Senior Sub-System Lead Engineer – Battery Energy Transfer

General Motors

Senior Sub-System Lead Engineer developing High Voltage Energy Transfer systems for EV customer experience at General Motors. Leading complex system analysis and collaborating with engineering teams.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeMilford • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead complex sub-system analysis to define functional controls and requirements, including I/O Interface requirements (e.g., mapping, performance, transfer functions, safety, regulatory, etc.), while applying Behavioral Driven Development (BDD) principles.
Leverage physical (vehicles and benches) and virtual (models and simulations) to establish test cases and acceptance criteria for normal and degraded states of applicable sub-systems.
Create and maintain Sub-System Technical Specification (SSTS) and Behavioral Test Specifications (BTS) documents for applicable subsystems.
Create and maintain sub-system specifications in requirements management software (e.g., DOORS, DNG, Markdown, etc.), including Functional Architecture Documents (FADs), and Context Diagrams with the assistance of Global Architecture teams.
Lead the root cause analysis for all appliable sub-system related issues and translate solutions into new or revised requirements.
Lead sub-system level FMEAs and collaborate on System and Component FMEAs and manage FMEA processes across applicable subsystems.
Collaborate with Controls and Software Engineers to review software implementation, ensuring compliance with requirements, and creating/executing Features/Stories in Jira to manage sub-system requirements and specifications.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Computer Science, Mechanical, or related Engineering discipline
Minimum of 5+ years of experience in the field of expertise
Strong analytical problem-solving skills, including independent judgment and decision-making skills, where problems are very unusual and extremely difficult
Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills required to build relationships with team members and customers to solve problems and resolve issues
Physics-based understanding of the Voice-of-Customer
Proven ability in project management skills and ability to teach others
Ability to prioritize work with only limited direction from manager.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

Behavioral Driven Developmentsub-system analysistest case developmentroot cause analysisFMEArequirements managementFunctional Architecture DocumentsContext Diagramssoftware complianceanalytical problem-solving

Soft Skills

communication skillsinterpersonal skillsindependent judgmentdecision-making skillsproject managementrelationship buildingproblem-solvingability to teachprioritizationcollaboration