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Advanced Propulsion - Senior Power Converter Design and Analysis Engineer
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 Warren, Michigan, United States of America
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- 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)).
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- 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 roles93 certified filings for “Design Release Engineer” (Mechanical Engineers) in MI: $126k–$153k, median $138k. Most were filed at wage level IV (69%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
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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 GM’s Advanced Propulsion group is seeking an experienced and highly motivated power electronics engineer to lead the design, analysis, and development of next-generation power converters for electric-vehicle applications to meet GM’s future Electric Vehicle (EV) portfolio needs. The role will primarily focus on developing next generation Accessory Power Modules (APM) and On-Board Charging Modules (OBCM). This position will convert advanced concepts into robust hardware and system solutions that improve efficiency, power density, cost, packaging, manufacturability, reliability, and customer value. Hybrid: This position requires an employee to be onsite 3 times per week. Roles and Responsibilities: • Develop converter architectures and power-stage concepts, including topology selection, semiconductor selection, magnetics, capacitors, sensing, gate drive, protection, isolation, pre-charge, and filtering • Create and review schematics, power-stage designs, control-board interfaces, electrical interfaces, and design documentation for advanced power-converter prototypes and production-intent concepts. • Perform design trade studies using simulation, competitive benchmarking, component teardowns, cost analysis, efficiency analysis, power-density analysis, and reliability considerations. • Develop and analyze models for converter steady-state, transient, switching, control-loop, thermal, loss, fault, current-sharing, and system-interaction behavior. • Design for EMC/EMI performance, electrical isolation, high-voltage safety, functional safety, serviceability, manufacturability, and environmental robustness. • Lead or support worst-case circuit analysis, derating analysis, DFMEA, fault-tree analysis, design reviews, and design-verification planning. • Plan and execute prototype builds, bring-up, bench testing, hardware debugging, characterization, and design iteration in high-voltage laboratory environments. • Collaborate with controls and embedded-software engineers on modulation, startup/shutdown, protection, diagnostics, communication, current sharing, and system-level control strategies. • Provide technical direction to suppliers and participate in supplier technical reviews, design reviews, DFMEA reviews, prototype builds, test reviews, and issue-resolution activities. • Work with Product Engineering, Systems Engineering, Modeling and Analysis, Cost Engineering, Planning, Program, Manufacturing, and Vehicle Integration teams through ATW, BA, and early GPDP activities. • Drive opportunities for cost reduction, efficiency improvement, power-density improvement, commonization, packaging reduction, and technology reuse across vehicle programs. • Prepare clear technical reports, recommendations, presentations, and gate deliverables for engineering leadership, peers, suppliers, and cross-functional stakeholders. • Document lessons learned, design methods, intellectual property, and process improvements. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with focus in power electronics • 5 or more years of relevant experience • Demonstrated experience designing and developing DC/DC converters or AC/DC converters • Strong understanding of power-electronics theory, converter topologies, switching devices, magnetics, gate drives, control methods, protection circuits, and power losses. • Experience with electrical design analysis, including derating, worst-case analysis, loss calculations, thermal analysis, and design-for-reliability methods. • Experience with EMC/EMI design and troubleshooting in power-electronics modules. • Understanding of high-voltage automotive systems, isolation, grounding, pre-charge, contactors, fault handling, and laboratory safety. • Hands-on experience with high-volt