Senior Manager - EPE Quality
Today• Warren, MI
Description
Work Arrangement:
Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, Michigan three times per week, at minimum.
The Role:
The EPE (Embedded Platforms Engineering) supports GM's vision by providing the high quality hardware and software architectures, designs, and validation efforts to support our SDV - Software Defined Vehicle future. We are engaged, inclusive, and innovative teams that adapt to challenges and work together to enable cutting edge products and services to get to our customers.
GM is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Manager - EPE Quality to lead the quality organization for all EPE organizations. This role has a strong focus on quality ownership and cross functional relationships to strengthen Software and Services integration into GM.
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The ideal candidate brings deep technical quality expertise and proven leadership experience, with a strong track record in leading Quality, SMT or launch activities across electrical, mechanical, software and wireless domains. This is a highly collaborative role that partners closely with Central Quality, Software, CCA, Cost Recovery, Quality Chain, Validation, Manufacturing, purchasing, suppliers and vehicle teams to ensure quality is the priority to vehicle and customer.
What You'll Do:
- Strategic and Innovative Planning : Define the long-term vision and forecasting quality targets for hardware and software SMTs driving Director level visibility of forecasting and targets.
- Quality Representation for EPE to GM Enterprise : Representing EPE quality to be a clear single point owner for quality chain and quality, reliability and durability to product, program teams, central quality etc.
- Meeting Quality Targets : Proactivity communicating and delivering scorecard activity to meet SMT targets (initiatives include part monitor, part restrictions, ...)
- Deep insight into quality chain and supplier quality activities : explore manufacturing operations and new innovative ways to look our quality in advance to issues happening for new technology (i.e. proactively looking at SDV to better than what we did with VIP)
- Electrical Hardware Design and Validation : Lead the quality chain activities driving for higher quality execution (i.e. component tracker, in house design and development first time documentation) - Oversee the full development cycle from concept through production from a quality perspective
- Team Leadership : Manage and mentor a team of quality engineers. Build a culture of excellence, technical depth, and continuous learning. Oversee program execution, resource planning, and budget management.
- Technology, Innovation and Analytics : Utilize current and future technologies and techniques (e.g. connected vehicle, OnStar, vehicle data crowd sourcing, big data, diagnostics, prognostics ...) to early predict quality performance to avoid/minimize quality issues
- Cross-Functional Collaboration : Work closely with central quality, CCA, product managers, SMT DREs engineers, purchasing, suppliers and manufacturing to develop clear plans to meet quality targets
Additional Description
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
- Educational Background : Bachelor of Science in Engineering to include Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Mathematics.
- Experience : 15+ years of hands-on experience in Quality and/or SMT experience, including full product lifecycle ownership and leadership of complex programs.
- Technical Expertise : Proficient in product execution, quality, reliability, durability and quality chain execution through experience
- Leadership and Communication Skills : Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams, communicate complex ideas clearly, and drive alignment across stakeholders.
- Adaptability : Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities and evolving technologies.
What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications)
- Master's degree in a related engineering or technical discipline
- 20+ years of hands-on experience in Quality and/or SMT experience, including full product lifecycle ownership and leadership of complex programs.
- Experience leading global teams or international programs
- Strong market awareness and ability to shape product and technology direction through external trends and insights.
- Leverages enterprise-level business acumen to drive organizational success
- Demonstrated ability to: achieve results through effective teamwork, lead numerous projects with different focal areas to successful completion, and manage and measure work through metrics, data, and results
- Experience managing a global team that is geographically dispersed
- Experience with field performance, including dealership experience, warranty claims process and customer service solutions
- Working knowledge of quality and/or embedded controls development tool set - (e.g. Jira/Jama, Git ecosystem, Component Tracker, etc)
Benefits:
Benefits: 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.
Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies."
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
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Client-provided location(s): Warren, MI
Job ID: General_Motors-JR-202511963
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2025-07-22T00:16:15
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Adoption Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Happy Hours
- On-Site Cafeteria
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
- Stock Purchase Program
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Learning and Development Stipend
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Internship Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Woman founded/led
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
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