Engineering Design Leader Technical - Transmissions and Drive Units

Job Description This role is categorized as hybrid, meaning the selected candidate will be expected to work on‑site at the Warren Tech Center at least three days per week (or other frequency determined by their manager).    • This role is eligible for relocation benefits 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.. About the Role: As a Design Lead Technician supporting Transmission and Drive Unit (TDU) design, you will lead the daily technical work of a team responsible for developing robust, manufacturable, and launch-ready transmission and electric drive unit products. You will translate system and subsystem requirements into clear design direction, assign and balance work, set technical priorities, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality design solutions. You will apply advanced expertise in layouts, assemblies, 2D drawings, Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI), GD&T, tolerance stacks, and engineering release. From concept and architecture through validation, production release, and launch, you will guide the team through complex packaging, interface, dimensional, assembly, manufacturing, and integration challenges. You will also coach designers, strengthen design standards, and establish repeatable methods that improve product quality and execution. What You’ll Do: • Provide daily technical direction, assign priorities, balance workload, and monitor delivery, risks, capacity, and support needs across a team of TDU designers. • Set expectations for design quality, model robustness, drawing completeness, release discipline, and compliance with GM processes and standards. • Coach designers through design reviews, lessons learned, standard work, templates, best practices, and continuous improvement. • Foster ownership, accountability, collaboration, sound problem-solving, and timely risk escalation. • Lead the design and integration of complex transmission and electric drive unit components and subsystems from concept through launch. • Translate system, safety, performance, packaging, service, and manufacturing requirements into robust component and assembly designs. • Lead layout studies and design trade-offs involving packaging, interfaces, clearances, assembly, serviceability, performance, cost, mass, timing, dimensional variation, and manufacturability. • Direct resolution of complex design issues involving gears, shafts, housings, clutches, differentials, lubrication, actuation, mounts, covers, and related vehicle interfaces. • Lead component and assembly layouts, including design intent, interfaces, packaging relationships, clearance requirements, and Design Execution Sections. • Create, review, and release complete 2D drawings and PMI using advanced GD&T, datum schemes, functional dimensioning, specifications, and clear design intent. • Develop and review tolerance stacks and variation analyses to protect fit, function, performance, assembly, durability, and interchangeability. • Ensure drawings and layouts align with Interface Control Documents, assembly strategies, manufacturing capabilities, inspection methods, and product-definition requirements. • Guide robust NX models and assemblies using parametric, associative, and Wave-linked techniques. Use clearance, interference, and TcVis