Staff Systems Engineer - Occupant Protection Systems (GPSSC)

General Motors•Warren, MI

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard —from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features. Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale. The Role System Engineers are responsible for partitioning and allocating product, feature and system functionality to implementation teams. Safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance are factors considered in system design with the goal of optimizing performance, design, testability, and deployability. System engineers identify use cases, define functional technical requirements, enable robust implementation designs, and ensure built-in quality with test definition and traceability.

Requirements

BS in Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Biomechanical, Controls Engineering, or equivalent
10+ years of Frontal, Side, and Rollover Crashworthiness experience
Demonstrated expert knowledge in restraint system deployments and controls
Demonstrated expert knowledge in global regulatory and consumer metrics pertaining to restraints including frontal, side, and rollover evaluations
Highly skilled and experienced in occupant restraints balancing and optimization relative to frontal, side and rollover evaluations
Highly skilled and fluent in GM’s global restraint development/integration/validation processes
Strong interpersonal skills
Proficiency in leading effective multi-disciplinary, and globally distributed teams
Demonstrated ability to develop and implement innovative solutions to challenging problems
Strong oral and written communication skills
Ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams comprised of team members from multiple SMT organizations
Self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision
Demonstrated leadership skills
Proven track record of delivering on-time with quality
Systems Engineering experience
RTC, DOORS/DNG and FIT knowledge & experience
DFSS Black Belt
Ability to travel as needed (minimal, 5% at the absolute max)
Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle

Nice To Haves

Higher engineering degree (MS or Ph.D.) and/or graduate level training in Safety
12+ years of Frontal, Side, and Rollover Crashworthiness experience
DFSS Master Black Belt
20+ years of Frontal, Side, and Rollover Crashworthiness experience
Test & Analysis experience
Red X knowledge & experience
Seat / Belt / Occupant Sensing experience
Occupant protection restraint system release / integration / development / validation experience

Responsibilities

Manage Seat, Belt and Interior Sensing systems sub-group’s projects and workload across several Systems Engineers (SE) and System Integration Engineers (SIE)
Translate business objectives to actionable deliverables for the Seat, Belt, and Interior Sensing Systems sub-group
Develop and execute the sub-group’s training, and tests
Collaborate with other Occupant Protections Systems sub-group leads to ensure group’s overall success
Mentor, coach, and train Seat, Belt, and Interior Sensing SE’s and SIE’s and provide extended influence over the rest of Occupant Protection group team members
Provide technical leadership and supervision across all Seat, Belt, and Interior Sensing systems TRB’s and represent sub-group in Occupant Protection Systems CCB, and other SMT/Safety/Performance organizations’ forums (e.g., SMT Core-PDT’s, RADs, GSSLT, PAC, etc.)
Lead the Seat, Belt, and Interior Sensing Systems sub-group to develop, release, maintain and refine Feature / System Technical Specifications and FMEAs (plus ownership for at least one of the features)
Lead the development of consistency in requirements and failure modes across the Seat, Belt, and Interior Sensing Systems
Collaborate with Systems Safety, Feature Owners and/or Safety Vehicle Performance Owners to develop and improve customer focused vehicle level features and systems
Collaborate on Validation and Verification plan (Mechanical, Electrical, and Controls)
Perform physical and functional partitioning of a feature and Fault Tree Analysis
Lead the development and issue resolution of any and all components integration issues that impact features and systems
Work with subsystem and component teams to optimize system design including lessons learned
Support “Speak Up For Safety” and “Emerging Potential Issues” that are Systems issues relevant to Seat, Belt, and Interior Sensing Systems
Manage S PRTS issues that require Seat, Belt, and Interior Sensing systems support
Lead Criteria / Best Practice / Test procedure development
Establish cross-functional work groups to address system level issues
Supports selection of new employees
Be responsible for System Engineering support during all phases of vehicle development through production
EPIC ownership and/or mentoring
Lead and/or coach benchmarking and clinic activities
Ensure program applicability of system variants
Collaboration with PVEs on Validation and Verification plan of FTS/STS requirements
Some level of travel may be required to support system level concerns for vehicle programs.