Description
The Role: GM Defense is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Vehicle Performance Manager to join the engineering team. This role is critical to ensuring our products meet the performance and safety requirements of our global customers. We are looking for a dynamic leader who thrives in fast-paced environments, demonstrates initiative, and excels at working across cross-functional teams to deliver winning products. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a “roll-up-the-sleeves” mentality and a passion for leading complex efforts from concept to product delivery. In this role you’ll guide, develop, and inspire a group of development and system safety engineers in the ambiguous and dynamic GM Defense space. What You’ll Do: Adapt GM vehicle development and system safety processes for defense projects Guide vehicle performance balance across integration groups to assure winning products Provide direction and prioritization in areas of System Safety, Energy, Vehicle Dynamics, NVH, Driveability and overall vehicle performance and ensure that integration is on time for project requirements Champion performance technology, system safety, and innovation execution Develop and maintain strong partnerships with VDDV, Vehicle Performance, and System Safety organization. Responsible for Vehicle Technical Specs and the Development and Validation to requirements. Lead Vehicle Development fleet usage and counts within annual budget allocation Estimate workload requirements for future projects and aligning resources to support execution Lead vehicle buy off rides with vehicle performance status and issue list Adhere to all safety precautions and requirements, and treat safety as the top priority during all work activities Provide vehicle performance and system safety execution communication to leadership as required “Single Voice” for vehicle performance and system safety to Vehicle Chief Engineer. Support demonstration activities for customers, partners, and media Travel as required Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications) Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related 7+ years total engineering experience 5+ years in Vehicle Development experience in the areas of Ride & Handling, Noise and Vibration, Energy/Drive Quality, Chassis Controls, Vehicle controls and/or calibration (including integration centers) Ability to lead a group of vehicle performance and system safety engineers In-depth knowledge of hardware, software and calibration interfaces In-depth knowledge of system safety processes Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to empower and inspire employees to exceptional levels of performance Strong innovation and execution balance to create solutions while executing on the critical path Excellent communication skills with the ability to present technical topics to individuals at all levels within the organization Broad knowledge of vehicle development process and understanding of key deliverables Possess a valid drivers license with the ability to operate test vehicles Candidate must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee or refugee) What Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications) Master of Science degree in Engineering or Business DFSS Black belt 10+ years in Vehicle Development experience in multiple fields of Ride & Handling, Noise and Vibration, Energy/Drive Quality, Chassis Controls, Vehicle controls and/or calibration, (including integration centers). 2+ years Design Release Engineer experience 2+ years Management or other equivalent people leader experience Military or defense industry experience #GMD
GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.
The selected candidate will be required to travel
