Staff Technical Program Manager, Hardware Infrastructure

Sponsorship: GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g. H-1B TN STEM OPT etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the office three times per week or other frequency dictated by the business.

The Role

GMs Infrastructure Engineering organization seeks a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead the strategy planning reporting and execution of GMs hardware validation and test infrastructure across labs and field deployments.

In this role you will partner with engineering manufacturing product and program to ensure our Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) calibration reliability and environmental testing capabilities scale with GMs vehicle program needs and deliver reliable high-quality results on time.

What youll be doing:

• Drive the end-to-end hardware infrastructure roadmap for lab and field test platforms; align milestones across stakeholders to meet vehicle program gates and readiness targets.

• Own program planning dependency mapping critical-path analysis and risk management for lab/bench infrastructure; maintain a visible RAID log (risks assumptions issues dependencies) with clear owners due dates and mitigation plans.

• Partner with cross-functional leads to define scope objectives milestones deliverables and measurable success metrics for ongoing and future hardware infrastructure initiatives.

• Run program execution reviews with transparent progress reporting to leadership and stakeholders; surface status risks decisions and financials with crisp narratives and data.

• Coordinate site readiness and lab enablement: safety practices facilities work orders power/cooling racking network access control and inventory/asset management.

• Lead vendor selection and performance management; negotiate schedules SLAs and deliverables; ensure incoming quality qualification and documentation requirements are met.

• Define traceable requirements for test benches and fixtures; translate engineering needs into scalable serviceable and compliant solutions with clear acceptance criteria.

• Implement observability and reporting: build dashboards for readiness capacity throughput reliability and incident metrics; drive continuous improvement through postmortems and root-cause analysis.

• Champion best practices for change control configuration management versioning and test repeatability across labs and field deployments.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 8 years in hardware or software engineering organizations with substantial exposure to validation/test environments and infrastructure at scale.

• Several years as a Technical Program Manager or comparable role delivering complex cross-functional programs end-to-end in highly technical domains.

• Proven experience orchestrating structured planning cycles (quarterly H1/H2) and operating reviews in large engineering organizations.

• Strong understanding of HIL systems data acquisition instrumentation calibration workflows test automation and lab operations.

• Demonstrated ability to conduct critical-path analysis tradeoff discussions and executive-ready program communications.

• Exceptional organizational analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable with ambiguity and fast-changing priorities.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to influence without direct authority and build trust across diverse teams.

• Fluency with modern development and validation toolchains (e.g. CI/CD for test automation issue tracking requirements and change management telemetry/observability tooling).

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Hands-on background as a hardware systems or test engineer or adjacent technical role with deep lab/test infrastructure experience.

• Experience with automotive validation environments: ECU/Domain Controller test in-vehicle networks (CAN/LIN/FlexRay/Ethernet) and system integration workflows.

• Familiarity with environmental/EMC testing practices lab safety/ESD and reliability programs (HALT/HASS) including supplier qualification and incoming inspection.

• Track record standing up new labs or benches at scale including site readiness facilities coordination and cross-site standardization.

• Competence with financial planning and vendor management: SOWs SLAs deliverables acceptance criteria and performance management.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York Colorado California or Washington.