Jobs at GM Performance Power Units

Operate, maintain, and optimize RHEL-based GPU HPC clusters supporting engineering simulations. Administer Slurm, storage, license servers, software environments, and cluster management tools. Troubleshoot jobs and performance issues, support engineering users, automate health checks with Bash and Python, manage vendor tickets, and assist with expanding cluster capacity.

Manages mechanical integration of Formula 1 power units, including ICE, ERS, and vehicle systems. Coordinates interface requirements, packaging, installation, serviceability, CAD and PLM documentation, FIA compliance, homologation, engineering changes, integration reviews, and issue resolution with internal teams and Cadillac F1. The role also identifies integration risks, supports build readiness, benchmarks competitors, and improves interface-management processes.

Supports mechanical simulation activities for Formula 1 power-unit components, including FEA, MBD, CFD, static, thermal, and dynamic analyses. Responsibilities include geometry and mesh preparation, simulation post-processing, data organization, documentation, test correlation, and continuous-improvement updates to scripts, templates, and procedures. The intern works under senior engineers while gaining experience in motorsport power-unit engineering.

Develop and calibrate embedded real-time controls for a Formula 1 internal combustion engine, including air path, fuel, spark, combustion, torque, and thermal systems. Support model-based development, MATLAB/Simulink simulation, dyno and test-bench validation, HiL/DiL testing, data analysis, software development, system integration, FIA compliance, and trackside troubleshooting during race events.

Develop, integrate, correlate, and maintain real-time multi-domain power-unit plant models for closed-loop HiL validation of Formula 1 control software. Configure and optimize the SECU HiL platform, select appropriate model fidelity, validate models against dyno and simulation data, monitor deterministic real-time performance, support fault simulation and automated testing, and maintain models, parameters, I/O mappings, and configurations under version control.

Develops and maintains physics-based fatigue, creep, thermomechanical, and combined-damage models for Formula 1 power-unit components. Produces life predictions from FEA, thermal analyses, load spectra, and telemetry; defines component duty-life limits; integrates dyno and race data; investigates failures; correlates models with test evidence; and supports design reviews, FMEA, and reliability decisions.

Develops and executes 2D/3D electromagnetic simulations for high-speed electric motors and power electronics. Performs performance mapping, efficiency and loss analysis, field-weakening studies, transient and harmonic analysis, and thermal-electromagnetic optimization. Collaborates with mechanical, thermal, controls, and manufacturing teams; validates models against test data; supports prototype development; and documents technical findings. The role focuses on Formula 1 power unit MGU-K motors, high power density, high-speed operation, manufacturability, and design optimization.

Executes engine, powertrain, and component testing for Formula 1 power units. Responsibilities include installing test components, designing tooling and fixtures, operating and maintaining dyno test cells, troubleshooting equipment and test units, developing automated test routines, analyzing and documenting data, and ensuring safety and compliance. Requires advanced AVL PUMA expertise, instrumentation and control-system knowledge, and strong mechanical and electrical assembly skills.

Owns and improves battery testing across cells, modules, and packs. Responsibilities include translating requirements into test setups, installing units, designing fixtures, operating test equipment, troubleshooting hardware and test issues, documenting data, optimizing procedures, supporting automation, and coordinating with suppliers. The role is hands-on and lab-focused in an onsite Formula 1 power unit development environment, requiring close collaboration with engineering and technical teams and adherence to high-voltage and general safety protocols.

Develop and validate embedded real-time software for Formula 1 energy recovery systems, including motor, inverter, DC-DC, and battery control units. Responsibilities include sensor interfacing, communications, diagnostics, model-based development, debugging, verification, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and trackside support. The role collaborates with controls, power electronics, and hardware teams while following software quality, safety, and motorsport standards.

Administers enterprise servers, endpoints, identity services, virtualization, backup systems, and cloud-based device management. Manages Intune, SCCM/MECM, Autopilot, Apple Business Manager, patching, imaging, compliance, and PowerShell automation. Supports Microsoft Teams Rooms and audiovisual systems, including installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, documentation, and vendor coordination. Collaborates with infrastructure, security, facilities, and business teams to maintain reliable, secure, and standardized IT operations.

Develops and validates energy measurement, estimation, and control strategies for a Formula 1 hybrid power unit. Responsibilities include fuel and electrical energy accounting, FIA compliance, MATLAB and Simulink model development, TAG-700 embedded implementation, HIL/SIL testing, software release management, anomaly investigation, and trackside support. The role integrates ICE, ERS, battery, turbocharger, and vehicle performance controls to optimize race performance within regulatory limits.

Processes and maintains accurate accounts payable records, including reviewing and coding invoices, performing three-way matches, reconciling vendor statements, resolving payment issues, supporting month-end close and audits, and ensuring compliance with internal controls. The role also performs data entry and administrative accounting tasks while collaborating with vendors and the accounting team.

Develop machine-learning surrogate models and optimization workflows for Formula 1 ERS design. Build neural networks emulating thermal, electrical, and degradation behavior; process large-scale telemetry and simulation datasets; implement genetic algorithm and Bayesian optimization loops; perform sensitivity and uncertainty analysis; integrate ML workflows with engineering simulation tools; and validate performance against real duty cycles under FIA constraints.

Leads a 6–10-person vehicle performance and simulation team supporting Formula 1 power unit development, testing, and race operations. Owns power unit, lap time, energy management, and race strategy simulation capabilities; directs model validation, tool infrastructure, automation, and telemetry integration. Translates simulation results into development priorities and race-weekend decisions while managing hiring, workload allocation, performance development, and cross-functional collaboration.

Support engine control system electronics through laboratory testing and calibration of modules, sensors, harnesses, and actuators. Develop test plans, methods, and fixtures; diagnose lab and engine component issues using diagnostic tools and reference data; build fixtures and harnesses; document procedures and findings; and collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams developing a Formula 1 power unit.

Develop and maintain GT-Power 1D combustion engine and propulsion models, correlate simulations with dyno, rig, and vehicle data, and perform performance, thermal, DOE, and optimization studies. Translate 3D CFD and test insights into models, process large datasets with Python, establish simulation methods and templates, and provide data-driven hardware and calibration recommendations. Communicate technical findings to cross-functional engineering, testing, calibration, and vehicle integration teams.

Performs dimensional inspections of Formula 1 power unit components using metrology equipment. Supports measurement routine development, first article inspections, component validation, data analysis, equipment calibration, quality documentation, and compliance with engineering and FIA requirements. The role collaborates with engineering and manufacturing teams, escalates dimensional concerns, and contributes to continuous improvement in a hands-on metrology laboratory environment.

Supports development, modeling, simulation, testing, and validation of control systems for Formula 1 hybrid power units. Responsibilities include creating MATLAB and Simulink models, developing control strategies, building real-time plant models, performing Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing, analyzing engineering data, and collaborating with multidisciplinary powertrain and controls teams.

Leads reliability engineering for GM’s Formula 1 hybrid power unit across factory development, dyno testing, and trackside operations. Directs failure analysis, root-cause investigations, FMEA/DFMEA, component life modeling, telemetry monitoring, corrective actions, regulatory compliance, and reliability test planning. Provides technical leadership to engineers and analysts while coordinating design, manufacturing, quality, operations, and race teams to improve component durability and support race-weekend decisions.