Throughput Simulation Engineer

General Motors

Throughput Simulation Engineer involved in implementing simulation deliverables for major vehicle programs at GM. Running experiments, analyzing results, and collaborating on manufacturing system improvements.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeWarren • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Implement simulation deliverables for assigned new major vehicle programs.
Optimally run experiments and analysis, interpret results, and generate standard reports.
Respond to throughput simulation pulls from assigned manufacturing facilities.
Extract necessary inputs from Manufacturing Planning documents and calculate Stand Alone Good Throughput (SAGT) targets and overspeed.
Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering centers in the design and optimization of current and future manufacturing systems and support plants in throughput improvement and initiatives.
Provide expert mentoring and coaching on the use of simulation techniques, throughput improvement, and Tecnomatix Plant Sim Software.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or related field of study.
Five (5) years of experience as a Throughput Analysis and Simulation Engineer - GPS, Launch Industrial Engineer – GPS, Test Engineer - Transmission and Engines, or related occupation.
Five (5) years of experience with the following: GMS principles and concepts that can be applied to throughput requirements; Vehicle or GPS manufacturing facilities, including industrial engineering; Throughput Improvement Process (TIP), methods, and tools, including workstation organization, single-minute-exchange-of-die (SMED), time studies, bottleneck identification, and workshop facilitation; Discrete event simulation software; Machining and assembly line processes for ICE and RESS programs; and Comprehending utilization charts, finding bottlenecks, and recommending improvements.
Three (3) years of experience with the following: Manual station workload (STDS); Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation Software; and Theory of constraints.
Two (2) years of experience with the following: Logic on the robots for auto stations; and Creating and updating libraries or objects using standards on Plant Simulation.
One (1) year of experience with the following: CDraw2.
Six (6) months of experience with the following: PT-PM&C; and Power BI.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

throughput analysissimulation techniquesGMS principlesThroughput Improvement Process (TIP)time studiesbottleneck identificationdiscrete event simulationworkstation organizationlogic on robotsCDraw2

Soft Skills

mentoringcoachingcollaborationcommunication