Engineering Group Manager â VMEC Chassis Controls
Engineering Group Manager â VMEC Chassis Controls
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Job Description
Hybrid: This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Markham three times per week at minimum.
The Role:
Our Vehicle Mechatronic Embedded Controls (VMEC) team within GMs Software and Services organization is responsible for developing deploying and releasing control software and calibrations that truly control the whole vehicle. Be it internal combustion engines hybridized drive units & transmissions high voltage batteries or chassis & thermal management the exciting challenge of inventing new methods to control the worlds best mechatronic systems is never ending.
We currently have several opportunities in Chassis Controls organization within VMEC to be an Engineering Group Manager leading a team of engineers responsible to execute a specific area of embedded development including control software design development and deployment or system calibration system test and validation. These teams work cross functionally with product systems and program teams to ensure all pieces come together to successfully release quality products on time to support our revenue generating truck portfolio and paving the way for our all-electric future.
In this people leader role as well as having responsibilities for specific areas of technology you will help develop and lead strategic action plans to support business goals for our inclusive future as we reinvent ourselves from auto manufacturer to a tech company! The heart of this position is to embrace agile practices that will enable you to grow your teams capability for the future with a focus on speed quality and safety. You will be using the agile concepts to empower your team to innovate and grow technology.
Your technical leadership will be at the strategic direction level with responsibilities for execution. You will help develop and lead strategic action plans to support business goals for our inclusive future with industry-leading chassis controls performance that elevate our customers driving experience.
Are you ready to 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 Are you in #EVerybodyIn. #IWorkForGM
What Youll do:
- 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 GMs Core Values and Winning Behaviors
Additional Job Description
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- 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 drivers license and the ability to operate test vehicles
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Skills)
- 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)
Company Vehicle: 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.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
