Feature Owner - Suspension

Description

Feature Owner – Suspension

At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard —from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features.

Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale..

The Role

Join an enthusiastic and groundbreaking team at General Motors in the Global Systems Engineering and System Safety organization. As the Feature Owner for Suspension, you will lead the definition, requirement development, and integration of the Suspension features. You will focus on balancing performance, safety, and innovation across all types of vehicle platforms, ensuring the customer experience exceeds their expectations.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities)

Subject Matter Expert for Suspension features and technology for the corporation and owner of the end-to-end delivery of suspension features, from concept through production and service lifecycle

Define and document feature requirements and ensure alignment with system-level functional, safety, customer, and functional reliability goals

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including controls, software, hardware, validation, electrical, performance, manufacturing, and other stakeholders to achieve enterprise objectives

Lead and advocate for feature integration and alignment activities across vehicle platforms

Manage feature timing, functional readiness assessments, issue resolution, and change management throughout the development lifecycle

Support functional safety activities related to suspension features

Escalates and represents feature issues in technical reviews and provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Math, Computer Science, IT or Physics

Minimum 10 years of experience in automotive vehicle dynamics systems or chassis feature development

Minimum 2 years suspension systems design experience

Strong understanding and demonstrated capability in vehicle dynamics, chassis controls, calibrations, vehicle integration and system engineering principles.

Experience with embedded controls

Experience with requirements management and simulation tools (e.g., DNG, MATLAB, carsim, INCA, CAN)

Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills

Possess a valid driver’s license with the ability to operate test vehicles

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred qualifications)

Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering

Familiarity with model-based development and simulation tools

Prior experience in feature ownership or technical program management

Knowledge of propulsion, steering and braking chassis systems

High degree of Managerial Courage and Comfort with Ambiguity

Why Join Us?

Be at the forefront of innovation in suspension and chassis technologies

Work in a collaborative environment with opportunities for technical and leadership growth

Competitive compensation and benefits

Make a direct impact on vehicle safety and performance

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

This position requires the ability to legally operate a motor vehicle on a regular basis and successfully complete a Motor Vehicle Report review.

The position is subject to export control restrictions and requires the successful candidate to be either a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee or refugee) or a non-U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required export control authorization

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

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