Senior Engineer – Advanced Electric Drive and Power Electronics

General Motors

Electric Drive and Power Electronics Engineer at General Motors focusing on electric drives and propulsion systems. Responsible for design, analysis, and testing of electric drive components.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeWarren • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Advance Electric Drive and Power Electronics Engineer is responsible for definition and documentation of requirements, execution of design, analysis, development, and testing of electric drives (inverters & motors) ensuring successful vehicle application of the electric drive, considering hardware, controls, calibration, software, and overall integration.
Lead development and documentation of initial component and subsystem requirements for electric drives
Responsible for deriving and developing component requirements to meet propulsion system requirements using systems engineering discipline, standard work and analysis / simulation including competitive assessments
Responsible for the documentation of component requirements (via RCEs, ICDs) based on flow down of requirements from Propulsion System Technical Specs (P-STS) and vehicle technical specifications (VTS)
Responsible for developing electric drive components to meet key performance and cost targets by working collaboratively with Product Engineering, Systems Engineering, Modeling, Analysis, Cost Engineering, Planning, and Program teams
Lead or coordinate component trade studies to select optimized solutions to meet vehicle requirements of range, performance, drive quality, and cost
Ensure analytical models, initial component designs, and controls have been developed with high fidelity through the BA phase for a successful hand-off at PPDR to Execution and Program teams
Support multi-functional team led by advanced propulsion system architect in the development of Electrified Propulsion System Architectures through the Advanced Technology Work (ATW), Balanced Architecture (BA), and early GPDP development phase in accordance with the Electrification Process of Engineering
Support development of the system level DFMEA led by Propulsion System Architect collaborating with key collaborators from System Engineering teams, Safety, and Controls
Work with other SMT’s, Vehicle teams, planning, Finance, and Electrification leadership as necessary to lead the project team through successful completion of key ATW, BA, and GPDP gates
Lead advanced technology development and testing ATW work in electric drives as needed
Leveraging AI tools for Automation and process improvement

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or similar
5+ years of relevant experience
Experience in in design, development, and testing of electric drives / motors / power electronics
Knowledge in power electronics theory and principles
Experience in design for EMC in power electronics modules
Understanding of electrified vehicle system and integration
High level of interpersonal skills to work independently and effectively with domestic and international business partners
Design, development, validation or release experience
Ability to create and present information to leadership, peers, customers, and suppliers in a clear and concise manner
Fluency in using commercial tools for modeling and simulation of power electronics and electric drives
Hands-on experience working in high-voltage laboratory and dynamometer environment
Experience in using VDR data to make engineering decisions
Power Electronics controls experience is a must.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

electric drivesinvertersmotorspower electronicsdesign for EMCmodelingsimulationDFMEAhigh-voltage laboratorydynamometer

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillsindependent workeffective communicationpresentation skillscollaboration

Certifications

Bachelor of Science in Engineering