Virtual Propulsion Engineer- Power Electronics & HV System

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

Job summary

General Motors is seeking an Electrical Engineer to optimize and define design and validation requirements for power inverters and high‑voltage bus systems. You will predict losses, heat rejection, and ripple, and assess how control strategies affect performance.

The role provides technical leadership across concept to production, with a focus on cost reduction and efficiency improvements; hybrid work policy applies (3 days in-office, 2 days remote).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and five years of relevant experience.
• Alternatively, a Master's degree with three years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Electric Drive and Propulsion, High Voltage Bus, and V2V/V2H architectures.
• Power electronics analysis, design, development, validation, and release experience.
• Experience with wide band gap semiconductors (Si, SiC, GaN).
• Design, development, and testing of power inverters/converters.
• EMC design for power electronics modules.
• Vehicle-level emissions modeling and use of tools like Ansys, Matlab/Simulink, Saber.

Responsibilities

• Define design and validation requirements for inverter systems.
• Predict inverter losses and heat rejection; assess HV bus ripple and resonances.
• Assess impact of control strategies on component and system performance.
• Support power electronics teams from concept to production.
• Provide technical leadership in product development and supplier assessments.
• Apply cost, size, and efficiency improvements across programs.

Skills

Power electronics

EMC design

Vehicle electrical systems

Modeling and simulation

Inverter/converter design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Ansys Sherlock HFSS Siwave

Matlab/Simulink

Saber

Job description

DUTIES:

Optimize and define design and validation requirements, predict inverter losses and heat rejection, predict high voltage bus ripple and resonances, assess the impact of control strategy on component design and validation, assess impact of design changes on component and system performance, and HTD, PTC, Ripple Rejection Analysis. Support power electronics teams in all phases of program execution from concept to production. Provide technical leadership in program product development teams and supplier assessment activities pertaining to power inverters and high voltage bus. Actively pursue cost reduction, size reduction and efficiency improvement. Hybrid Work Policy - 3 days In-office, 2 days remote - Must be able to report to local office. Multiple positions available.

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field of study and Five (5) years of experience as an Electrical Engineer, Design Release Engineer, or related occupation. Alternatively, the employer will accept a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field of study and Three (3) years of experience as an Electrical Engineer, Design Release Engineer, or related occupation. Three (3) years of experience with: Electric Drive and Propulsion System High Voltage Bus; Vehicle-to-Vehicle & Vehicle-to-Home System Architecture and Vehicle Charging; Power Electronics analysis, design, development, validation, and release experience; Power electronics theory and principles with wide band gap semiconductors including Si, SiC, and GaN; Design, development, and testing of power inverters and converters; Designing for EMC in power electronics modules; Design and analysis of vehicle level conducted and radiated emissions; and Commercial tools for modeling and simulation of power electronics and electric drives including Ansys (Sherlock, HFSS, Siwave), Matlab, Simulink, and Saber.