Architect

• Provide global technical leadership for body structures design across all AVD programs, shaping next‑generation vehicle architectures.
• Define and drive structural strategies that deliver performance, enable brand‑aligned styling, and address systemic and legacy challenges.
• Champion advanced technologies and innovation across body and RESS structures, influencing best practices, manufacturing requirements, and solution deployment.
• Lead advanced technology development in partnership with ATW, GM Research, suppliers, and industry collaborators.
• Balance performance, cost, mass, investment, and manufacturing complexity in strategic and day‑to‑day decisions.
• Serve as a global technical authority, leveraging competitive benchmarking to guide design reviews, enterprise standards, and cross‑functional alignment.
• Establish and evolve global best practices, technical specifications, and CAE methodologies to ensure consistent, high‑quality execution worldwide.

Body Structures System Architect

• Lead early-phase body structure feasibility assessments for new vehicle concepts, major architecture changes, and advanced studies
• Evaluate packaging, proportion, occupant, and structural concept proposals to determine technical viability and key tradeoffs
• Partner closely with studio, vehicle architecture, CAE, and manufacturing teams to align design intent with feasible body structure solutions
• Provide expert guidance during concept reviews, integration reviews, and cross-functional workshops to surface risks, alternatives, and recommendations early in the development process
• Develop and communicate structural feasibility strategies, including assumptions, risks, options, and recommended paths forward for leadership and program teams
• Influence body structure direction by balancing performance, package efficiency, manufacturability, investment, timing, and program complexity
• Drive cross-functional issue resolution by coordinating expert input from engineering disciplines and translating that input into actionable design guidance
• Support creation of coarse study math, feasibility criteria, and targeted assessments needed to mature concepts into credible program recommendations

Body Structure Architect

• Develop architectural artifacts, models, patterns, and transition activities
• Collaborates with a team of architects to develop architectures in support of strategic initiatives
• Analyzes Business and IT environments to detect deficiencies and recommend solutions
• Recommends, reviews, documents, maintains and publishes functional technology standards
• Serves as an expert advisor to peers and leadership on technologies based on cost and value
• Develops relationships with business stakeholders and IT management
• Defines roadmaps and transition architectures
• Utilizes exceptional communication skills with all levels of employees and management
• Supports architecture governance and ensures alignment to business priorities

IT Architect

• Create, maintain, and release sophisticated electrical architecture models using SysML within the MagicDraw environment for current and future architectures.
• Ensuring model integrity through collaborative teamwork, defining system architectures (components, interfaces, relationships, stereotypes).
• Raise open issues and drive resolution of architecture issues based on reviews with the appropriate delivery teams and experts.
• Maintain the model and its open issues ensuring its releases track as changes are approved though the various review forums.
• Support software/systems/vehicle engineering teams as they progress through product development milestones by releasing sematic versioned model releases defining superset content with application specific views created from architecture and product feature definitions.
• Proactive measures to provide information integrity looking up and down the system V, creating consistency between architecture line and product line definitions, engineering design artifacts (logical and physical schematics, power distribution, network topology, etc.) and architecture models
• Mentor engineers on topics related to MagicDraw and electrical platform information integrity.

Magic Draw Modeler – Electrical Architecture

• Own the definition of the core vehicle electrical hardware architecture for each vehicle program from program creation through post launch.
• Capture the content of the electrical and software architecture, for defining updates to the platform to support program specific features and functions and for leading the resolution of architectural issues on the programs.
• Work with various functional teams on the electrical architectural KPIs such as packaging, manufacturing, latency, power utilization (including Key-Off Load), network bandwidth, CPU Utilization, etc.
• Resolve electrical architectural issues from pre-launch through post launch of the new programs and architecture.
• Design the future computing platforms, tying into the overall sophisticated EE architectures that drive the company.
• Be involved Ford's development of sophisticated computing solutions for our next generation EE architectures.

