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Technical Specialist - HVAC Modules and Cabin Air Filters
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 Warren, Michigan, 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 “Electrification Technical NDA Lead” (Sales Engineers) in MI: $171k–$171k, median $171k. 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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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 Technical Specialist – HVAC Modules and Cabin Air Filters The Technical Specialist for HVAC Modules and Cabin Air Filters is the global technical authority and enterprise voice for front and rear HVAC modules and cabin air filters. This role establishes corporate technical direction, owns subsystem strategy, and is accountable for the long-term technical health, reuse, quality, cost, mass, investment, and performance of the HVAC module portfolio. The Technical Specialist leads the definition, integration, development, validation, release, and control of HVAC module systems. The role requires a high degree of independent judgment, creativity, initiative, and accountability in solving complex and ambiguous engineering problems. The Specialist influences vehicle architecture, program engineering, release engineering, suppliers, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and global execution teams to ensure consistent implementation of robust solutions. The Technical Specialist also provides technical leadership to component-level Technical Specialists, develops organizational knowledge, and operates with broad autonomy under the general direction of the Engineering Technical Leader. What You'll Do • Set and communicate enterprise technical strategy for front and rear HVAC modules and cabin air filters. • Make independent, data-driven decisions on complex technical issues with significant program, customer, cost, quality, or timing impact. • Establish standards, best practices, specifications, inherent criteria, and reusable solutions across programs and vehicle segments. • Lead alignment among architects, DREs, release engineers, suppliers, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and other stakeholders. • Influence senior leaders and executives by translating complex technical issues into clear recommendations, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions. • Anticipate future technology, customer, regulatory, and business needs and convert them into actionable subsystem roadmaps. • Coach and provide technical direction to component-level Technical Specialists and engineering teams. • Take accountability for issue escalation, technical closure, lessons learned, and continuous improvement across the HVAC module portfolio. Develop Industry Leading BOM and Subsystem Strategies • Establish, maintain, and obtain approval for global BOM strategies that balance cost, mass, investment, quality, performance, timing, and customer expectations. • Conduct performance, technology, and cost benchmarking to identify competitive opportunities and risks. • Create family and variant maps, current-application assessments, and program rollout plans that maximize reuse and minimize complexity. • Define best-fit subsystem and component solutions for vehicle segments, architectures, and program requirements. • Develop sourcing strategies and support supplier development, technical capability assessment, and supplier qualification. • Maintain global requirements, including SSTS and CTS templates, and ensure alignment across programs and regions. • Create, govern, and continuously improve best practices, inherent criteria, specifications, typical sections, and technical standards.