Design Jobs in Michigan, United States

Active Thermal Hardware team at General Motors designs and releases thermal management components such as heat exchangers, cooling fans, and compressors. The engineer leads product development, conducts design studies, defines ICDs, manages supplier relationships, and validates designs using FEA and CFD. Warren, Michigan, hybrid (3 days onsite) with up to 20% travel.

Design Engineering Studio at General Motors creates innovative vehicle packaging solutions that balance aesthetics and functionality. The Lead Studio Design Engineer defines engineering criteria, leads cross‑functional integration meetings, and develops NX models to resolve packaging challenges.

Armor Defense team at General Motors designs and releases body, interior, and survivability subsystems for GM Defense. The Design Release Engineer resolves complex technical issues, leads supplier execution, and applies program management to meet milestones.

Design Engineering Studio at General Motors creates vehicle concepts and integrates design with engineering. The Studio Design Engineer partners with Architecture, SMT, Performance, Human Factors, and Manufacturing to develop engineering criteria, resolve packaging issues, and ensure design aesthetics using NX models and DFSS methods.

Customer Controls Engineering team at General Motors designs and releases switch assemblies for vehicle programs. The Design Release Engineer develops design packages, conducts DFMEA, manages engineering change orders, and coordinates validation testing while collaborating with suppliers and internal product teams.

Design Release Engineer on the Chassis and Performance Accessories team at General Motors, delivering dealer‑installed accessory solutions across vehicle architectures. Leads projects from concept through production, defining requirements, managing sourcing, validation, and lifecycle support while coordinating with vehicle programs, suppliers, design, and purchasing.

EV Charging Systems Engineering team at General Motors designs and develops electric vehicle charging subsystems and components. The Design Release Engineer creates technical specifications, performs DFSS and DOE analyses, and manages release documentation using Unigraphics NX and Teamcenter, ensuring compliance with SAE standards and international regulations.

Computational Design Team at General Motors develops and applies advanced computational tools to create aesthetic vehicle models and streamline design processes. The role builds and maintains design scripts, algorithms, and pipelines, mentors sculptors on computational methods, and ensures tools align with GM's global design standards.

Vehicle Hardware Design Release Team at General Motors creates common door hardware components for multiple vehicle programs. The Design Release Engineer leads design, engineering, and release workstreams for closure latching systems, handles, and related commodities, coordinating with suppliers, program DREs, and cross‑functional partners.

Vehicle Engineering team at General Motors develops and integrates vehicle electrical and infotainment systems. The Design Release Engineer coordinates hardware and software milestone deliveries, manages engineering change releases, and leads DFMEA and design reviews to ensure compliance and quality.

Interior Design Engineering at General Motors creates and launches instrument panel, floor console, and decorative trim systems for vehicle interiors. The Design Release Engineer leads subsystem development, integration, validation, and release, ensuring safety, quality, cost, mass and manufacturability targets are met.

Interior Engineering Design group at General Motors creates vehicle seating systems that blend comfort, safety, and innovation. The Design Group Manager leads a large team of interior designers and design technologists, providing technical direction, developing processes, and ensuring delivery of high‑quality design solutions.

USB Design Release Engineering at General Motors creates and releases USB hardware components for vehicle systems. The engineer defines requirements, leads design, analysis, testing and supplier coordination, and manages technical project delivery for wireless charging and related programs.

Human Interface Design - Vehicle Studio at General Motors creates world‑class in‑vehicle digital experiences for drivers and passengers. The Designer collaborates with researchers, engineers, and product teams to craft UI concepts, interaction designs, and prototypes for instrument clusters, touchscreens, and HUDs, delivering production specs and assets.

GM Global Technical Center - Cole Engineering Center Podium team drives the development of advanced air induction and exhaust systems for next‑generation vehicles. The Design Release Engineer leads the product development team, manages design release and integration, validates designs with FEA and virtual builds, and coordinates cross‑functional activities.

Human Interface Design (HID) – Advanced UX Insights team at General Motors shapes future vehicle interactions through immersive visuals and concept design. The role creates forward‑looking UX visions, builds 2D illustrations, UI explorations, and 3D models/animations, and communicates disruptive trends to cross‑functional partners.

Vehicle Structures team at General Motors designs and engineers body/chassis components for next‑gen vehicles. The Design Release Engineer owns end‑to‑end release of structure components, leads technical development, balances performance, cost, weight and timing, validates designs through testing, and collaborates with design, manufacturing, quality and suppliers.

Vehicle Access Controls Hardware team at General Motors develops and releases critical hardware components such as power closure ECUs, remote receivers, and antennas that enable secure vehicle access. The Design Release Engineer leads end‑to‑end definition, design, validation, and production release of these components, collaborates with cross‑functional engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers, and drives issue resolution and technical leadership.

Design Group Manager- Upper Structures at General Motors leads a large group of Engineering Designers within the Exteriors Engineering Design Team, driving vehicle program execution and technical solutions. The role provides technical leadership, develops processes and standards, manages staffing, training, and performance, and removes roadblocks to ensure successful design deliverables.

Aftertreatment Hardware team at General Motors designs, develops, validates, and releases exhaust aftertreatment components such as catalytic converters and particulate filters. The Design Release Engineer owns end‑to‑end component design, leads PDT meetings, drives DFMEA, DVP&R, validation, and PPAP activities, and serves as the primary technical interface with Tier‑1 suppliers.