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Interior Validation Engineer - GM Defense
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 Warren, Michigan, United States of America
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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 roles171 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in MI: $140k–$163k, median $150k. Most were filed at wage level IV (74%) — 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.
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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 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. The Role: GM Defense is seeking an Interior Validation Engineer to lead validation activities for interior systems and components supporting defense, government, and specialty vehicle programs. The role will translate customer, system, regulatory, and engineering requirements into robust validation plans; coordinate test execution; analyze results; and drive issue resolution through program launch. The engineer will work closely with design release, systems engineering, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, program management, and other validation teams to ensure interior products meet performance, durability, safety, appearance, and customer requirements. Interior validation scope may include seats, seat belts, airbag and steering-wheel systems, instrument panels, floor consoles, door trim, overhead systems, hard trim, and related components. Source: GM Defense Electrical Validation Engineer ; Source: Interior Validation Test Checklists What You'll Do (Responsibilities): • Develop and maintain interior validation strategies, plans, schedules, test procedures, and acceptance criteria. • Translate engineering requirements, statements of requirements, customer expectations, and applicable standards into traceable validation activities. • Plan, coordinate, and execute validation testing in laboratories, vehicles, proving grounds, supplier facilities, and manufacturing environments. • Lead test readiness reviews, including parts, build levels, instrumentation, fixtures, test equipment, procedures, and safety requirements. • Monitor test execution, troubleshoot test setup or product issues, and ensure testing is completed with accurate and repeatable results. • Analyze test data, identify trends and failure modes, and communicate technical conclusions, risks, and recommendations. • Lead issue identification, prioritization, root-cause analysis, containment, corrective action, and validation of proposed solutions. • Partner with design release engineers and suppliers to confirm that interior components meet technical requirements and are ready for production. • Maintain validation status, timing, open issues, traceability, test reports, and supporting evidence through program milestones. • Support vehicle builds, launch events, customer evaluations, warranty investigations, and lessons-learned activities. • Identify opportunities to improve validation methods, standard work, checklists, test efficiency, data quality, and reuse of proven test approaches. • Prepare and present technical updates to engineering, program, manufacturing, quality, supplier, and leadership audiences. • Promote safe work practices and ensure validation activities comply with applicable GM, customer, regulatory, and program requirements. Cross-Functional Leadership • Serve as the validation point of contact for assigned interior commodities and program deliverables. • Lead cross-functional teams through complex validation concerns, balancing technical risk, timing, cost, and customer impact. • Influence design, manufacturing, quality, supplier, and program decisions through data-driven recommendations. • Coordinate investigations involving design release, systems engineering,