D drawing automation, 3D routing, bill-of-material generation, or configuration management* Experience developing, integrating, validating, or supporting AI/ML tools for engineering, manufacturing, quality, or enterprise workflows* Experience applying AI to PSDS, VSEE, wiring, electrical architecture, problem resolution, engineering knowledge, or design-release processes* Experience with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, containerization, Linux, cloud services, or DevOps practices* Knowledge of vehicle electrical architecture, low-voltage or high-voltage systems, CAN, LIN, Ethernet, diagnostics, EMI/EMC, or signal integrity* Experience with MBSE, requirements traceability, digital-thread concepts, or systems-engineering workflows* Experience working with engineering-tool vendors, suppliers, manufacturing teams, or global development organizations**Core competencies*** Electrical engineering and harness-domain expertise* Software architecture and maintainable automation* AI-agent development, integration, validation, and lifecycle management* API and integration design* Model and data consistency* Design-rule validation and quality assurance* Systems thinking, technical problem solving, and cross-functional communication* Technical leadership and mentoring**Benefits:**GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more. This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.