Senior Power Electronics Architect - Electric Drive Systems

General Motors Company; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Relocation benefits

Job summary

General Motors is seeking an experienced Power Electronics Architect to define component architecture strategies for traction inverters, OBCMs, APMs, and BDUs. You will lead architecture decisions across multiple vehicle programs, drive alignment with Systems Engineering, Controls, Software, and Manufacturing, and mentor engineers to deliver scalable, high-quality engineering solutions.

You will influence trade-offs among safety, efficiency, cost, and performance while advancing architecture

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
• 8+ years of new product engineering experience, including significant responsibility for power electronics systems, architecture, integration, controls, or hardware development.
• Proven track record of delivering multiple complex automotive power electronics products from concept through launch with sustained safety, quality, cost, performance, and timing results.
• Deep technical expertise in one or more power electronics product domains including Traction Inverters, OBCMs, APMs, BDUs, DC-DC converters, charging systems, or related high-voltage vehicle systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead subsystem and system-level architecture development, interface definition, and cross-functional integration efforts.
• Strong understanding of power conversion topologies, wide-bandgap semiconductors, controls integration, thermal management, EMC, HV safety, electrical protection, and reliability engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to make high-consequence technical decisions using first principles, systems thinking, quantitative analysis, and documented assumptions.
• Strong communication and technical leadership skills with the ability to influence engineering teams, suppliers, and leadership without direct authority.
• Experience creating and deploying architecture standards, interface specifications, technical guidelines, design reviews, and engineering decision frameworks.
• Proven ownership of critical technical risk management across safety, reliability, quality, cost, performance, timing, supplier, and manufacturing concerns.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor/develop engineers while strengthening technical capability across organization.
• Evidence of cross-program impact through improved commonality, architecture reuse, launch readiness, technical quality, or measurable business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture strategy, technical roadmap, design principles, and interface definitions for a designated power electronics component portfolio (Inverter, APM, OBCM, or BDU/X-in-1).
• Lead power electronics new product programs through the Balanced Architecture (BA) or Advanced Technology Work (ATW) phase with accountability for technical integrity, architecture maturity, gate readiness, cross-functional alignment, and closure of critical technical risks.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for component architecture decisions; lead trade-offs across safety, efficiency, power density, cost, weight, thermal performance, manufacturability, reliability, serviceability, and customer value.
• Define subsystem and system-level architectures including electrical topologies, semiconductor technologies, cooling approaches, controls interfaces, packaging concepts, and scalability strategies.
• Partner with Systems Engineering, Controls, Software, Hardware, Vehicle Integration, Manufacturing, Validation, and Supplier teams to ensure architecture decisions are effectively implemented and validated.
• Drive design reuse, commonality, modularity, and standardization across multiple vehicle programs to maximize portfolio value and reduce future development effort.
• Lead complex technical studies, competitive benchmarking activities, and architecture trade analyses that inform future product strategies, technology selections, and investment priorities.
• Establish and continuously improve component architecture standards, design guidelines, interface specifications, decision frameworks, and technical governance processes.
• Act as the primary technical liaison between the Power Electronics Architecture team and program leadership, presenting recommendations, alternatives, assumptions, risks, and business impacts to support key decisions.
• Anticipate emerging technology, regulatory, semiconductor, supplier, manufacturing, cybersecurity, functional safety, and field performance risks; develop mitigation plans before they impact program commitments.
• Mentor engineers while building a strong architecture community that consistently delivers high-quality engineering decisions.

Skills

Power electronics

Architecture leadership

System-level thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical mentoring

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Master of Science in Engineering

Job description

General Motors is seeking an experienced Power Electronics Architect to define component architecture strategies for traction inverters, OBCMs, APMs, and BDUs. You will lead architecture decisions across multiple vehicle programs, drive alignment with Systems Engineering, Controls, Software, and Manufacturing, and mentor engineers to deliver scalable, high-quality engineering solutions.

You will influence trade-offs among safety, efficiency, cost, and performance while advancing architecture