Senior Seat Core Engineer Hybrid Vehicle Systems

General Motors; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to lead seat core engineering, develop seat variants for vehicle programs, and manage cross-functional teams at GM facilities in the US. You will drive DFSS-driven design, validate components, and ensure cost-effective, high-quality seating solutions.

The role requires collaboration with CAD and CAE groups, delivering on milestones while balancing mass, cost, and performance for multiple vehicle programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering/ Industrial and Systems Engineering/ Civil Engineering required
• Minimum 5+ years of developing and executing technical solutions for mechanical components to support new vehicle programs
• Previous seat development experience
• Balancing business imperatives, including but not limited to cost, mass, complexity, and timing
• Comfortable working with multidisciplinary and cross-cultural teams
• Ability to deal optimally with ambiguity and forward-thinking environment
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) - Green belt certification required
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) - Black belt certification required
• Master Degree in Engineering preferred
• Familiarity with structured problem-solving methods Red-X
• Experience with DFMEA, PFMEA and GD&T

Responsibilities

• Design, development, analysis, implementation, and validation of the complex seat subsystems will be your day to day duties.
• Perform engineering design evaluations and concept development across vehicle programs using DFSS approach.
• Utilize engineering tools (DFMEA, ICDs, PFMEA) and leverage CAE groups including Safety Performance to successfully develop the best system design solutions.
• Complete DFMEA’s (FIT) on time with quality.
• Package components, manage CAD development through supplier or GM designers and collaborate with other systems within the vehicle.
• Ensure best practices are incorporated in the CAD and seek support when best practice not met.
• Work cross-functionally to support initial vehicle configuration work, realize cost optimization, deliver customer-driven requirements, and implement product and process improvements.
• Balance business imperatives, including but not limited to cost, mass, complexity, and timing.
• Communicate information to and from internal and external customer organizations (e.g. Creative Design, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, suppliers) and lead the product development team (PDT).
• Track and resolve open issues with support.
• Review, support and apply benchmarking for design direction competitiveness.
• Support SVI team through early engagement.
• Understanding customer needs and architecture limitations.
• Integrate components, occupant and seating system.
• Look forward and anticipate usages ( do not focus on point solutions).
• Develop RE-USE strategy across all seating systems.
• Reduce component variants.
• Provide improvements and solutions to enable comfort and craftsmanship.
• Provide features and solutions for consistent quality assembly and closeout (to seat and vehicle).
• Support virtual validation goals.
• Incorporate lessons learned and continuous improvements based on physical validation and builds.

Skills

Seat development experience

DFSS Green belt

Cross-functional teamwork

Ambiguity handling

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Tools

DFMEA

PFMEA

GD&T

CAD

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to lead seat core engineering, develop seat variants for vehicle programs, and manage cross-functional teams at GM facilities in the US. You will drive DFSS-driven design, validate components, and ensure cost-effective, high-quality seating solutions.

The role requires collaboration with CAD and CAE groups, delivering on milestones while balancing mass, cost, and performance for multiple vehicle programs.