Engineering Designer – Instrument Panel, Interior Components

General Motors

Interior Engineering Designer at GM responsible for detailed interior component design and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Ensuring functionality and safety in automotive interiors based on advanced engineering principles.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeWarren • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop highly integrated subsystems to resolve packaging challenges, ensuring design best practices and criteria are maintained.
Develop and integrate engineering criteria for interior components collaborating closely with Vehicle Architecture, Studio Styling and Release Engineer teams.
Apply DFSS and design-thinking methodologies to manage trade-offs and evaluate alternatives considering cost, mass, timing, dimensional variation, assembly, and other architectural imperatives.
Integrate global and regional safety requirements into interior architectures, developing solutions that exceed standards.
Actively communicate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve technical challenges within Expert Team meetings for your area of responsibility.
Ensure that interior subsystems align with safety, occupant accommodations, storage, and accessibility.
Participate in CITs and SDIT Workgroups to balance innovation, design for assembly, manufacturability and interior best practices.
Benchmark competitive interiors to ensure packaging and component performance meet or exceed industry standards.
Create and maintain NX models for surface guidance and space claims, continuously developing your NX skills.
Incorporate Voice of the Customer insights into interior packaging and design solutions to maximize space utilization and enhance customer experience.
Support Math Virtual Assessments and Synch Point reviews to validate design integrity and integration.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years’ experience in a related area
B.S. in Engineering or related field
Advanced NX CAD Modeling Skills
Advanced use of Teamcenter and TcVis
Understanding of engineering theory and principles of automotive design
Understanding of design for manufacturing and design for assembly
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Utilization of benchmarking toolsets
Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others
Aptitude to integrate complex interior subsystems and a passion for innovation
Excellent organizational skills
Understanding of Engineering Specifications
Understanding of human to vehicle interface

Benefits

Comp & perks

This role is eligible for relocation benefits
Comprehensive health insurance
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

NX CAD Modelingdesign for manufacturingdesign for assemblyengineering criteria developmentDFSSdesign-thinking methodologiesbenchmarkingdimensional variation analysissafety requirements integrationinterior subsystem integration

Soft Skills

communication skillsorganizational skillsindependent workcollaborationproblem-solvinginnovationcustomer experience enhancementtechnical challenge resolutioncross-functional teamworkpassion for innovation