Staff Program Manager, CoSIM & Calibration

generalmotors; Newark Township (MI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

GM vehicle discounts

Total Rewards resources

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Staff Program Manager to lead CoSIM and calibration efforts, driving the development of virtual assets, governance, and an operating rhythm. You will coordinate across calibration, controls, software, systems engineering, and vehicle programs to deliver capabilities on time and with quality.

This hybrid role emphasizes collaboration, risk management, and clear reporting to senior leadership, with opportunities to mentor engineers and scale virtual engineering across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated success leading technically complex, cross-functional programs from strategy through implementation and operational adoption.
• Practical understanding of vehicle controls, embedded software, calibration, virtual validation or related workflows.
• Experience coordinating teams through ambiguity, competing priorities, dependencies and issues without relying solely on formal authority.
• Strong written, verbal and executive communication skills, including the ability to present risks, decisions and recommendations to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated ownership of outcomes, disciplined follow-through and a commitment to safety, quality and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated CoSIM and calibration execution roadmap, including scope, milestones, dependencies, decision points, resource needs and measurable outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional execution across calibration, controls, software, systems engineering, validation, vehicle programs, test facilities and external partners to deliver agreed capabilities on time and with quality.
• Establish and maintain a clear operating model for intake, prioritization, ownership, handoffs, issue escalation and decision-making across program and capability work.
• Drive readiness of the virtual assets required for execution, including simulation variants, plant and controller models, calibration inputs, test scenarios, data and supporting tools.
• Partner with technical leaders to define repeatable calibration and regression workflows, including version control, traceability, approval paths, release readiness and continuous improvement.
• Identify and resolve technical, organizational and schedule risks; surface trade-offs early and provide leadership with concise status, options and recommendations.
• Create transparent reporting for program health, capability maturity, adoption, quality, cycle time, physical-asset utilization and other agreed success measures.
• Represent the initiative in senior leadership reviews and technical forums, translating complex engineering issues into clear business decisions and actionable commitments.
• Mentor program and technical leads and build a culture of ownership, collaboration, urgency and fact-based problem solving.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Vehicle controls

Embedded software

Calibration workflows

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

General Motors seeks a Staff Program Manager to lead CoSIM and calibration efforts, driving the development of virtual assets, governance, and an operating rhythm. You will coordinate across calibration, controls, software, systems engineering, and vehicle programs to deliver capabilities on time and with quality.

This hybrid role emphasizes collaboration, risk management, and clear reporting to senior leadership, with opportunities to mentor engineers and scale virtual engineering across