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Advanced Propulsion Engineering at General Motors is a rapidly developing area of automotive technology. We are creating cutting-edge propulsion systems that provide industry-leading energy, power, durability, and safety capability for future vehicles, including EV, HEV, and advanced concepts. Our team is critical to achieving GM’s vision of Zero Emissions, Zero Crashes, and Zero Congestion. As a Battery Structures Engineer within the New Products Engineering team, you will develop and mature battery enclosure and structural integration solutions for advanced vehicle architectures. You will apply strong engineering fundamentals to translate vehicle- and pack-level requirements into robust, production-feasible battery structure designs. This role is a technical individual-contributor position. The successful candidate will independently own significant design workstreams, lead detailed technical problem solving, and partner across battery, vehicle, safety, manufacturing, CAE, packaging, thermal, electrical, and supplier teams. You will help deliver battery structures that balance performance, mass, cost, manufacturability, safety, durability, sealing, and integration requirements.
Responsibilities
- Be committed to safety in everything our team does.
- Promote an inclusive team environment that values diverse backgrounds, opinions, and ideas.
- Design and mature battery enclosure, mounting, and body/frame integration solutions for new product and advanced vehicle programs.
- Translate pack- and vehicle-level requirements into component, subsystem, and interface requirements for battery structures.
- Develop concepts, CAD layouts, engineering studies, and supporting technical documentation for battery structural systems and interfaces.
- Perform and support feasibility assessments and design trade studies involving mass, cost, packaging, structural performance, manufacturability, tooling, and investment.
- Own assigned battery structure workstreams from early concept through design maturation, virtual validation, issue resolution, and handoff to downstream development teams.
- Collaborate with CAE, Safety, and test teams to interpret crash, durability, stiffness, dynamics, sealing, and other analysis results; incorporate findings into practical design improvements.
- Develop and refine structural load paths, joints, attachment strategies, cross-members, covers, trays, reinforcements, and interfaces with vehicle body, frame, chassis, thermal, electrical, and high-voltage systems.
- Apply design-for-manufacturing principles to proposed solutions, including metal forming, castings, extrusions, joining, sealing, assembly, body shop processing, tooling, and serviceability considerations.
- Support technical reviews, math syncs, virtual gates, design releases, and cross-functional issue-resolution activities with appropriate engineering rigor.
- Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to evaluate technical feasibility, mature designs, and resolve design or process risks.
- Benchmark battery enclosures, structural technologies, joining methods, and vehicle-integration approaches to identify opportunities for improved performance and competitiveness.
- Contribute to engineering standards, design guidelines, lessons learned, and best practices for battery structures and body integration.
- Communicate technical status, risks, decisions, and recommendations clearly to engineering leadership and cross-functional partners.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of relevant engineering experience in vehicle structures, battery structures, body structures, chassis structures, or closely related product design areas.
- Direct experience with structural design and development for integrated automotive systems; battery enclosure or RESS structural integration experience is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and mature mechanical designs from early concepts through detailed engineering and validation.
- Working knowledge of structural load paths, crashworthiness, durability, stiffness, vibration, sealing, and packaging considerations.
- Experience applying production-feasible design practices involving metal stampings, castings, extrusions, joining, sealing, tooling, and assembly processes.
- Ability to perform and communicate engineering trade studies that balance mass, cost, performance, packaging, timing, and manufacturability.
- Experience working in a cross-functional vehicle development environment with CAE, Safety, Manufacturing, Packaging, Thermal, Electrical, Chassis, and supplier partners.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a technical team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with battery pack enclosure design, battery mounting systems, underbody integration, or RESS-to-vehicle interfaces.
- Experience supporting vehicle crash, durability, stiffness, formability, or sealing analysis and converting results into design actions.
- Familiarity with GM vehicle development processes, virtual gates, design release practices, and applicable internal requirements.
- Understanding of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and automotive safety requirements relevant to battery structures and vehicle integration.
- Experience using CAD, PLM, tolerance analysis, and engineering documentation tools in a production vehicle-development environment.
