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Staff Lead Development Engineer - GM Defense
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An Automotive Engineer creates and improves mechanisms for automotive components.
$97,620 / year median in Michigan
-2% projected decline
Job Description
Description GM Defense is looking for a Lead Development Engineer that is interested in creating the future of GM Defense-related vehicles. The GM Defense Performance Team is a dynamic, fast paced environment where every day provides a new problem to solve that is having an impact on our current & future defense ground vehicle portfolio. This includes participating in the AVD process, establishing vehicle level and subsystem requirements, then following that project through protype builds, integrating the vehicle and then launching a new vehicle program. The Role As the Lead Development Engineer (LDE), you are the "Single Voice" for vehicle performance to the Vehicle Chief Engineer. You will be responsible for owning the development of integration solutions to meet vehicle requirements. As an LDE in GM Defense, you will be responsible for developing a vehicle starting in the AVD space, establishing vehicle level requirements with our Business Development teams & then executing the program on a defense specific VDP. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in both the AVD space & Hardware execution phases of a program in rapid succession. A successful LDE will help set program direction and independently make decisions based on general practices and procedures and be strongly skilled in Project Planning. The selected candidate will exercise highly independent judgement and creative solution development with minimal consultation from Leadership. What You'll Do Lead Vehicle Performance Integration Team. Lead VPIT (Vehicle Perf Integration Team) and Dev-Val Review with data driven decisions and relevant topics Guide vehicle performance balance across integration groups to assure winning vehicles and act as single point of performance integration for the program. Participate in GVBR (vehicle build request) planning for Mule, IVER and PPV vehicle builds Provide tuning direction and prioritization in areas of Energy, Vehicle Dynamics, NVH, Drivability and overall vehicle performance and ensure that integration is on time for production milestones. Manage and prioritize IVER vehicle shared property usage file to assure tuning releases and validation complete on time with excellence. Vehicle Technical Specs and the Development and Validation to requirements. Participate in change control process for all vehicle systems Manage Vehicle Development fleet usage and counts within annual budget allocation. Lead vehicle buy off rides with vehicle performance status and issue list Support Global Vehicle Chief Engineer through