Super Cruise Microphone Systems Design Release Engineer

General Motors; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Design Release Engineer to lead the development and launch of external microphone hardware for Super Cruise functionality. You will own the design, validation, and production release of vehicle-mounted microphone systems that support vehicle sensing and safety capabilities.

The role requires strong ownership, the ability to resolve complex hardware issues, and collaboration with global suppliers and cross-functional teams across acoustics, electrical, mechanical, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Acoustics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering or technical experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of Design Release Engineer or equivalent component ownership experience.
• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals, including mechanical and electrical principles, acoustics, materials, environmental durability, and vehicle integration.
• Experience taking hardware from requirements definition through design, validation, release, and production launch.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional, global product-development teams.
• Strong technical communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and supplier-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the DRE owner for external microphone hardware and associated components, including microphone elements, acoustic ports and membranes, housings, brackets, seals, electrical interfaces, connectors, and vehicle attachment features.
• Own component and subsystem requirements, acting as the primary point of contact for requirements clarification, technical trade-offs, traceability, and change management.
• Translate next-generation Super Cruise and vehicle sensing objectives into measurable microphone performance requirements, including acoustic sensitivity, frequency response, signal-to-noise performance, directivity, environmental robustness, and system interface requirements.
• Lead design, development, analysis, validation, and release activities from concept through production launch.
• Develop and release technical specifications, Statements of Requirements (SORs), component requirements, interface specifications, and subsystem documentation as required.
• Drive microphone placement, packaging, acoustic path, sealing, thermal, electromagnetic compatibility, wiring, and serviceability decisions in collaboration with vehicle and system engineering teams.
• Coordinate Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Service (DFS), and Design for Reliability activities with suppliers and manufacturing plants.
• Lead and participate in formal design reviews, peer reviews, quality reviews, acoustic performance reviews, and technical issue-resolution activities.
• Work closely with supplier resident engineers, Acoustics, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software, Controls, Validation, NVH, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, Safety, Quality, and Program teams.
• Support development and validation testing, including acoustic characterization, wind and road-noise evaluation, environmental durability, water and dust ingress, temperature and humidity, vibration, shock, EMC, reliability, and vehicle-level performance testing.
• Support Design Verification (DV), Production Validation (PV), root-cause analysis, corrective-action development, and countermeasure implementation.
• Drive integration of microphone hardware with vehicle electrical architecture, wiring, signal-processing software, data interfaces, and Super Cruise system functions.
• Support prototype, vehicle, pilot, and production builds, including hardware bring-up, issue triage, test execution, and launch readiness activities.
• Own supplier technical deliverables, timing, quality, and issue closure for assigned microphone components and subsystems.
• Drive continuous improvement in cost, acoustic performance, quality, manufacturability, reliability, and production robustness.
• Ensure compliance with GM engineering standards, quality systems, functional safety expectations, cybersecurity and software interface requirements as applicable, and all relevant regulatory requirements.

Skills

Ownership

Cross-functional teamwork

Engineering judgment

Problem-solving

Supplier management

Technical communication

System integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Physics/Acoustics/CS/EE/ME

Tools

Teamcenter

IBM DOORS

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Design Release Engineer to lead the development and launch of external microphone hardware for Super Cruise functionality. You will own the design, validation, and production release of vehicle-mounted microphone systems that support vehicle sensing and safety capabilities.

The role requires strong ownership, the ability to resolve complex hardware issues, and collaboration with global suppliers and cross-functional teams across acoustics, electrical, mechanical, and