Senior Lead, Rear Seat Structures Engineering

General Motors LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Technical Lead for seat structures at its Warren Tech Center. The role focuses on leadership, advancement, and optimization of the Structure CCC and CMS portfolios, with on-site collaboration and remote support as needed.

The candidate will guide a team of about 10 DREs, drive design development for complex seat configurations, and ensure robust DFMEAs and virtual validation prior to tooling. relocation assistance is available for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science – Engineering required.
• Extensive experience with seat structures & system development.
• Strong communication, organizational and planning skills.
• Experience building relationships with regional/global engineering partners.
• Knowledge of seat performance requirements and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead design development and integration of complex seat structure programs.
• Coordinate integration and tradeoffs between seat structures to optimize cost and meet requirements.
• Provide technical leadership for seat structures, assemblies, and tradeoffs for comfort, crash worthiness, mass, and cost.
• Identify and lead introduction of innovative core products and exploratory projects.
• Drive lessons learned and knowledge management within the team.
• Coordinate engineers, design staff, and program teams to align with SMT objectives.
• Develop and maintain seat CCC and CMS structures and DFMEAs.
• Ensure virtual validation is completed before tooling kickoff.
• Lead cost/quality/warranty issue resolution on seat programs.

Skills

Seat structures

Leadership

DFSS

Coaching

Cross-functional communication

Problem solving

Global environment

Education

Bachelor of Science – Engineering

Job description

General Motors seeks a Technical Lead for seat structures at its Warren Tech Center. The role focuses on leadership, advancement, and optimization of the Structure CCC and CMS portfolios, with on-site collaboration and remote support as needed.

The candidate will guide a team of about 10 DREs, drive design development for complex seat configurations, and ensure robust DFMEAs and virtual validation prior to tooling. relocation assistance is available for this role.