Senior Studio Design Quality Engineering

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 Do you enjoy creating unique and highly technical engineering solutions to address unusual challenges? Are you curious about how a vehicle design develops into reality, where it all begins?   The Studio Design Quality Engineer serves as the craftsmanship-quality representative for interior and exterior vehicle integration. This customer-facing surface integration role partners with Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Human Factors, and Program teams to transform creative vehicle concepts into technically feasible, production-ready solutions. The ideal candidate combines automotive passion, creative problem-solving, engineering judgment, and the ability to balance customer expectations, design intent, technical feasibility, and manufacturing quality throughout vehicle development. Role is engaged early in the design development process working across component and compartment system integration and extends through production release. What You’ll Do (Responsibilities) • Lead Design Quality craftsmanship initiatives across vehicle programs. • Lead the Parting Line and Grain Exceptions process for assigned programs through handoff to Appearance Quality. Providing guidance for what’s acceptable for grain and parting line quality. • Lead competitive benchmarking initiatives; identify craftsmanship trends and apply insights to future vehicle designs. • Lead strategic craftsmanship continuous-improvement projects, including engineering best practices, design-execution sections, criteria sections, and manufacturing requirements. • Incorporate the Voice of the Customer into vehicle design decisions. • Assess program math integration, sections, and surface quality using NX and TC VIS Math. • Identify and communicate Design Quality issues to stakeholders, including recovery plans. • Lead or support issue resolution and escalation within the assigned area to drive timely closure. • Support Studio Design Engineers in cross-functional surface-integration meetings. • Collaborate with Creative Design, Product Engineering, and Manufacturing teams during studio and engineering surface development. • Support Engineering Excellence Reviews, math assessments, virtual reviews, surface-integration discussions, and gate reviews. • Support Vehicle Excellence Program Leadership report-outs by communicating issues and resolution plans. • Support physical-build craftsmanship reviews during pre-production launch. • Support regional program development and partner activities as needed. • Apply DFSS methodologies to manage design-development trade-offs and evaluate alternatives based on cost, mass, timing, design for assembly, dimensional variation, and other program requirements. • Develop and maintain advanced NX proficiency. Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications) • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Design, Engineering Technology, Technology, or another related field. • 5+ years’ experience in a related area • Understanding engineering theory and principles of automotive design • Excellent oral and written communication skills • High level of interpersonal skills and effective to work others or independently • Aptitude to integrate complex sy