Senior Manager, Chassis Controls

Hybrid: This position does not require an employee to be onsite full-time to perform most effectively. The employee’s role enables them to work at a GM facility or off-site according to Work Appropriately, with the expectation that the employee will be onsite 3 days a week on average. 

Vehicle Mechatronics Embedded Controls (VMEC) is responsible for designing, developing, and deploying the embedded controls and software for all vehicle systems and components that manage vehicle motion, occupant access, position, protection, vision & visibility, and comfort.   

The Chassis Controls Senior Manager will be the Engineering Lead for various chassis controls products and lead the teams responsible for end-to-end inhouse and outsourced solutions, including requirements development, controls design, software implementation, calibration, verification/validation, release, and deployment. This position will also serve as the ART Champion of applicable Chassis Controls ART(s). 

In this people leader role, you will lead several Engineering Group Managers and develop talent throughout the organization. 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 customer’s driving experience. 

The chassis controls products delivers inhouse and outsourced solutions various chassis controls areas such as steering, suspension and vehicle dynamics control  

Are you ready to build an inclusive safety focused culture, lead a team to innovative solutions, launch new products, develop dynamic engineers, and drive the strategy to an all-electric future? Are you in? #EverybodyIn. #IWorkForGM  

Job Responsibilities:   

Provide leadership to: 

• Lead centralized vehicle motion supervisory controls architecture with industry-leading level of cross-domain integration and performance optimization 

• Drive industry standardization to enable HW/SW decoupling 

• Lead & align technology roadmaps across ARTs & Value Streams related to chassis controls products 

• Lead execution of chassis controls products across different electrical architectures (e.g. VIP & SDV2.0) 

• Develop open innovation pathways, including ability for outsourced software to be integrated into GM supervisory controls ecosystem 

• Enable self-organizing, empowered teams to deliver product on-time with quality executions within an agile framework.  Drive discipline to on-time execution, dealing with ambiguity and strategically pivoting with resiliency. 

• Collaborate with Product Team leadership as the Engineering Lead and ART Champion of chassis controls ARTs  

• Provide visionary leadership in the development and execution of controls, software and calibration strategies that are aligned with the GM's vision and strategy 

• Enable self-organizing, empowered teams to deliver product on-time with quality executions in an agile framework 

• 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 

• Provide lean-agile leadership while working across VMEC and collaborating with other Software and Services organizations to establish and execute plans 

• Mentor, coach, and develop employees and their careers 

• Establish and monitor budget for responsible activities 

• Execute resource planning for required activities 

• Model and foster GM's Core Values and Winning Behaviors 

• Engage with suppliers and bundled service partners to ensure alignment and execution of deliverables, handling escalations autonomously