Electrical Architect

• Define and engineer drive unit and transmission architectures that meet vehicle-level functional, performance, efficiency, durability, cost, timing, packaging, manufacturing, and quality requirements
• Lead the technical definition of new drive unit and transmission concepts during BA and early new product development phases
• Own engineering and program deliverables during BA, including technical scope alignment, requirements definition, architecture tradeoffs, issue resolution, and readiness for gate reviews
• Lead or provide technical leadership to a Balance Architecture core team, ensuring the standard work is executed with clarity, urgency, and strong cross-functional alignment
• Translate broad program objectives into structured engineering workstreams, design paths, system requirements, and integration plans
• Serve as the central technical integrator across production release, design, analysis, validation, software and controls, calibration, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and program teams
• Drive system and subsystem tradeoff decisions across gears, power transfer, electric machines, lubrication, thermal management, controls, NVH, and related transmission and drive unit interfaces
• Support development of future propulsion architecture strategies and transition technical work from new products into downstream execution organizations
• Lead technical reviews and provide data-based recommendations in situations involving ambiguity, limited precedent, aggressive timing, or competing requirements
• Work with suppliers and external engineering partners to mature concepts, assess alternatives, resolve technical gaps, and support program timing
• Mentor less-experienced engineers and act as a technical resource for the broader team
• Help ensure new product architectures are positioned for successful transfer into production execution with clear requirements, sound engineering rationale, and practical implementation paths

New Products Architect – Drive Units and Transmissions

• Supervise a team of 4 or more Underbody Structure Architecture Product Development Engineers
• Lead & ensure successful alignment of Underbody Structure KPIs including Quality, Cost, Weight & Functional Performance for major programs prior to the Strategic Confirmation milestone.
• Responsible for leading a team of engineers to derive the most efficient underbody structure system design solutions aligned to program scope definition, technology readiness & capability, and affordable program targets for cost and TFLE.
• Lead overall underbody structure systems fundamental design definitions aligned to attribute performance targets and manufacturing feasibility through a systemic analysis of interactions between interfacing components and systems.
• Utilize customer-based data, Quality History, prior issues Prevent recurrence, and reliability & robustness methods to define FMEA action items tied to fundamental underbody architecture execution affiliated with each program.
• Mature underbody structure design from surrogate or concept designs to align with applicable architecture with continuous focus on failure mode avoidance.
• Lead and mentor teams to successfully deliver robust architecture design, with defined fixed and variable parameters, with on-time program milestones with quality.
• Build strong relationships and collaborate with Flexible Vehicle Architecture, DTO, Manufacturing, and Supplier partners.
• Interface with all levels of management & outside activities on underbody structure architectural issues.
• Construct & develop relevant business cases for system selection alignment that offer proper support of program and corporate EBIT.
• Act as the business owner with end-to-end responsibility for underbody structure architecture.
• Ability to share & present work with cross-functional teams, Exterior Applications engineering teammates, and executive leadership with professionalism tied to technical data and facts.
• Collaborate with structures core engineering for recent lessons learned via tech club and other forums.
• Responsible for defining architecture design executions that meet/exceed quality targets, such as Safety, NVH, stiffness, and supply-base controls.
• Integrate Structural Systems TVM actions into forward models designs, to avoid post Job 1 design churn for cost reduction.
• Support Team-of-Four forums for design system selection, target derivation and alignment, and supplier sourcing plans that meet quality delivery and timing requirements.

Exterior Architecture Underbody Systems Supervisor

• Develop efficient designs for closure system components through internal and external benchmarking aligned to program scope, technology readiness and capability, and affordable program targets for cost and TFLE.
• Develop 3D CAD concept models and master sections to define system architectures, ensuring proper packaging of hardware, seals, glass, and structural components.
• Identify and integrate innovative technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes to improve system efficiency and deliver industry-leading closure features.
• Guide studio surface development to reconcile program hard points, functional requirements, and cost targets while ensuring manufacturing feasibility.
• Integrate lessons learned, quality enhancements, and TVM initiatives into forward model designs.
• Utilize the "Attachment C" methodology for system selection, quantifying trade-offs across a wide range of attributes, including cost, weight, appearance, NVH, and HCD.
• Prepare and deliver technical studies to architecture peers, program teams and management.
• Lead the "Team-of-Four" supplier sourcing process, overseeing system selection, target derivation/alignment, quality delivery, and timing requirements.
• Collaborate with closures core engineering for new / updated requirements and design rules via closures tech club and other forums.

