Technical Specialist - Seating - Climate Systems

General Motors • Warren, MI

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is categorized as hybrid, meaning the selected candidate will be expected to work on-site at the Warren Tech Center at least three days per week (or other frequency determined by their manager). This role is not eligible for relocation assistance. As a Technical Specialist - Seating Climate Systems, you will serve as a subject matter expert leading the design, development, and integration of seat climate and comfort-related systems across GM vehicle programs. You will play a critical role in advancing product performance, quality, safety, and customer satisfaction while helping teams deliver on timing, cost, and technical targets. This role requires a highly independent engineer who can make sound technical judgments, guide complex development activities, and influence both internal teams and suppliers. You will lead cross-functional workstreams, support global seating strategy, and drive continuous improvement across product development and system integration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of post-graduation engineering experience
• Experience with seat-to-vehicle packaging and engineering
• Experience with seat internal packaging and engineering
• Experience developing lumbar and cushion suspension systems with demonstrated success
• Experience with electronic modules and wire harness routing
• Understanding of electrical system requirements and system tradeoffs

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Engineering
• 8+ years of post-graduation engineering experience
• Automotive seating experience, including seat component design and development
• Experience supporting seat assembly plant and vehicle assembly plant launches
• Understanding of product cost drivers in manufacturing and design
• Experience assessing complexity impacts on manufacturing and cost
• Ability to interpret consumer research, competitive benchmarking, and financial data
• Knowledge of global seating regulations and industry requirements
• Experience working with automotive OEMs and seat suppliers
• Strong data analysis and presentation skills, including communicating complex topics to technical and executive audiences
• Experience with DFMEA, PFMEA, DFSS, Red X, DOORs, Rational Team Concert, environmental durability, EMC testing, ASIL, cybersecurity, software validation, NeoVI/Vehicle Spy, and LIN communications

Responsibilities

• Lead product development and system integration: Lead the development and integration of seat climate systems, including heating, ventilation, cooling, lumbar, and cushion suspension systems
• Support component and system development using GM engineering tools, processes, and program milestones
• Drive technical execution across vehicle programs with a strong focus on quality, timing, and performance
• Coach and guide suppliers to ensure flawless delivery of program requirements
• Drive safety, quality, and compliance: Support safety and compliance activities related to seating systems
• Participate in field action analysis and product safety investigations
• Author or co-author Preventive Action Letters following investigations
• Perform read-across assessments for identified concerns across current and past vehicle platforms
• Support strategy and complexity management: Support the development and execution of BOM row strategy for seating systems
• Contribute to design development and integration of seating electrical control units and wire harness assemblies into the vehicle electrical system
• Help define complexity, content, and variant strategies for global seating applications
• Use benchmarking, consumer insights, and internal data to help shape data-driven product strategies
• Build and apply technical knowledge: Support development of technical requirements, including SSTS, CTS, and GMW documentation
• Lead development and maintenance of core DFMEAs for seating systems
• Create and maintain best practices, design checklists, interface documents, key characteristics, and other core engineering knowledge assets
• Support design reviews, peer reviews, and technical problem-solving across engineering teams
• Enable program execution and future technology: Support early program architecture alignment and BOM strategy execution from concept through validation
• Guide DRE and VSE teams in applying core technical knowledge into program deliverables and engineering statements of work
• Support problem-solving, value stream planning, and execution improvements across seat development activities
• Lead or support advancement of new technologies within the seating BOM row
• Provide technical leadership on tradeoffs involving comfort, crashworthiness, cost, mass, and overall seat performance

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior