General Motors
Job Description
Why Join General Motors:
Join the team shaping the platform behind GM’s next generation of software-defined vehicles. Vehicle Software & Electronics Platform Engineering connects electrical architecture, embedded systems, CI/CD, virtualization, and test infrastructure to help turn complex vehicle content into scalable, launch-ready products.
This role is pivotal in ensuring electronics integration becomes a core consideration in vehicle architecture, not an afterthought. At GM, you will have the opportunity to lead at the center of vehicle innovation, influence how software and electronics come together physically across our global lineup, and build the capabilities that will enable faster, safer, smarter, and more cost-efficient vehicles.
The Role:
We are seeking an experienced, visionary leader to head Electrical Integration & Numerical Optimization. In this role, you will own the development of industry leading Numerical Optimization Tools that are used to determine the optimal placement of electronics in GM’s vehicles globally. You will lead the application of these tools to lead the industry in integration for GM’s next generation of vehicles.
This leader thinks beyond traditional physical part packaging, using modeling, numerical optimization, and data to redefine how electrical and electronics systems are physically realized – bridging advanced analytical methods with real-world vehicle execution to translate complex trade-offs of inputs and outputs into clear, data-driven decisions that improve cost, performance, and development velocity at scale. This role directly shapes platform-level architecture decisions, compounding value across programs and scaling across the portfolio, improving both engineering efficiency and product competitiveness.
In addition to leading numerical optimization, you will lead a team of experienced Physical Electrical Integration Engineers to apply the optimization tools while executing the following technologies:
Unifying integration strategies across these areas, ensuring packaging, harness optimization, electrical integrity, manufacturability, and cross-functional execution are addressed consistently and early in vehicle development.
This position reports to the Director of Electrical Engineering Integration, the organization responsible for the physical integration strategy of electronics across GM vehicles.
What You'll Do (Responsibilities):
You will drive one of the most cross-functional and high-impact areas of vehicle development at General Motors.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
Personal Attributes/Leadership:
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate.
Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.
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