Body Closures Architecture Systems

• Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Microsoft 365 services across the enterprise
• Manage the health, performance, and availability of core services including: Exchange Online (mail flow, routing, hybrid integrations), Microsoft Teams (collaboration, voice, meetings, external access), OneDrive for Business (sync, sharing, storage lifecycle)
• Ensure scalable, secure, and compliant platform operations aligned with enterprise standards
• Lead design, configuration, and optimization of Microsoft 365 tenant and workloads
• Drive modernization across: Messaging infrastructure (Exchange Online + hybrid), Unified Communications (Teams platform), Storage and collaboration (OneDrive, SharePoint integration)
• Oversee L2/L3 engineering support and escalation management for complex issues
• Establish automation and operational efficiencies across provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle management
• Partner with security teams to implement controls across the M365 ecosystem
• Ensure data protection, compliance, and governance across Exchange, Teams, and OneDrive
• Support enterprise initiatives for data lifecycle management and regulatory compliance
• Evaluate and adopt next-gen Microsoft capabilities
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks, standards, and SOPs for M365 services
• Define and enforce RACI, policies, and lifecycle controls
• Lead cross-functional governance with: Cybersecurity, Compliance / Legal, Infrastructure and Application teams
• Communicate platform strategy, risks, and roadmap to technical and executive stakeholders
• Lead and mentor engineering teams and external vendors

Lead Architect, Microsoft 365

• Identify subsystem architecture options and building-block alternatives for new GM Defense vehicle and product applications.
• Lead trade studies that compare technical alternatives using packaging, performance, cost, mass, and timing as primary evaluation criteria.
• Translate product and customer needs into subsystem-level architectural requirements, assumptions, and decision criteria.
• Partner with design, systems, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, finance, and program teams to assess solution feasibility and integration risk.
• Develop recommendation packages that clearly communicate trade-offs, key assumptions, risks, and proposed path forward.
• Support early concept development by evaluating carryover, modified, and new-design subsystem solutions.
• Assess subsystem compatibility with overall vehicle and product architecture, including physical integration and interface impacts.
• Drive alignment on subsystem decisions by facilitating technical reviews and cross-functional discussions.
• Support issue resolution when subsystem architecture decisions affect program execution, integration, build, or test outcomes.
• Support the planning and execution of concept demonstrator builds, including ordering component parts and coordinating material needs.
• Assist in developing build instructions and related technical documentation to enable efficient concept demonstrator assembly.
• Resolve build issues during concept demonstrator execution by working with engineering and build teams to identify root cause and implement corrective actions.
• Assess and address subsystem and vehicle performance issues observed during concept demonstrator builds and evaluations, driving improvements into future architectural recommendations.
• Create and maintain engineering analyses, comparison matrices, and decision documentation to support leadership reviews and program checkpoints.
• Contribute to program planning by identifying architecture-related timing risks, dependency impacts, and decision gates.
• Assist Chief Engineers, Program Engineering Managers, and engineering leaders with technical recommendations, scenario analysis, and product definition decisions.
• Perform other related duties as assigned in support of overall vehicle and program success.

Subsystem Architect

• Develop innovative geometrical packaging solutions for all vehicle systems that optimize product attributes, simplify manufacturing processes, and enable key styling themes.
• Create sketches, 3D CAD data, and physical prototypes for vehicle integration concepts that improve product cost, mass, efficiency, manufacturability, serviceability, and user experience.
• Drive cross-functional product architecture decisions between vehicle systems through engineering fundamentals and attribute sensitivities.
• Identify and resolve geometrical incompatibilities between systems with concept 3D CAD.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, technicians, and suppliers to procure and build physical properties.
• Domestic Travel Required 20%.

Staff Vehicle Architecture Engineer

• The Lead Application Architect will focus on our custom solutions ecosystem, bridging critical operational gaps where standard software and SaaS packages fall short.
• Design scalable custom applications, define domain-wide coding standards, and lead our transition to modern cloud environments.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional technical and business teams to translate complex supply chain challenges into resilient, future-ready software systems.
• Serve as the primary authority for the availability, stability, and modernization of custom applications.
• Lead legacy database migrations (Oracle to Postgres) and optimize our modern cloud ecosystem utilizing GCP and Spring Boot frameworks.
• Define robust domain architecture standards and conduct rigorous code reviews to reduce development cycles for engineering teams while maintaining top-tier software quality.
• Operate within a core agile team while serving as a vital technical liaison across the broader organization.
• Champion the technical path forward for our custom systems, integrating advanced capabilities like low-code automation and laying the groundwork for Google domain AI tools.
• Navigate multiple large initiatives simultaneously with minimal oversight and take ultimate accountability for system reliability.

Lead Application Architect

• Establish central CoSIM capability that works with Software and Services Systems Engineers and GVHE Tech Specialists/ETLs to define reference architectures, model libraries, and methods for GVHE ‑ owned domains.
• Engage in focused pilots that are tightly wired into TFRP, MBSE, and Virtual Validation processes and influence GVDP PAR/VBOR.
• Integrate Hardware via CoSIM into the Systems Engineering and Virtual Validation backbone.
• Lead strategies that balance system co ‑ simulation concepts, SimBOM, TFRP/VFRP, ETM, GVDP elements.
• Ensure CoSIM assets, runs, and metrics are reflecting hardware performance decisions, eliminating the need for physical demos.
• Achieve measurable outputs including the virtualization of test cases, earlier defect detection, reduction in HIL/vehicle & bench usage in the pilot domains, and credible correlation between CoSIM and physical test.

Hardware Simulation Architect

• Drive the development of bid and proposal solutions, ensuring the PLM architecture (focusing on PTC solutions) aligns with customer challenges, business objectives, and technical requirements
• Participate in PLM solutioning activities across North America in coordination with the Global Solutioning organization
• Contribute to proposal design and writing by collaborating with bid teams, PLM presales
• Ensure accurate and insightful deal qualifications by engaging directly with customers, understanding their expectations, and validating technical and business feasibility
• Support project delivery as a delivery executive or business/technical advisor
• Engage in presales activities such as discovery workshops, value definition, solution storytelling, and architectural reviews

Senior PLM Architect – PTC Solutions

• Manage maximum system uptime on all applications from a support perspective; escalate issues internally or to the vendor for resolution as required.
• Communicate, coordinate, and resolve issues appropriate to the scope of support services; including solution vendors.
• Manage end-user security requests for all Horizon users.
• Manage Allink system interface that connects to online banking to provide customer balances and transactions.
• Leading the effort to migrate customer notices from the physically printed, manually mailed notices into the Digital Delivery System to reduce cost and provide customer convenience.
• Focus on HORIZON Customer Relationship Management System.
• Focus on other general strategies to leverage the investment we have in the HORIZON Core System.
• Ensure customer data is appropriately secure and protected.
• Ensure new and existing core banking software applications are properly installed, processed, and updated in a timely manner.
• Perform analysis on potential new computer-related hardware and software systems; provide system recommendations to senior management.
• Continually monitor the computer industry for related hardware and/or software that is beneficial and cost-effective for a core banking solution and related processes perspective.
• Direct data processing conversion projects for new acquisitions and/or mergers.

System Architect

• Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities
• The principal role of the PAI architect is to be a liaison between the customer and our Abacus partners
• Ensure the end-to-end solution for each client/project is fully supported with no gaps
• Technical project documentation – Creating state specific artifacts such as ADDs, RTMs, data flow diagrams, project guides
• Support go-live activities – ensure that documents are completed and approved
• Security documentation and approvals – ensure that we have the most current Abacus generated security reports
• Coordinate the definition of state specific business rules - work with Abacus and state resources to define and resolve anomalies found during data ingestion
• SFTP/MFT implementation - ensure that these connections are established, documented, and supported
• SharePoint management – manage SharePoint sites to help share PHI and non-PHI document with our external vendors
• Problem resolution and issue management – support our solution with unanticipated one-off requests

Application Architect

• Manage other Architects and senior level Consultants
• Craft a career path and mentor Principal Consultants and Architects reporting to you, completing Red Hat manager enablement in the process
• Identify and translate team priorities into actionable Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that show team progress towards goals
• Assist the RMO with assignment of direct reports for Delivery Engagements and assign necessary technical talent to Pre-Sales opportunities within their business area
• Apply Red Hat expertise and support the Service Delivery Lifecycle to scope and deliver consulting engagements with our customers successfully
• Design and communicate Enterprise-level architectural roadmaps for Red Hat customers
• Run workshops, demos, guide on best practices, and establish communities of practices/excellence at customer sites
• Support strategic Services selling initiatives and opportunities, including executive stakeholder engagement to influence a customer’s adoption of solutions
• Work closely with product business, product engineering, support, and sales teams to ensure excellent customer experience
• Provide technical oversight and a point of escalation between clients and Red Hat
• Identify upsell and cross sell opportunities in these engagements for customer success
• Develop standard frameworks and methodologies to allow for repeatable Red Hat Consulting pre-sales and engagements
• Drive delivery strategy and models as it relates to Services offerings, solutions and programs
• Provide leadership and content towards centers of excellence and promoted standards
• Attain in-depth knowledge of Red Hat technologies by taking Red Hat enablement and completing learning paths.

