Engineering Group Manager – Advanced Manufacturing, Automation Implementation

General Motors

Engineering Group Manager overseeing deployment of automation technologies in global manufacturing. Leading a team and ensuring standardization and scalability of solutions across facilities.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeWarren • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of engineers aligned to business objectives and KPIs.
Own sector-level plant plans for AMR, cobots, and emerging automation technologies.
Align funding and integrate automation initiatives into plant, program, and enterprise roadmaps.
Lead proof-of-concept and launch readiness activities, ensuring standard readiness criteria are met.
Define and maintain standardized readiness checklists, dashboards, and data-driven performance tracking.
Support implementation across plants, ensuring solution stability, user adoption, and sustained performance.
Serve as primary escalation point to remove execution barriers and maintain momentum.
Communicate strategy, status, risks, and outcomes to senior leadership and key stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years manufacturing experience with strong manufacturing engineering background in assembly and/or powertrain.
Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and complex cross-functional initiatives.
Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical topics for diverse and senior audiences.
Proven manufacturing engineering process knowledge and automotive industry experience.
Experience with launch, supplier management, and strategy execution in a global, matrixed environment.
Ability to lead in ambiguous, high-pressure environments and influence across functions and regions.
Master’s degree or higher in a technical or managerial discipline.

Benefits

Comp & perks

From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.

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Hard Skills & Tools

manufacturing engineeringassemblypowertrainautomation technologiesproof-of-conceptperformance trackingsupplier managementstrategy executiondata-driven performancestandardized readiness checklists

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationinfluencingproblem-solvingteam developmentcross-functional collaborationsimplifying technical topicsadaptabilitystakeholder management

Certifications

Master’s degree