Senior Electrified Propulsion Performance Engineer (Hybrid)

General Motors; Warren, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors in Warren, MI is seeking a Senior Propulsion Performance Engineer to lead the development of advanced electrified propulsion system architectures and optimize performance and cost targets.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration across vehicle, battery, drive unit, and motor teams, manage complex projects, and guide the Balanced Architecture phase through ATW gates toward handoff to execution teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in product engineering.
• Ability to lead complex technical projects with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to take ambiguous problems and define a tangible approach to identify optimal solutions.
• Showcase a wide range of creativity and latitude on challenging assignments.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, project management and negotiating skills.
• DFSS Black Belt.

Responsibilities

• Balance vehicle and propulsion system hardware requirements.
• Ensure requirements and hardware technology align with customer expectations by collaborating with engineers from vehicle, battery, drive unit, and motor teams.
• Develop the propulsion system to meet key performance and cost targets by working collaboratively VDDV, Cost Engineering and Planning.
• Lead component or system trade studies to select optimized solutions to meet vehicle requirements of range, performance, drive quality, and cost.
• Engage with other SMTs, Vehicle teams, Planning, Finance, and Electrification leadership as necessary to lead the project team through successful completion of key ATW and BA gates.
• Continuously benchmark automotive and other industries to identify and implement innovative technologies for electric vehicles.
• Protect intellectual property (IP) by documenting your new ideas for invention board review and subsequent patent submissions.

Skills

Product engineering

Cross-functional leadership

Ambiguity handling

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Negotiation skills

DFSS Black Belt

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Master's degree

Job description

General Motors in Warren, MI is seeking a Senior Propulsion Performance Engineer to lead the development of advanced electrified propulsion system architectures and optimize performance and cost targets.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration across vehicle, battery, drive unit, and motor teams, manage complex projects, and guide the Balanced Architecture phase through ATW gates toward handoff to execution teams.