Vehicle Performance Engineer; Noise & Vibration - GM Defense

General Motors • Milford, MI

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About The Position

GM Defense (GMD) is looking for an N&V Performance engineer that is interested in creating the future of GM Defense related vehicles. The GM Defense Performance Team is a dynamic, fast paced environment where every day provides a new problem to solve that is having an impact on our current & future defense ground vehicles. This includes participating in the AVD process, establishing vehicle level and subsystem requirements. Then following that project through protype builds, integrating the vehicle and then launching a new vehicle program. The ideal GMD N&V Performance Engineer will have an interest in having a wide variety in their work content. They will also be interested in working cross functionally with multiple SMTs and the broader Performance Integration Team. This job will provide a mix of AVD work, lab development work, SMT support, Global Validation support, and Interactions with the GMD Quality and MFG organizations. GMD N&V Performance Engineer will be a part of the team transforming how GMD develops vehicle, subsystem and component level N&V performance with a focus on leveraging virtual tools to enable defense industry VDP timelines. The N&V Performance Engineer will need to learn our current advanced vehicle design and hardware execution process with a focus on executing current vehicle programs while developing improved integration processes to help deliver N&V engineering solutions to our programs withing GM Defense.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related Engineering degree
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and the ability to operate test vehicles.
• 3+ years of Noise & Virbration experience
• 5 years of Engineering experience
• Proficient in data acquisition systems and test equipment; LMS & HEAD Acoustics
• Candidate must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee or refugee).

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of DRE experience
• IRT Co-Chair assignment
• Experience using Teamcenter / NX / Vis Mockup
• High level of interpersonal skills to work independently and effectively with others, and ability to establish peer relationships.
• Ability to prioritize work and resources, and work independently with minimal direction.
• Experience in the defense industry

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-VPI N&V assessments of vehicle level & subsystem level performance for defense vehicles
• Ensure all N&V component targets are defined in SOR prior to it being sent out for bid.
• Conduct lab testing to develop requirements for any component on the vehicle; electrical modules, HVAC, interior components, etc….
• Document results and communicate results to program teams at VPIT and also SMT / VDDV / VDT engineers as needed.
• Support virtual engineering by engaging in the development of math-based tools and models.
• Use all N&V data acquisition tools to conduct testing, LMS & HEAD systems.
• Document lessons learned, support peer review and program review meetings.
• Support PDT / CIT / PIT meetings as needed to resolve N&V AVD and Hardware performance issues.
• Support performance engineers with lab testing to help root cause issues found in vehicles.
• Interact with technicians, equipment & software suppliers, validation, SMTs, and other technical experts to implement existing test procedures (GMWs) and develop new test procedures as required for defense vehicles.
• Provide technical support to vehicle program teams, SMT engineering organizations, validation, quality, and manufacturing.
• Research latest N&V technologies related to lab testing and determine feasibility.
• Participates in design/peer reviews.
• Shares lessons learned with peers and Manager.
• Keeps Manager informed of assignment status, timing, and technical issues.
• Independently creates/manages project plans.

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

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