Job DescriptionSoftware Solution Lead Engineer - Low Voltage InfrastructureHybrid: This position does not require an employee to be onsite full-time, but the general expectation is that the employee will be onsite a minimum of 3 days each week.
The Role:The Low Voltage Infrastructure Team within the Embedded Platform Systems & Infrastructure organization is focused on the development of systems and controls centered around on-vehicle low voltage power generation, energy storage, power management, distribution, and consumption on ICE, EV and PHEV vehicle platforms. There is no better time to join this domain as we evolve to the next generation of low voltage power strategy, innovation, and capability in current product VIP and the next generation on SDV2.0.
As a Software Solution Lead Engineer, your technical expertise in the low voltage power management domain will be leveraged throughout the entire vehicle development life cycle, including requirements definition, design and implementation, integration, testing, and problem resolution. Your products will be at the core of all vehicles within the General Motors portfolio and are essential to keeping General Motors at the forefront of low voltage related technologies.
Your endeavors will significantly contribute to GM's vision of a world with ZERO Crashes, ZERO Emissions, and ZERO Congestion, emphasizing the transformative impact of Software Defined Vehicle architecture.
Core Values- Innovation: Embrace a culture of continuous learning and innovation
- Collaboration: Foster synergistic collaboration across cross-functional teams
- Customer-Centricity: Uphold the voice of the customer in all architectural decisions
- Integrity: Maintain high ethical standards and transparency in engineering activities
What You'll Do:- Lead functional breakdown, requirements development, and failure analysis for low voltage power management related subsystems and ART solutions
- Create and maintain functional and non-functional requirements in the Sub-System Technical Specification (SSTS) and Behavioral Test Specifications (BTS), using Behavioral Driven Development (BDD) methodologies
- Direct subsystem design with uniform, holistic solutions across diverse vehicle architectures to reduce complexity. Coordinate with systems engineers and hardware teams to ensure alignment on interface and performance requirements
- Lead triad meetings for development of solution requirements and test cases to enable quality software creation
- Support the scrum team members in the decomposition and understanding of the solution or subsystem requirements as needed
- Collaborate with controls and software engineers to review software implementation, ensuring compliance with requirements
- Lead development of subsystem level FMEAs and collaborate on System and Component FMEAs
- Engage in root cause analysis for applicable subsystem related issues, translating solutions into new or revised requirements for low voltage power management
- Offer technical support for the power management related features to people internal and external to the Electric Power ART, help resolve PRTSs, share lessons learned/best practices, and capture IP/ROI's/etc
- Support Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) related planning and work acceptance meetings
Embedded Software Development Expertise:- Possess a robust experience in embedded software development with the ability to draft software requirements ensuring software independence from hardware, while understanding the underlying hardware architecture
- Utilize simulation environments and plant modeling for testing or requirements generation. Your expertise in embedded software development is complemented by a deep understanding of Battery Systems, empowering you to adeptly navigate through the complexities of hardware-software interactions.
Additional Job Description:Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- 5+ years of automotive engineering experience related to embedded controls, requirements development, architecture development, and/or systems engineering
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including independent judgement and decision-making skills, where problems are very unusual and extremely difficult
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and assignments with a high level of autonomy and accountability for results
- Physics-based understanding of voice-of-customer
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability of leading cross-functional teams, influencing without direct authority, and building relationships in difficult circumstances
- Experience defining and troubleshooting interactions between hardware and embedded controls
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):- Master's degree in Engineering with a focus on Controls, Electrical, Mechanical, and/or Systems Engineering.
- Design experience with automotive low voltage electric power related components, controls, subsystems, and/or architectures
- Familiarity with high voltage systems within electric and hybrid electric vehicles
- Experience developing requirements at the system or subsystem level
- Proficiency in Agile processes and built-in quality concepts such as Behavioral Driven Development
- Experience executing production programs through launch
- Record of innovation in systems, subsystems, or feature design: patents, awards, or publications
- Experience with requirements management tools (i.e. DOORs, DNG, Markdown, etc)
- Experience with change management tools (i.e. Jira, GIT, etc)
- Experience leveraging simulation environments and plant modeling for testing or requirements generation is a plus (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink, D-Space HIL, SIL, ETAS Inca, etc.)
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