Vehicle Systems Engineer

General Motors•Warren, MI

About The Position

This role involves understanding core strategies, feature requirements, UX requirements, and operational process requirements for Over-The-Air (OTA) programming. The engineer will understand implementation project timelines and vehicle program rollout timing. A key responsibility is to lead multi-functional efforts of Product Development, Aftersales Engineering, CX, and other resources supporting software updates, from project inception through delivery. This includes collaborating with the Validation organization to develop and execute a comprehensive validation plan, establishing launch plans, and driving the resolution of issues that lack a natural owner or require multi-functional coordination. The role also involves driving formal closed-loop learning for issues identified during update campaigns and defining/refining robust, scalable processes for team consumption. Approximately 10% travel to client sites domestically is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and System Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field of study.
Five (5) years of experience as a Validation Engineer, Junior Data Analyst, Engineering Technician, or a related occupation.
Three (3) years of experience with: Database management including optimizing SQL queries in relational databases and big data platforms including Hive.
Two (2) years of experience with: Exercising 8D and 5 Why’s problem solving technique to identify root cause and propose expected improvements from failure fixes.
Two (2) years of experience with: Project management.
Two (2) years of experience with: Automotive electrical systems and vehicle programming.
Two (2) years of experience with: Operational process requirement including Back Office processes for connected vehicle services.
Two (2) years of experience with: Software Release tools including Engineering Change Management (ECM), Soft Part Release (SPR), Problem Resolution and Tracking system (PRTS), GlobalSIM (GSIM), Remote Reflash Test Tool (R2T2).
Two (2) years of experience with: Global Softpart Authoring System (GSPAS), Vehicle Control Application Management, and Vehicle Spy and CANalyzer.
One (1) year of experience with: OTA update management.

Responsibilities

Understand core strategies, feature requirements, UX requirements and operational process requirements for OTA programming.
Understand implementation project timelines and vehicle program rollout timing.
Lead multi-functional effort of Product Development, Aftersales Engineering, CX, and other resources who support software updates, from project inception, validation, approval process through delivery.
Collaborate with the Validation organization to develop and execute a comprehensive validation plan to ensure robust field performance.
Establish launch plan for each assigned project.
Passion for resolution of all issues surfaced during development process that lack a natural owner or require multi-functional coordination.
Drive formal closed-loop-learning for issues identified during update campaigns back to natural owners to ensure long-term corrective action.
Define and Refine robust scalable processes and formally document for consumption by multi-functional team members as well as new team members.