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Electrical Architect
General MotorsCore Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in vehicle electrical engineering, including power distribution, circuit protection, and energy management strategies. Proven ability to lead technical reviews and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve complex design challenges.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Electrical Systems DesignPower Distribution EngineeringFMEA LeadershipCapital Logic Tool ProficiencyCross-Functional Collaboration
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Define vehicle electrical requirements, functional partitions, and subsystem allocations
- Develop energy-management strategies across power generation, storage, distribution, and loads
- Design power and ground distribution, including battery electrical centers, pre-fuse strategies, and related components
- Select wire gauges and circuit protection using engineering requirements, standards, and analysis
- Create and review mechanizations, schematics, harness netlists, and other program deliverables
- Use engineering analysis and CAE tools to identify deficiencies and drive corrective action
- Lead or support FMEAs, design and technical reviews, and issue resolution
- Provide technical requirements and input for sourcing and supplier reviews
- Resolve interfaces, dependencies, and design conflicts with Design Release Engineers and cross-functional teams
- Ensure architecture deliverables are complete, technically sound, and aligned with program milestones
- Communicate technical risks, trade-offs, decisions, and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders
- Mentor engineers and improve electrical architecture methods, tools, standards, and documentation
- Work across GM Defense, GM, and partners in propulsion, interiors, exteriors, chassis, body/armor, software, and vehicle systems
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Electrical, Mechanical, or a related engineering discipline
- 5+ years of relevant experience in electrical systems, vehicle electrical engineering, design release, controls, harnesses, power distribution, embedded systems, or a related field
- Professional experience in automotive electrical engineering, vehicle electrical systems, power or signal distribution, or a related field
- Experience releasing electrical components, distribution designs, schematics, harnesses, or related engineering content
- Proven ability to independently analyze and resolve complex technical problems and drive issues to closure
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional Product Development teams, engineering suppliers and leading vehicle-level electrical architecture decisions
- Knowledge of vehicle power and signal distribution, battery electrical centers, pre-fuse systems, circuit protection, wire sizing, and energy management
- Experience with Capital Logic or similar electrical design, schematic, or harness engineering tools
- Experience leading technical reviews, supplier discussions, FMEAs, and issue-resolution teams
- Working knowledge of engineering software, architecture standards, design guidelines, net lists, release processes, and change management
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work periodically at the Milford Proving Grounds, travel as required and legally operate a motor vehicle
- Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee, or refugee)
- Must not require GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future
- Must be able to legally operate a motor vehicle regularly and successfully complete a Motor Vehicle Report review
- Position is subject to export control restrictions
- Preferred: MS in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering
- Preferred: DFSS Black Belt Certification
- Preferred: Experience developing electrical device logical modeling
- Preferred: Experience with EMI mitigation to meet EMC requirements
Benefits
Comp & perks- Benefits available from day one
- Total Rewards resources
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Travel required at less than 25%
- GM does not provide relocation benefits; relocation costs are the selected candidate’s responsibility
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Electrical EngineeringVehicle Electrical SystemsCircuit ProtectionWire SizingEnergy ManagementSchematic DesignHarness EngineeringTechnical Problem SolvingDesign Release ProcessesEMI Mitigation
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsOrganizational SkillsPresentation SkillsProblem-Solving Skills
Tools & Technologies
Capital LogicCAE ToolsEngineering Software
Certifications & Qualifications
DFSS Black Belt CertificationBachelor of Science in Engineering
Industry Keywords
Automotive Electrical EngineeringVehicle SystemsPower GenerationBattery Electrical CentersDesign GuidelinesChange ManagementTechnical Reviews