Engineering Designer

Job DescriptionThis role is categorized as hybrid. The selected candidate will be expected to work on-site at the Warren Tech Center at least three days per week, or as otherwise determined by the hiring leader.This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard —from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features. Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale..About the role:Develop and deploy Siemens NX and Teamcenter solutions that combine engineering design, CAD automation, and digital workflows. Translate engineering, manufacturing, and data requirements into reliable tools and integration workflows that improve design quality, productivity, data integrity, and downstream usability.Primary Responsibilities and Deliverables:Develop and maintain NXOpen applications, custom user interfaces, automation frameworks, and repeatable digital engineering workflows.Implement engineering algorithms, design constraints, manufacturing requirements, and business logic in NX tools and workflows.Integrate NX and Teamcenter PLM with manufacturing systems and external data sources; support enterprise deployment and sustainment.Interpret design requirements, DFM/DFA principles, packaging and clearance constraints, criteria, typical sections, and subsystem interfaces.Support virtual vehicle integration for lower structures and RESS enclosures, including chassis, thermal, electrical, underbody, and adjacent systems.Collaborate with designers, design leaders, release engineers, manufacturing, joining, quality, suppliers, plant, program, service, and deployment teams.Maintain code repositories, version control, developer documentation, testing, and release-quality implementation.Support prototyping, validation, stabilization, release, enterprise handoff, and issue resolution.Maintain accurate NX math files, material and mass data, specifications, configuration information, and released design intent.Communicate technical risks, decisions, assumptions, timing, open issues, and recommended actions.Must-Have Qualifications — NXOpen and Digital Engineering:Five or more years of software development experience.Demonstrated experience with NXOpen, C#, and TcSoa, and experience using Siemens NX, Teamcenter PLM, and external data sources.Experience developing production-oriented engineering tools, process automation frameworks, and custom NX interfaces with sound input handling and business logic.Ability to apply engineering constraints, DFM/DFA principles, manufacturing requirements, and downstream system needs to software and workflows.Experience with version control, code repositories, developer documentation, testing, and implementation quality.Strong communication, technical writing, documentation, and knowledge-transfer skills; able to incorporate feedback and iterate with design and manufacturing users.Must-Have Qualifications — Engineering Design and Integration:Two or more years of automotive or mechanical CAD/design experience, or equivalent demonstrated capability.Proficiency in Siemens NX and robust parametric modeling; ability to interpret design criteria, packaging constraints, and subsystem interfaces.Working knowledge of load paths, joints, reinforcements, stiffness, strength, fatigue, buckling, materials, GD&T, and tolerance management.Working knowledge of DFM/DFA, including process capability, access, tooling, fixturing, joining, inspection, repairability, and assembly variation.Ability to translate requirements into design criteria, integration checks, verification expectations, and traceable engineering decisions.Ability to support clearance, usage, configuration, virtual, and NX Analysis studies; interpret results and limitations appropriately.Ability to maintain accurate material, mass, specification, configuration, and math-file data and deliver complete, release-quality work.Structured problem-solving, proactive cross-functional communication, responsiveness to feedback, and ownership through reviews, release, build, validation, and issue resolution.Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, engineering technology, or equivalent experience, with demonstrated software-development capability.Preferred Qualifications:Production design experience in NX, including advanced modeling, surfacing, expressions, templates, checks, and reusable practices.Experience with complex NX Analysis and applying results to design decisions.Teamcenter ITK or RAC customization, dataset structures, or CAD integration pipelines.Experience with GPDL, Knowledge Fusion, unit testing, code coverage, GitHub, and Jira.Understanding of downstream consumption of NX models and data.Structural sheet-metal or casting design knowledge, including process constraints and production readiness.Advanced load-path, DFM/DFA, joining, design optimization, DFMEA, tolerance-analysis, or configuration/change leadership experience.Experience coaching others in NX modeling, virtual integration, DFM/DFA, and design reviews; master’s degree in engineering.Experience improving digital workflows through templates, checks, automation, data reuse, and repeatable practices.Success Measures:Deliver NXOpen applications and automation workflows to agreed scope, quality, and timing.Validate tools with design, manufacturing, and deployment users before enterprise rollout.Improve modeling efficiency, data quality, workflow repeatability, and downstream usability.Deliver engineering solutions that meet load-path, packaging, GD&T, DFM/DFA, manufacturing, and release needs.Provide complete documentation, testing, version control, and sustainment readiness, with proactive issue resolution and clear stakeholder communication.GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. 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