- Experience working directly with suppliers to mature concepts, review manufacturability, and address technical issues.
- Experience with DFSS methods or structured problem-solving tools.
- Master’s degree in engineering.
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}. The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role. Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.
About GM
Our 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.
Why Join Us
We 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.
Benefits Overview
From 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.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General 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. All 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. We 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.
Accommodations
General 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. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Job Description
Advanced Propulsion Engineering at General Motors is a rapidly developing area of automotive technology. We are creating cutting-edge propulsion systems that provide industry-leading energy, power, durability, and safety capability for future vehicles, including EV, HEV, and advanced concepts. Our team is critical to achieving GM’s vision of Zero Emissions, Zero Crashes, and Zero Congestion. As a Battery Structures Engineer within the New Products Engineering team, you will develop and mature battery enclosure and structural integration solutions for advanced vehicle architectures. You will apply strong engineering fundamentals to translate vehicle- and pack-level requirements into robust, production-feasible battery structure designs. This role is a technical individual-contributor position. The successful candidate will independently own significant design workstreams, lead detailed technical problem solving, and partner across battery, vehicle, safety, manufacturing, CAE, packaging, thermal, electrical, and supplier teams. You will help deliver battery structures that balance performance, mass, cost, manufacturability, safety, durability, sealing, and integration requirements.
Responsibilities
- Be committed to safety in everything our team does.
- Promote an inclusive team environment that values diverse backgrounds, opinions, and ideas.
- Design and mature battery enclosure, mounting, and body/frame integration solutions for new product and advanced vehicle programs.
- Translate pack- and vehicle-level requirements into component, subsystem, and interface requirements for battery structures.
- Develop concepts, CAD layouts, engineering studies, and supporting technical documentation for battery structural systems and interfaces.
- Perform and support feasibility assessments and design trade studies involving mass, cost, packaging, structural performance, manufacturability, tooling, and investment.
- Own assigned battery structure workstreams from early concept through design maturation, virtual validation, issue resolution, and handoff to downstream development teams.
- Collaborate with CAE, Safety, and test teams to interpret crash, durability, stiffness, dynamics, sealing, and other analysis results; incorporate findings into practical design improvements.
- Develop and refine structural load paths, joints, attachment strategies, cross-members, covers, trays, reinforcements, and interfaces with vehicle body, frame, chassis, thermal, electrical, and high-voltage systems.
- Apply design-for-manufacturing principles to proposed solutions, including metal forming, castings, extrusions, joining, sealing, assembly, body shop processing, tooling, and serviceability considerations.
- Support technical reviews, math syncs, virtual gates, design releases, and cross-functional issue-resolution activities with appropriate engineering rigor.
- Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to evaluate technical feasibility, mature designs, and resolve design or process risks.
- Benchmark battery enclosures, structural technologies, joining methods, and vehicle-integration approaches to identify opportunities for improved performance and competitiveness.
- Contribute to engineering standards, design guidelines, lessons learned, and best practices for battery structures and body integration.
- Communicate technical status, risks, decisions, and recommendations clearly to engineering leadership and cross-functional partners.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of relevant engineering experience in vehicle structures, battery structures, body structures, chassis structures, or closely related product design areas.
- Direct experience with structural design and development for integrated automotive systems; battery enclosure or RESS structural integration experience is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and mature mechanical designs from early concepts through detailed engineering and validation.
- Working knowledge of structural load paths, crashworthiness, durability, stiffness, vibration, sealing, and packaging considerations.
- Experience applying production-feasible design practices involving metal stampings, castings, extrusions, joining, sealing, tooling, and assembly processes.
- Ability to perform and communicate engineering trade studies that balance mass, cost, performance, packaging, timing, and manufacturability.
- Experience working in a cross-functional vehicle development environment with CAE, Safety, Manufacturing, Packaging, Thermal, Electrical, Chassis, and supplier partners.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a technical team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with battery pack enclosure design, battery mounting systems, underbody integration, or RESS-to-vehicle interfaces.
