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Sr. Electrical Engineer, Construction
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 roles60 certified filings for “Design Release Engineer” (Electrical Engineers) in MI: $132k–$155k, median $140k. Most were filed at wage level IV (81%) — 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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Sponsor Radar — General Motors Company
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 Role Overview The Sr. Electrical Engineer establishes electrical requirements and review strategies, interprets applicable codes and GM standards, evaluates designs and technical risks, and supports project teams across multiple delivery models. The role helps teams make safe, reliable, code-compliant, cost-effective, resilient, maintainable, and sustainable decisions while coordinating with project leaders, planners, architects and engineers, contractors, operations, utilities, safety, procurement, authorities having jurisdiction, and other stakeholders. Key Responsibilities · Serve as the GM electrical engineering subject matter expert for ICC planning, design, construction, and facility operations, providing technical leadership, recommendations, expectations, and decision support for major capital projects. · Provide independent owner-side technical challenge to proposed designs, deviations, substitutions, recommendations, and execution approaches to confirm technical basis, safety, code and utility compliance, constructability, reliability, maintainability, risk, and business alignment. · Triage electrical support requests and establish risk-based review plans, deliverable expectations, hold points, reviewer responsibilities, and decision records based on safety, risk, project impact, urgency, and business need. · Review and interpret electrical calculations, load studies, short-circuit and protective-device coordination studies, arc-flash assessments, voltage-drop calculations, grounding and bonding designs, lighting calculations, one-line diagrams, drawings, specifications, models, construction documents, and applicable codes to identify gaps, assumptions, quality concerns, constructability issues, utility or authority requirements, and required decisions. · Apply IEEE design books, standards, and recommended practices; interpret and apply NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code (NEC), the National Electrical Safety Code, applicable National Fire Protection Association standards, U.S. utility service and interconnection requirements, utility-specific construction and operating codes, state and local requirements, and GM engineering standards. · Engage early in planning studies, preliminary engineering, project initiation, and kickoff to identify electrical scope, risks, constraints, interfaces, code and utility considerations, constructability issues, and budget or schedule implications. · Support project leaders and planners with electrical studies, conceptual alternatives, class-level estimates, schedules, business cases, VDP activities, and Appropriation Requests. · Lead or support concept reviews and buy-offs covering design intent, utility services, service entrances, primary and secondary distribution, transformers, switchgear, protective devices, metering, standby and emergency power, grounding, major facility loads, power quality, lighting, controls, life-safety systems, security systems, and other critical electrical matters. · Support value analysis, value engineering, cost-benefit analysis, design-to-budget decisions, and scope alternatives by evaluating electrical implications, lifecycle considerations, reliability, maintainability, resilience, flexibility, energy performance, and constructability. · Prepare, edit, interpret, and maintain technically rigorous Statements of Requirements and Requests for Proposals, including electrical scope, performance criteria, deliverables, safety expectations, testing and inspection requirements, utility and permitting requirements, and applicable commercial requirements. · Develop, maintain, and communicate electrical design requirements, performance criteria, deliverable