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This role will work with the Resident Product Engineer, Red X team, Production and others to perform deep-dive technical analysis of transmission failures and related components and help drive corrective action on the plant floor. This role develops and administers reliability, warranty, and corrective-action plans; and communicates findings and recommendations to plant leadership, engineering, manufacturing, service, and other stakeholders.\nThe Quality and Reliability Engineer will help reduce customer impact and warranty cost, improve transmission quality and reliability, support effective countermeasures, and help the plant maintain compliance with BIQ IV standards, GQRs, and applicable quality-system requirements.\nWhat You’ll Do (Responsibilities):\nReduce warranty cost expenditures, repeat repairs, and customer impact associated with transmission and propulsion-system concerns.\nLead rapid problem solving and structured root-cause analysis for customer issues, warranty concerns, internal quality issues, and failed transmissions or transmission components.\nWork with Red X team to perform technical analysis of failed parts and assemblies using returned-part evaluation, teardown, inspection, testing, data analysis, dealership or field information, and manufacturing process review.\nPublish clear warranty and quality investigation reports based on failed-part analysis, dealership or field visits, phone contacts, claim information, returned parts, and plant data.\nMaintain an accurate log of returned parts, including key claim information, failure mode, status, ownership, disposition, and tracking details.\nCommunicate investigation results to appropriate teams and collaborate with issue owners to identify, develop, validate, and implement permanent corrective actions.\nDevelop and apply test methodologies, fixtures, and apparatus for physical testing of warranty-returned transmissions, parts, and components.\nDevelop hands-on expertise in transmission diagnosis, repair methodology, component teardown, inspection, and failure analysis.\nMonitor field, engineering, manufacturing, dealership, and service feedback to evaluate the effectiveness of countermeasures and identify emerging issues.\nAnalyze quality, warranty, reliability, and production data to identify trends, prioritize actions, and measure improvement.\nDevelop and administer reliability, warranty, and corrective-action plans and reports for senior management, engineers, manufacturing teams, and service stakeholders.\nSupport improvement of GM warranty evaluation ratings and drive actions that improve transmission performance and customer satisfaction.\nSupport the plant’s adherence to BIQ IV standards, GQRs, quality procedures, layered audit requirements, and other related audit or assessment activities.\nParticipate in quality reviews, containment activities, problem-solving teams, design and process reviews, and launch or change-management activities as assigned.\nSupport validation of corrective actions through appropriate data, testing, process audits, and effectiveness monitoring.\nPerform miscellaneous assignments related to quality, reliability, Vehicle plant feedback, warranty, and transmission-line responsibilities.\nSome travel may be required, to support vehicle assembly plant investigations, and other business needs.\nYour Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):\nBachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience \n3 years of relevant engineering experience in quality, reliability, manufacturing, powertrain, transmission, vehicle, or warranty. \nDemonstrated experience with structured problem solving, technical root-cause analysis, and data-driven decision-making.\nExperience investigating customer issues, warranty concerns, failed parts, or field quality conditions.\nExperience writing and delivering technical reports, investigation findings, corrective-action updates, and management summaries.\nStrong presentation skills and the ability to communicate technical information clearly to varied audiences.\nAdvanced Microsoft Excel (or Google Sheets) competency, including pivot tables, lookups, data organization, charts, and analysis of large datasets.\nMechanical aptitude and hands-on skill in transmission, vehicle, or propulsion-system diagnosis, repair, teardown, and component inspection.\nProficiency in conducting failure analysis and identifying failure modes and physical or process-related root causes.\nSkilled in basic metrology and inspection methods, with foundational knowledge of transmission and vehicle design, manufacturing processes, production operations, and service practices.\nUnderstanding of quality-system requirements, BIQ IV standards, GQRs, and manufacturing quality processes.\nProficiency in technical communication and the ability to maintain effective two-way communication with issue owners, cross-functional teams, plant leadership, suppliers, dealers, and service organizations.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills for effective report writing, technical reviews, and investigation delivery.\nAbility to work overtime and off shift as needed\nWhat Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):\n3+ years of relevant engineering experience in quality, reliability, manufacturing, powertrain, transmission, vehicle, or warranty. \nBachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, automotive engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related discipline.\nTransmission, propulsion, automotive, or manufacturing experience.\nExperience with manufacturing quality, warranty, reliability, or field-service processes.\nExperience with Microsoft Power Apps or similar digital tools.\nFamiliarity with warranty evaluation rating processes, metrics, claim data, and field-quality measures.\n\nGM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).\n\nThis role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis.\n\nRelocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.\n\nAbout GM\nOur vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.\nWhy Join Us\nWe believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.\nBenefits Overview\nFrom day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.\nNon-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)\nGeneral Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.\nAll employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.\nWe encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire.\nAccommodations\nGeneral Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. 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