Engineering Group Manager, Chassis Controls

General Motors • Milford, MI

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Vehicle Mechatronic Embedded Controls (VMEC) team within GM’s Software and Services organization develops, deploys, and releases control software and calibrations for the entire vehicle, including internal combustion engines, hybridized drive units & transmissions, high voltage batteries, and chassis & thermal management. This role is an Engineering Group Manager position within the Chassis Controls organization, leading a team of engineers in embedded development, control software design, deployment, system calibration, testing, and validation. The manager will work cross-functionally to ensure timely release of quality products. This people leader role involves developing and leading strategic action plans to support business goals, embracing agile practices to grow team capability with a focus on speed, quality, and safety, and empowering the team to innovate. Technical leadership will be at a strategic level with execution responsibilities, aiming for industry-leading chassis controls performance. The role also includes identifying and leading staffing initiatives, conducting group meetings, and communicating GM policies, procedures, vision, and strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical degree
• Minimum of 7 years of professional engineering/technical experience
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience related to embedded control system, calibration, related hardware, and/or safety critical system development
• Demonstrated technical background in chassis controls and/or vehicle dynamics
• Demonstrated results in successful project execution
• Excellent multi-functional communication and leadership skills - able to get multiple teams moving in the same direction
• Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity while driving timely decision making
• Possess a valid driver’s license and the ability to operate test vehicles

Nice To Haves

• Master of Science in Engineering and/or Master of Business Administration
• Master of Science in Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, Mechatronic, Aerospace, Systems or Software Engineering with emphasis in Controls or Robotics
• Experience in chassis controls development
• Leadership experience developing or utilizing industry standards
• Leadership experience in safety compliance of embedded systems
• Leadership of teams of engineers responsible for developing or testing embedded control systems or related hardware in an agile environment
• Demonstrated ability to: achieve results through effective teamwork, lead numerous projects with different focal areas to successful completion, and manage and measure work through metrics, data, and results
• Experience managing a global team that is geographically dispersed
• Working knowledge of embedded controls development tool set – (e.g. IBM Rational Tool Suite, Jira/Jama, Git ecosystem, MATLAB-Simulink, ETAS)

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers responsible for executing a specific area of embedded development, including control software design, development, deployment, system calibration, system test, and validation.
• Work cross-functionally with product, systems, and program teams to ensure all pieces come together to successfully release quality products on time.
• Develop and lead strategic action plans to support business goals for an inclusive future.
• Embrace agile practices to grow the team's capability for the future with a focus on speed, quality, and safety.
• Use agile concepts to empower the team to innovate and grow technology.
• Provide technical leadership at the strategic direction level with responsibilities for execution.
• Identify and lead staffing initiatives for a work team.
• Conduct regularly scheduled group meetings.
• Communicate GM policies and procedures, leadership and safety messages, and craft specific to function communication on vision and strategy.
• Enable self-organizing, self-managing teams to deliver product on-time with quality executions in an agile environment.
• Help remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement.
• Implement and support agile principles and practices, identifying and eliminating impediments, and facilitating flow.
• Mentor, coach, and develop employees and their careers.
• Establish and monitor budget for responsible activities.
• Execute resource planning for required activities.
• Model and foster GM's Core Values and Winning Behaviors.

Benefits

• From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.
• Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees