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Engineering Technical Leader - Interiors

at General Motors

📍 Warren, Michigan, United States of America Hybrid Posted April 14, 2026
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Position Details

Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Engineering (Non-Software)

About this role

Lead interior engineering technical programs across Interior IP, Console, Mechanisms, and Decorative Trim. You will manage a team of Design and Release Engineers and Technical Specialists, drive design reviews and robust quality methods, and ensure disciplined delivery of GVDP milestones.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage interior engineering teams across multiple programs to deliver GVDP milestones
  • Serve as technical expert for Interior IP/Console/Deco/Mechanisms components
  • Drive technical design reviews aligned to BOM row strategies and performance requirements
  • Champion DFMEA quality and DFSS methodology including readacross improvements
  • Lead analytical robustness validation and escalated technical issue resolution with cross-functional partners

Technical Overview

The role focuses on interior commodity technical leadership, including technical design reviews, BOM row alignment, DFMEA/DFSS quality practices, robustness validation, and escalated issue resolution across System Safety, GPSC, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced automotive engineering technical leader who is a deep expert in interior systems—Interior IP, Console, Mechanisms, and Decorative Trim. They have strong systems thinking and technical rigor, lead design/release engineering teams across multiple programs, and drive design reviews, DFMEA quality, and DFSS-based robust design to hit GVDP milestones.

Must-Have Skills

people leader for approximately 10 Design and Release Engineers (DREs) and Technical Specialists (TS)lead a highperforming team of IP/Console/Deco/Mechanisms DREs across multiple programs to deliver GVDP milestones with discipline and engineering excellencebe the technical expert for anything related to IP/Console/Deco/Mechanisms and it's componentsconduct and drive technical design reviews

Tools & Platforms

DFMEADFSSBOM row strategies

Required Skills

Engineering Technical Leader (ETL)Interior IPConsoleMechanismsDecorative TrimGVDP milestonesBOM row strategiestechnical design reviewsDFMEArobust designpeer reviewsDFSSreadacross improvementsdatadriven engineeringrobustness validationtechnical issue resolutionSystem SafetyGPSCManufacturing EngineeringQuality

Hard Skills

Interior IPConsoleMechanismsDecorative TrimGVDP milestonesBOM row strategiesdesign reviewsDFMEA qualityrobust designpeer reviewsDFSS methodologyreadacross improvementsdatadriven engineeringrobustness validationtechnical issue resolutionsystem thinkingtechnical rigorSystem SafetyGPSCManufacturing EngineeringQualityvehicle portfolio cost targetsvehicle portfolio quality targetsvehicle portfolio performance targetsDesign and Release Engineers (DREs)Technical Specialists (TS)

Soft Skills

people leadershipleading a highperforming teamcrossprogram consistencycross-functional collaborationanalytical thinkingcommunicationtechnical excellenceflawless executionescalated issue managementpartnering closely with other ETLs

Industry & Role

Industry Manufacturing
Job Function Provide technical and people leadership for GM interior engineering programs to deliver quality, cost, and performance targets.
Role Subtype Technical Engineering Lead

Keywords for Your Resume

Engineering Technical LeaderEngineering Technical Leader (ETL)Interior IPConsoleMechanismsDecorative TrimGVDP milestonesBOM row strategiestechnical design reviewsDFMEArobust designpeer reviewsDFSSreadacross improvementsdatadriven engineeringrobustness validationtechnical issue resolutionSystem SafetyGPSCManufacturing EngineeringQualityDesign and Release Engineers (DREs)Technical Specialists (TS)

Deal Breakers

Must be able to serve as a people leader for approximately 10 Design and Release Engineers (DREs) and Technical Specialists (TS), Must be a technical expert in Interior IP, Console, Mechanisms, and Decorative Trim

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