- Experience supporting vehicle crash, durability, stiffness, formability, or sealing analysis and converting results into design actions.
- Familiarity with GM vehicle development processes, virtual gates, design release practices, and applicable internal requirements.
- Understanding of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and automotive safety requirements relevant to battery structures and vehicle integration.
- Experience using CAD, PLM, tolerance analysis, and engineering documentation tools in a production vehicle-development environment.
- Experience working directly with suppliers to mature concepts, review manufacturability, and address technical issues.
- Experience with DFSS methods or structured problem-solving tools.
- Master’s degree in engineering.
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}. The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role. Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.
About GM
Our 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.
Why Join Us
We 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.
Benefits Overview
From 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.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General 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. All 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. We 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.
Accommodations
General 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. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Structures Engineer
Document your progressive structural engineering experience
PERM requires your employer to define minimum job requirements before recruiting. If you're targeting EB-3 skilled worker, compile dated employment records showing at least two years of structures-specific experience, since gaps or vague titles create problems during the prevailing wage determination stage.
Target firms with active PERM filing history
Use Migrate Mate to search for employers who have sponsored structures engineers for green cards before. Firms already familiar with PERM timelines for civil or structural roles are far less likely to stall the process or withdraw sponsorship mid-petition.
Check prevailing wages before salary negotiations
DOL sets four wage levels for each occupation and metropolitan area. Run the OFLC Wage Search for your SOC code and work location before accepting an offer, so you know whether the salary your employer proposes meets the prevailing wage PERM requires.
Verify your degree meets EB-2 advanced-degree requirements
EB-2 covers a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in structures engineering, not just any five years post-graduation. If your credentials include a foreign three-year degree, get a credential evaluation completed before your employer files the PERM application.
Ask about the recruitment test timeline before accepting
PERM obligates your employer to run a genuine recruitment campaign and document that no qualified U.S. workers applied. This process typically takes several months. Confirm your prospective employer is prepared to conduct and document that recruitment properly before you resign from your current role.
Understand AC21 portability before changing employers
Once your I-485 adjustment-of-status application has been pending 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you move to a new employer in the same or similar structures engineering occupation without losing your place in the priority-date queue.
Green Card Structures Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Which green card category fits a structures engineer role?
Most structures engineer positions qualify under EB-2 for advanced-degree professionals or EB-3 for professionals with a bachelor's degree. EB-2 also covers candidates with a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive structures engineering experience. Your employer's attorney will determine the category based on the job's minimum requirements and your credentials, not on your personal qualifications alone.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for structures engineers?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant status requiring periodic renewal and an LCA filed with DOL. Green card sponsorship through EB-2 or EB-3 leads to lawful permanent residence with no renewal requirement. The PERM process requires a prevailing wage determination, a documented recruitment campaign, and an I-140 petition before you can file for adjustment of status or pursue consular processing. Priority-date backlogs mean the total timeline varies significantly by nationality.
How do I find employers who sponsor structures engineers for green cards?
Migrate Mate lists U.S. employers with verified employment-based green card sponsorship history, searchable by role and location. Focusing on firms that have completed PERM filings for engineering roles before reduces the risk of an employer agreeing to sponsor in principle but lacking the internal process to follow through on the full I-140 and adjustment-of-status steps.
What does the PERM recruitment test mean for my job search?
PERM requires your employer to advertise the position and demonstrate that no minimally qualified U.S. worker applied. The recruitment test must be completed before the PERM application is filed with DOL, and the job requirements used in those ads become the fixed minimum qualifications for your petition. You cannot retroactively adjust those requirements to better match your credentials after the recruitment period closes.
Can I change employers after my green card case is filed?
Once your I-485 adjustment-of-status application has been pending for at least 180 days, AC21 job portability allows you to move to a new employer in the same or a similar structures engineering occupation without abandoning your priority date. Separately, an approved I-140 petition's priority date can often be retained by a new employer filing a fresh I-140 on your behalf, even if the original sponsoring employer withdrew.