General Motors

Field Service Engineer

General Motors
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeAlbany • New York • United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $69,900 - $107,300 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive hands-on experience in Automotive Dealership Service Departments, with strong capabilities in vehicle diagnostics and repair. Proficient in providing specialized training and maintaining effective relationships with dealership management and GM teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Automotive Dealership Service ExperienceVehicle Diagnostic SkillsMS Office ProficiencyASE CertificationsCustomer Handling Skills

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide on-site professional automotive and business support to GM retail and wholesale communities
  • Diagnose and direct repairs on customer vehicles to reduce repurchase progression and warranty expense
  • Provide third-level on-site support for escalated automotive technical issues and dispatched cases
  • Maintain relationships with District Manager Parts and Service, Regional Business Resource Managers, dealers, and GM business resource teams
  • Support customers requesting vehicle repurchases and gather information on high-risk vehicles
  • Review and improve dealer comeback processes and service readiness
  • Review Preliminary Information bulletins and communicate authorized field-fix information
  • Conduct ad hoc dealership training on Techline tools, applications, diagnostic tools, and equipment
  • Resolve dealer concerns and Techline tool problems through closure
  • Report dealership state of health and support technician recruitment and retention
  • Build and maintain relationships with dealership management, especially service departments
  • Develop relationships with GM national and regional service, quality, and engineering management
  • Represent GM as a field resource and spokesperson for automotive technical product information
  • Provide Field Product Reports to Vehicle/Powertrain Brand Quality Managers and GM Engineering
  • Support Better Business Bureau arbitration hearings and legal cases such as lemon-law lawsuits
  • Provide warranty waste-reduction suggestions to FSE Leadership and the BQM Team
  • Cover recurring territory visits to dealerships in Albany, NY and the surrounding area

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 2–5 years of extensive hands-on Automotive Dealership Service Department, vehicle diagnostic, or repair experience
  • Valid driver’s license and clean driving record
  • Proficiency with MS Office applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook or equivalent email/calendar application
  • Ability to manage, resolve, document, and close dispatch cases within the required timeframe
  • Ability to work with minimal direction and self-train to maintain and increase skills
  • Ability to create and provide specialized training
  • Excellent communication and time-management skills
  • Self-motivated with a proactive approach to meeting and exceeding customer expectations
  • Must live in the Albany, NY territory or relocate to Albany, NY within a 50-mile radius
  • Preferred: proficiency with Pico Scope
  • Preferred: customer handling, support, sales, administrative, computer, or other relevant business skills
  • Preferred: computer hardware setup, internet, and wireless communications experience
  • Preferred ASE certifications: A1–A9 plus Master Technician; T1–T8 plus Master Technician; or L1, L2, and L3
  • Preferred knowledge of LAN/WAN IT infrastructure

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Bonus potential through an incentive pay program based on company performance, job level, and individual performance
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Sickness and accident benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Tuition assistance programs
  • Employee assistance program
  • GM vehicle discounts
  • Health and wellbeing benefit programs

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Hard Skills
Vehicle RepairDiagnostic ToolsTechline ToolsPico Scope ProficiencyWarranty Management
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationTime ManagementSelf-MotivatedProactive Approach
Tools & Technologies
MS Office ApplicationsComputer Hardware SetupInternet CommunicationsWireless Communications
Certifications & Qualifications
ASE A1–A9ASE Master TechnicianASE T1–T8ASE L1ASE L2ASE L3
Industry Keywords
Automotive Technical SupportDealer Comeback ProcessesField Product ReportsWarranty Waste ReductionLemon-Law Lawsuits