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Senior Manufacturing Process Controls Engineer
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 Spring Hill, Tennessee, United States of America
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What General Motors Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Sr. Process Controls Engineer” (Robotics Engineers) in TX: $139k–$139k, median $139k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — General Motors Company
The US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description DUTIES: Plan, execute, and launch high volume conventional ICE passenger vehicle transmission and Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems (RESS), fuel cells, and Automated storage retrieval systems (ASRS), Ultium battery cells and components, electrification for GM Global Propulsion Systems (GPS) for U.S., Canada and Mexico Transmission and Electric Drive Unit (DU) plants. Maintain active engagement and relationship on daily basis with suppliers, integrators of machinery, tooling, hardware and software and GMNA Region (U.S., Canada and Mexico) engineering departments at headquarters and in GM plants for carrying out runoff activities, design reviews, perform functional validations to meet program launch timing, incorporate General Motors Flexible Assembly Control Systems (FACS), Global Common Controls Hardware standard (GCCH-1) and Global Common Controls Hardware software (GCCS-1), Fanuc robotics Global 4 standards, Flexible assembly controls systems (FACS) vision and third party controller Interfaces during different phases of program execution. Engineer, design, evaluate, implement, and optimize current and new automation controls techniques for industrial machining equipment, cutting tools, error proofing systems, and plant floor networks, ancillary equipment (load/unload tooling, washers, special purpose machines), robotics, material handling, parts sorting, conveyors, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), heat treat and, leak test machines, third party manufacturing process equipment, and automation controls technologies including high end 840D Computer Numerically Controlled (CNCs), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), Siemens Step 7, TIA Portal, Studio5000, Design Studio. Design hardware and switchgears sizing, support build integration, prepare review electrical drawings and schematics including low voltage switchgears according to International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 947 norms and AC/DC power circuits, per Global Machinery industrial Electrical Standard SP-E-60204 and IEC 62061 Safety of Machinery, and electrical UL 508A, NFPA 70E and create Bill of Material (BOM) reports using software tools E-plan P8 and Electrical AutoCAD. Industrial communication protocols Interface Ethernet IP/Profinet/Profibus networks and GM’s IT Powertrain and Global Production and monitoring controls PTPMC, GPMC, Software Program debug, interface, validation, and controls troubleshooting third party devices such as Press, laser and vision systems, Process data monitoring system, RFID, Printers, 3D barcode scanners etc. Engage with GM global equipment design and buyoff process as controls expert providing technical directions to execute major program launches, integrate build schema and collaborating with OEM suppliers, integrators and safety expert teams during g-Comply safety buyoff process, g- Risk assessments, simultaneous engineering, process error proofing, checklist and safety controls system validation according to Global Design for Health and Safety Specification (GHS- 1) risk management and process; and Programmable Safety System (PSS) guidelines in accordance with GM’s global Monitored Power Systems (MPS), Safety Controls Systems (SCS) failsafe design standards. Automate Fanuc robotics to prove automotive applications, load teach part programs, validating robot process paths, Dual Check Safety (DCS) zones, payload, Mastering, and Vision applications 3D IR (infrared) using GM approved Kowa, Matrox and Cognex cameras hardware per GVS requirements, auto backup program methods, develop Human Machine Interface (HMI) screens enabling test sequence of operations, program recovery and faults. 20% domestic travel required. REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in Ele