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• Research, invent, design, model, simulate, prototype, test, and demonstrate advanced inverter and power-conversion systems
• Define and assess technical requirements and architectures for three-phase export-power and uninterruptible-AC-power applications from 10 kW to over 100 kW
• Investigate architectures interfacing with grid connections, energy-storage systems, high-voltage batteries, and generator-fed systems
• Develop and evaluate high- and low-voltage inverters, DC-DC converters, and related energy-conversion topologies
• Investigate internal and external technology options involving GM Energy, suppliers, universities, startups, government laboratories, and strategic partners
• Develop solutions addressing efficiency, cost, mass, packaging, thermal management, reliability, manufacturability, and customer functionality
• Apply digital and analog controls, embedded software, system modeling, simulation, and optimization techniques
• Plan and conduct instrumented bench and system-level experiments evaluating performance, EMI/EMC, thermal characteristics, reliability, and compliance
• Translate research concepts into hardware or system-relevant demonstrations with researchers and engineers
• Collaborate across GM Energy and Propulsion Systems Research, GM Defense, Advanced Engineering, Product Development, GM Energy, and related organizations
• Prepare research reports, technical presentations, records of invention, and external publications
• Lead technical discussions and reviews and communicate complex concepts to varied audiences
• Maintain current knowledge of industry and technology developments
• Support a team-oriented, high-performance research environment

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Entry-Level Researcher – Power Electronics, Energy Conversion Systems

• Lead semiconductor-focused research projects influencing GM’s electrical and software architecture roadmaps
• Design and implement proof-of-concept prototypes on R&D lab benches and representative in-vehicle architecture benches
• Evaluate and benchmark SoCs/MCUs and memory technologies for latency, throughput, power, cost, and safety/security trade-offs
• Explore and prototype compute and communication concepts using FPGAs, evaluation boards, and custom circuitry
• Contribute to ECU and board-level design concepts, including power, clocks, reset, high-speed interfaces, and bring-up strategies
• Drive low-level software concepts around boot flows, BSPs, bare-metal or RTOS implementations, device drivers, and hardware abstraction
• Collaborate with GM engineering, purchasing, and suppliers on semiconductor choices and architecture, safety, cybersecurity, and cost objectives
• Pursue technology insertion opportunities and move successful research outcomes into production programs, pilots, or platform roadmaps
• Publish and protect intellectual property through internal reports, patents, and external publications
• Represent GM R&D at technical conferences and workshops

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Entry-Level Compute Platforms & SoC/MCU Semiconductor Systems Researcher

• Advance computational materials science at continuum length scales for next-generation vehicle and manufacturing applications
• Propose research directions, establish technical research plans, and lead collaborative studies
• Develop and apply continuum-scale models, simulation workflows, and data-driven methods
• Connect material composition, microstructure, processing, performance, and engineering requirements
• Guide experimental research and enable efficient materials down-selection
• Translate computational discoveries into practical materials and manufacturing solutions
• Develop physics-based models covering constitutive behavior, phase evolution, transport, damage, fracture, fatigue, thermal response, and multiphysics phenomena
• Build and apply continuum and mesoscale simulation methods
• Integrate thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanics, processing science, and materials data into predictive workflows
• Use simulation, high-throughput computation, optimization, and data-driven methods to screen materials and processing conditions
• Partner with experimental researchers to define experiments, interpret results, quantify uncertainty, and accelerate materials down-selection
• Establish model verification, validation, calibration, uncertainty quantification, and sensitivity-analysis practices
• Drive collaborations with GM engineering teams, universities, national laboratories, software developers, and research partners
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, publications, software documentation, and invention disclosures
• Generate intellectual property
• Assist and mentor other employees

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Entry-Level Researcher – Computational Materials Science, Continuum Scales, Materials Discovery

• Conduct defense research with a team of research scientists, driving innovation and execution
• Support definition and management of defense research programs, including scope, deliverables, and technical direction
• Align research priorities with GM needs through collaboration with R&D and Defense teams
• Strengthen partnerships with universities, federal agencies, national labs, and defense organizations
• Prepare technical research reports and publications, and develop records of invention
• Assess R&D projects for Defense applications and suggest modifications
• Propose new research topics for defense and automotive applications
• Lead and participate in technical reviews and communicate research progress across the organization
• Maintain expertise in emerging defense technologies, future warfare, and research trends
• Support transition of defense research programs into production programs
• Provide modeling and simulation subject matter expertise and thought leadership in Defense and military systems
• Lead research and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to transition outcomes into vehicle, system, and software applications

