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Functional System Architect - BHV
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 Milford, Michigan, United States of America
Sponsorship verdict
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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 roles4 certified filings for “Senior Software Safety Architect” (Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers) in CA: $220k–$220k, median $220k. 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.
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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 Work Arrangement: Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Milford, Michigan three times per week, at minimum. The Role: GM is undergoing a major transformation—reimagining how we operate and shaping the future of transportation through electrification, autonomous technology, and software-defined vehicles (SDVs). At the heart of this transformation is our Vehicle Mechatronics Embedded Controls (VMEC) team, leading the charge with high-impact innovation and cutting-edge software development. VMEC Battery and High Voltage Agile Release Train (BHV ART) is responsible for end-to-end High Voltage Battery Systems Controls and Software products for all GM EV and (P)HEV. We are a highly capable engineering team that focuses on delivering products with quality, scalability, agility and customer value added excellence; and we continue to grow, innovate & excel together as one team. We are looking for a high performing Functional System Architect (FSA) to steer architectural vision and solution context for the BHV ART. Your seasoned expertise in the electrification domain will fuel the design and evolution of software components such as high voltage contactor controls, energy management, battery state estimation, wireless and wired sensing, and vehicular diagnostics, ensuring seamless integration and interaction with the hardware components within the automotive embedded domain. What You’ll Do: Own the vision: • Own and understand the solution context, acting as the “Chief Architect” for the functional subsystems of the ART. • Develop and drive the requirements architectural vision and ART Solution context for BHV ART, connecting desired functionality to software implementation. • Champion rolldown from FTS, STS, Portfolio Epic, Product Team as applicable and create requirements architecture for designated domain. • Ensure seamless integration and interaction between ART solutions and hardware components within the designated domain. • Lead contact DRI for BHV Engineering Pillar of the High Voltage Product Team. • Define the ART functional architecture vision and feature / epic decomposition in collaboration with the Product Team members (Product Manager, Program Manager, System Engineer, Technical Specialists). Contribute to refining the priority of work for the engineering teams. • Define the solution context including supporting technologies, solution interfaces, APIs, current and future deployment requirements, and functional and non-functional requirements • Lead and Prioritization of TFRP roadmap with Systems Engineering organization & Product Team • Pursue and support innovation opportunities in domain of responsibility. • Own the FMEA cross functional linkage • Develop/approve system architecture requirements, models, and diagrams; spearhead architecture level development and testing. • Oversee life cycle engineering activities, work with requirements engineers at program initiation, and ensure consistency and traceability of system requirements. • Ensure validation strategies are robust, cost-effective, and in compliance with quality requirements. • Lead technical solutions discussions, product demonstrations, and report out to leadership Disseminate the vision: • Guide the dispersion of requirements work with SSLEs in accordance with scrum responsibility and technical ownership. • Lead, mentor, and coach SSLEs in developing requirements. • Support SSTS technical requirements development and BTS behavioral (G/W/T) requirements development according to the BDD process. • Collaborate with Global Technical Specialists, SSLEs, Cal TS, Diagnostic System Architects and Software Architects to flow down requirements architecture to