Managing Architect – Services

• Lead architectural scope for hyperscale and enterprise data center projects and other mission critical facilities.
• Coordinate architectural requirements for critical spaces including data halls, electrical rooms, UPS/battery rooms, generator buildings/yards, MEP galleries, MMR/telecom spaces, security/operations and service/loading areas.
• Drive intense interdisciplinary coordination with all disciplines and key consultants to resolve equipment clearance, access/maintenance pathways, envelope interfaces and constructability constraints.
• Manage compliance to owner standards / prototype requirements common to hyperscale and enterprise clients; document deviations and coordinate approvals as required.
• Support fast-track delivery, including early release packages and phased permitting/issuances.
• Participate and lead model-based review and coordination efforts with the BIM/VDC team.
• Establish the factual parameters of the design work (e.g., code, site restrictions, budget and schedule restraints); identify building systems options and related performance and cost criteria; and assist in the presentation of design documents.
• Assume primary responsibility for the daily activities of the architectural project team and the progress of the work and for the technical quality of the Construction Documents (drawings and specifications).

Project Architect – Mission Critical, Data Centers

• Lead the development of BESS products from concept through launch.
• Translate product concepts into system requirements, architectures, and executable development plans.
• Own system architecture and integration across cells, modules, structures, thermal management, sensing, bussing, electronics, power conversion interfaces, and safety systems.
• Drive technical tradeoff studies and engineering decisions that balance performance, cost, safety, reliability, manufacturability, and program timing.
• Work closely with cross-functional partners across systems, manufacturing, validation, supply chain, quality, and program management to ensure products are launch-ready for quality, cost, and throughput targets.
• Guide designs through development gates with strong technical rigor and clear evidence that requirements have been achieved.
• Serve as the program’s primary technical interface to leadership.
• Identify technical risks early, develop mitigation plans, and lead issue resolution to keep programs on track.
• Benchmark BESS products and relevant adjacent industries to identify opportunities in architecture, technology, and development approach.
• Help define and improve BESS engineering processes, tools, standards, and templates to support future program growth.
• Mentor and develop technical talent across the organization.

Staff Architect, Battery Energy Storage System – BESS

• Identify subsystem architecture options and building-block alternatives for new GM Defense vehicle and product applications
• Lead trade studies that compare technical alternatives using packaging, performance, cost, mass, and timing as primary evaluation criteria
• Translate product and customer needs into subsystem-level architectural requirements, assumptions, and decision criteria
• Partner with design, systems, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, finance, and program teams to assess solution feasibility and integration risk
• Develop recommendation packages that clearly communicate trade-offs, key assumptions, risks, and proposed path forward
• Support early concept development by evaluating carryover, modified, and new-design subsystem solutions
• Assess subsystem compatibility with overall vehicle and product architecture, including physical integration and interface impacts
• Drive alignment on subsystem decisions by facilitating technical reviews and cross-functional discussions
• Support issue resolution when subsystem architecture decisions affect program execution, integration, build, or test outcomes
• Support the planning and execution of concept demonstrator builds, including ordering component parts and coordinating material needs
• Assist in developing build instructions and related technical documentation to enable efficient concept demonstrator assembly
• Resolve build issues during concept demonstrator execution by working with engineering and build teams to identify root cause and implement corrective actions
• Assess and address subsystem and vehicle performance issues observed during concept demonstrator builds and evaluations, driving improvements into future architectural recommendations
• Create and maintain engineering analyses, comparison matrices, and decision documentation to support leadership reviews and program checkpoints
• Contribute to program planning by identifying architecture-related timing risks, dependency impacts, and decision gates
• Assist Chief Engineers, Program Engineering Managers, and engineering leaders with technical recommendations, scenario analysis, and product definition decisions
• Perform other related duties as assigned in support of overall vehicle and program success.

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