Manager - Diesel Engine Calibration

General Motors is seeking an Engineering Group Manager to lead an Engine Calibration and Controls team within the Engine and Transmission Controls Organization.

This role is responsible for leading people, technical execution, and cross-functional delivery of engine calibration and controls content that supports emissions compliance, fuel economy, drivability, performance, diagnostics, quality, and program timing.

The successful candidate will combine strong calibration expertise with visible, inclusive people leadership.

They will establish clear priorities, balance workload across programs, develop technical capability, and ensure the team delivers robust calibrations from early development through launch and production support.

What You’ll do:

• Set technical direction, priorities, staffing plans, workload balance, and execution expectations across the team.
• Own delivery of controls and calibration content for assigned engine programs. Drive execution across dyno, vehicle, virtual, prototype, validation, and production-support activities.
• Ensure controls execution plans, requirements, test results, reviews, issue resolution, and release artifacts are complete, traceable, and delivered on schedule.
• Partner with software, systems engineering, hardware, design release, emissions compliance, validation, vehicle program, manufacturing, service, warranty, and supplier teams.
• Lead resolution of complex technical issues that may bridge multiple technical domains
• Represent the team in technical reviews, program reviews, calibration readiness reviews,
• Technical Resource Board discussions, and launch decision forums.
• Establish and improve standard work, methods, metrics, and data-driven processes that increase calibration quality and reduce development cycle time.
• Identify technical and execution risks early, create mitigation plans, and hold the organization accountable for commitments.
• Build succession depth through mentoring, coaching, career development, technical assignments, and effective delegation.
• Promote a culture of safety, quality, inclusion, collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Support the adoption of modern engineering methods, analytical tools, automation, and artificial intelligence where they improve calibration effectiveness and decision quality.