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Controls Development Engineer – Rapid Prototype
General MotorsControls Development Engineer at General Motors leading technical solution development for vehicle control systems. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance vehicle performance and integration.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead and generate technical solutions, including requirements definition, functional decomposition, analysis, development, and testing for current, new, and major vehicle programs
- Lead development of software system team design content in Embedded C and drive software anomaly investigation and correction
- Perform complex design analysis to support robust controls development and integration
- Specify, decompose, and balance system requirements across functions and interfaces
- Provide, communicate, and support common best practices across the software and controls engineering community
- Serve as a subject matter expert for at least one platform, subsystem, or application component
- Develop, integrate, and validate rapid prototype controls solutions to support early feature development, proof-of-concept work, and vehicle-level learning
- Collaborate with systems, software, calibration, validation, and vehicle integration teams to deliver high-quality controls content
- Support issue identification, root cause analysis, and corrective action for prototype and production-intent controls behavior
- Contribute to continuous improvement of controls methods, tools, and development processes.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- Experience in embedded controls, software, or algorithm development.
- Embedded C
- Experience in vehicle controls, chassis controls, propulsion controls, or other dynamic embedded control systems
- Experience with controls development tools and methods such as Matlab/Simulink, model-based development, and structured software design practices
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to solve unusual and difficult technical problems
- Experience translating system requirements into control logic, software design content, and testable deliverables
- Experience supporting design, integration, testing, and issue resolution in a fast-paced engineering environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally across engineering teams
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently and lead technical workstreams.
Benefits
Comp & perks- GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs.
- Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
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Hard Skills & Tools
Embedded Ccontrols developmentalgorithm developmentdesign analysissystem requirementscontrol logicsoftware designtestingroot cause analysiscontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillswritten communicationverbal communicationcross-functional collaborationindependent operationleadership