Program Engineering Manager – Software & Electronics Platform

Lead platform readiness planning and status through key GVDP and software-quality milestones as applicable to the assigned EV programs.

Ensure objective evidence, owners, timing, and countermeasures are in place for platform readiness, Software Quality Readiness Reviews, Program Quality Readiness Reviews, vehicle integration, release completeness, and launch decisions.

Drive disciplined management of Vehicle Functionality Readiness Plans (VFRP), Testable Functionality Rollout Plans (TFRP), PRTS/Jira issues, VeSCoM readiness, and SW build factory software-release dependencies

Use execution metrics to identify trends early, focus leadership attention, and improve platform health and delivery predictability.

Serve as a primary platform execution interface to Vehicle Platform Managers, hardware and software Vehicle Program Managers, Software Vehicle Systems Engineers, PLSIE/VSL roles, Vehicle Execution Teams, Product and Platform PMO, and vehicle program leadership.

Align platform deliverables to vehicle content plans, vehicle architecture, program timing, build events, test assets, and customer-facing priorities.

Communicate a unified Software & Electronics Platform position on readiness, risks, decisions, escalations, and recovery plans.

Partner across VSEE, Infotainment and Connectivity, Vehicle Operating System and SoC Platform, Autonomous Vehicle, Mechatronics Infrastructure, hardware, manufacturing, quality, and supplier organizations.

Represent the EV platform clearly in senior reviews, converting technical complexity into concise, decision-ready information.

Lead, coach, and develop APEM(s) responsible for EV platform execution domains and cross-platform seams.

Set clear role boundaries, operating rhythms, priorities, and performance expectations.

Build a culture of ownership, urgency, transparency, technical curiosity, and respectful challenge.

Develop the team’s capabilities in systems thinking, software and hardware integration, program execution, risk management, executive communication, and GM development processes.

Create repeatable standard work for planning, readiness, escalation, decision capture, and execution-health reporting.

Recognize and remove organizational friction so the team can spend its time on engineering execution and delivery.

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.

Demonstrated experience (8+ years) leading complex, cross-functional engineering or vehicle-program execution from plan through delivery.

Experience integrating software and electronics across vehicle systems, embedded platforms, ECUs, networks, controls, or related products.

Experience managing technical dependencies, milestone readiness, risks, recovery plans, escalations, and executive-level decisions.

Demonstrated ability to lead through influence across multiple organizations with shared accountability.

Experience developing people, setting expectations, and building a high-performing engineering or program-management team.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to make complex technical topics clear and actionable.

Master’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.

Demonstrated experience (10+ years) leading complex, cross-functional engineering or vehicle-program execution from plan through delivery.

Experience with electric-vehicle platforms, including charging and energy, propulsion, vehicle motion, low-voltage systems, or other EV-critical domains.

Experience with software-defined vehicle architectures, centralized or high-performance compute platforms, vehicle networks, OTA delivery, diagnostics, or vehicle-level integration.

Experience working across vehicle software, vehicle electronics, hardware, systems engineering, validation, manufacturing, quality, and supplier organizations.

Track record of improving execution systems, metrics, operating rhythms, or organizational clarity in a complex technical environment.

EV platform commitments have clear owners, integrated plans, dependencies, exit criteria, and credible timing.

Readiness risks are identified and surfaced early, accompanied by actionable recovery plans, and escalated at the right time.

Cross-platform issues move rapidly from ambiguity to accountable ownership, decision, implementation, and verified closure.

Platform software and electronics deliverables are aligned to vehicle-program milestones and launch needs.

Senior leaders and partner organizations receive a consistent, fact-based view of platform health and execution confidence.

The PEM/APEM team operates with strong ownership, effective standard work, and increasing independence.

The team improves execution predictability while maintaining focus on safety, quality, customer value, cost, and delivery.

You will help turn GM’s software-defined vehicle strategy into dependable vehicle execution. This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of platform architecture, software delivery, electronics integration, vehicle programs, and launch readiness. The person in this role will help create the clarity, accountability, and execution discipline required to deliver a common EV platform at scale. Company Vehicle:

Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.