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Entry-Level Defense Lab Modeling and Simulation Researcher

• Conduct research on automotive aftertreatment catalysts, especially three-way catalyst technologies
• Design, plan, execute, and document catalyst evaluation studies using laboratory reactor systems
• Develop and assess catalyst structures, formulations, and architectures to reduce platinum group metal content while maintaining conversion efficiency and durability
• Apply catalyst characterization methods to understand active sites, support interactions, dispersion, and aging
• Correlate catalyst composition, structure, surface chemistry, and reactor performance to identify design rules
• Build and maintain high-quality datasets from experiments, literature, simulations, and characterization results
• Apply AI/ML methods including feature engineering, regression, classification, clustering, dimensionality reduction, Bayesian optimization, active learning, and uncertainty quantification
• Use interpretable and physically informed models to identify catalyst-performance relationships
• Experimentally validate AI/ML-generated catalyst hypotheses and improve models through the design-build-test-learn loop
• Partner with modeling and simulation teams to develop predictive tools for catalyst and converter design
• Collaborate with universities, national laboratories, suppliers, and internal stakeholders on research activities, technical reports, presentations, invention disclosures, and publications

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Entry-Level Researcher – Aftertreatment Catalysis

• Conduct research, development, governance, and continuous improvement of safety analyses and system safety cases for complex products and safety-critical systems
• Support system safety evaluation of newly developed R&D technologies by defining evaluation approaches, reviewing evidence, identifying gaps, and communicating recommendations
• Author and present safety-case materials for product submissions, audits, internal reviews, external assessments, and executive or regulatory audiences
• Integrate and assess evidence from systems engineering, AI/ML, functional safety, cybersecurity, validation, product safety, and related disciplines
• Perform impact analyses when system scope, architecture, operating context, platform, or release changes affect safety claims, criteria, or evidence
• Improve compliance, traceability, and evidence-tracking processes, including automation of safety-evidence collection across the engineering lifecycle
• Surface safety gaps, evidence weaknesses, and emerging risks, driving escalation and resolution through appropriate forums
• Align safety-case claims with UL 4600, ISO 26262, ISO 21448, AVSC guidance, and ISO/PAS 8800
• Research emerging approaches in AI/ML safety validation, probabilistic safety arguments, evidence sufficiency, and structured safety-case development
• Synthesize research findings into recommendations and provide thought leadership in system safety and safety assurance

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Entry Level Researcher – System Safety

• Innovate in magnetic materials for next-generation vehicle and manufacturing applications
• Propose new research directions and establish technical research plans
• Lead collaborative studies spanning magnetic materials discovery, computational modeling, processing, characterization, and validation
• Generate insights into composition, crystal structure, microstructure, magnetic behavior, thermal stability, manufacturability, and system performance
• Guide experimental efforts, accelerate materials down-selection, and translate research results into practical solutions for motors, sensors, actuators, power systems, and other GM applications
• Plan and execute collaborative research in magnetic materials
• Apply physics-based modeling, simulation, and data-driven approaches to magnetic-materials discovery, design, and performance prediction
• Investigate structure–property relationships involving magnetization, coercivity, remanence, permeability, loss, temperature dependence, phase stability, and degradation
• Partner with experimental researchers to guide synthesis and processing, interpret characterization data, and accelerate materials down-selection
• Evaluate magnetic materials and material systems for electric machines, sensors, actuators, power electronics, and manufacturing processes
• Connect computational predictions with experimental validation using magnetic, structural, thermal, electrical, and mechanical measurements
• Drive collaborations with GM engineering teams, universities, national laboratories, suppliers, and research partners
• Maintain awareness of the state of the art in magnetic materials, computational materials science, materials characterization, and related disciplines
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, publications, and invention disclosures
• Generate intellectual property to protect inventions and research results
• Assist and mentor other employees in accomplishing project and research goals

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Entry-Level Magnetic Materials Researcher

• Develop immersive user experience simulation solutions for automated driving-enabled vehicles and robotic systems
• Create tools supporting development or deployment of human-vehicle interface solutions
• Conduct user studies to support evidence-based decisions about in-vehicle interfaces
• Participate in government-funded research
• Document research through internal and external publications
• Facilitate technology transfer through active participation in cross-functional teams
• Implement solutions in driving simulators
• Interface with universities, research institutes, and advanced technology laboratories to build a research network
• Publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals

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