General Motors
General Motors
General Motors is a global automotive and manufacturing company working across vehicle engineering, production, transportation, and information technology. Founded in 1908, GM develops technologies aimed at advancing mobility while pursuing its vision of zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. Its international operations bring together large, multidisciplinary teams focused on innovation, sustainable transportation, and the future of the automotive industry.

Design Release Engineer, External Microphone Systems – General Motors, Warren Hybrid

Lead the design, validation, supplier coordination, and production release of external microphone systems supporting General Motors’ Super Cruise functionality.

Description

  • Own external microphone hardware and related components supporting next-generation Super Cruise functionality.
  • Define, develop, validate, and release vehicle-mounted microphone systems.
  • Manage component and subsystem requirements, trade-offs, traceability, and change control.
  • Translate Super Cruise and vehicle-sensing goals into measurable microphone performance requirements.
  • Lead design, analysis, validation, and release activities from concept through production launch.
  • Create technical specifications, Statements of Requirements, interface specifications, and subsystem documentation.
  • Guide decisions involving microphone placement, packaging, acoustic paths, sealing, thermal performance, EMC, wiring, and serviceability.
  • Coordinate DFM, DFA, DFS, and Design for Reliability activities with suppliers and manufacturing plants.
  • Lead design, peer, quality, acoustic-performance, and technical issue-resolution reviews.
  • Partner with acoustics, systems, electrical, software, controls, validation, NVH, manufacturing, purchasing, safety, quality, program teams, and suppliers.
  • Support acoustic, noise, environmental durability, ingress, temperature, humidity, vibration, shock, EMC, reliability, and vehicle-level testing.
  • Support design verification, production validation, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and countermeasure implementation.
  • Integrate microphone hardware with vehicle electrical architecture, wiring, signal-processing software, data interfaces, and Super Cruise functions.
  • Support prototype, vehicle, pilot, and production builds, hardware bring-up, issue triage, testing, and launch readiness.
  • Manage supplier technical deliverables, timing, quality, and issue closure.
  • Improve cost, acoustic performance, quality, manufacturability, reliability, and production robustness.
  • Maintain compliance with GM engineering standards, quality systems, functional safety, cybersecurity, software-interface, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, acoustics, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • At least five years of engineering or technical experience.
  • At least two years of Design Release Engineer or equivalent component-ownership experience.
  • Strong knowledge of mechanical and electrical principles, acoustics, materials, environmental durability, and vehicle integration.
  • Experience progressing hardware from requirements definition through design, validation, release, and production launch.
  • Ability to contribute effectively to cross-functional, global product-development teams.
  • Strong technical communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and supplier-management capabilities.
  • Experience developing, integrating, or releasing automotive microphone systems, acoustic sensors, audio hardware, or environmental sensing components is desired.
  • Understanding of microphone technologies, acoustic system design, signal-to-noise performance, frequency response, wind and road-noise effects, acoustic packaging, and signal interfaces is desired.
  • Experience validating electronic hardware through environmental, EMC, vibration, shock, ingress-protection, reliability, and vehicle-level testing is desired.
  • Working knowledge of Teamcenter, IBM DOORS, or comparable requirements and product-development tools is desired.
  • Experience with DFMEA, PFMEA, fault-tree analysis, and structured problem-solving methods is desired; formal training is preferred.
  • Experience defining and managing electrical interfaces, connectors, wiring architectures, communication interfaces, and hardware-software boundaries is desired.
  • Experience with supplier development, technical reviews, sourcing activities, commercial discussions, or global supplier management is desired.
  • Knowledge of GM product-development systems, quality processes, and launch methodologies is desired.
  • Exposure to DFSS, Design for Reliability, Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous-improvement methods is desired.
  • Experience developing or releasing safety-critical, mission-critical, or high-reliability automotive systems or components is desired.
  • Prior experience in acoustics, consumer electronics, aerospace, industrial sensing, communications, or related fields outside automotive is a plus.

Benefits

  • General Motors provides benefits and Total Rewards resources.
  • Well-being support is available at work and at home.
  • The company offers an inclusive workplace culture.
  • Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.
  • Role-related assessments or pre-employment screening may apply where appropriate.

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