Staff PLM Specialist, Electronics Design

Staff PLM Specialist, Electronics Design

Hybrid: This role is categorized as Hybrid and the successful candidate is expected to report to the Technical Innovation Center in Sunnyvale, CA three times per week, at minimum.

The Role

As a Staff PLM Specialist at General Motors, you'll take the lead in implementing and optimizing Teamcenter PLM for our in-house designed electronics modules. You'll serve as a critical bridge between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and IT - ensuring seamless data management and full lifecycle traceability across internal and external stakeholders.

If you have a strong background in PLM systems, electronic hardware design, and contract manufacturing workflows, this is your opportunity to shape the digital infrastructure behind GM's cutting-edge electronics platforms.

What You'll Do

• Lead the deployment, configuration, and scaling of Teamcenter PLM to support electronics module development and manufacturing.
• Collaborate with design engineers and program managers to define and implement data models and workflows for design release, engineering changes (ECR/ECO), manufacturing updates, and build deviations.
• Work with IT to establish secure, role-based access controls tailored to internal design teams and contract manufacturing (CM) partners.
• Support hardware engineering and program management in releasing builds to CMs, ensuring EE/ME BOM accuracy and alignment with embedded software for high-quality production.
• Create a structured part numbering system from scratch and lead the migration of legacy BOMs into Teamcenter. Maintain and evolve the system as the product portfolio grows.
• Manage BOM structures, part libraries, design documentation, and lifecycle states to ensure data integrity and traceability across Teamcenter, Xpedition, and NX environments.
• Develop training materials and lead onboarding sessions for internal teams and external collaborators.
• Monitor system performance, proactively troubleshoot issues, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and internal quality protocols.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of experience implementing and managing PLM systems, including at least 2 years with Siemens Teamcenter
• Demonstrated experience in electronics hardware design environments, including schematic capture, PCB layout, mechanical CAD/drawings, embedded software/firmware release processes, and BOM management
• Strong understanding of hardware engineering release processes, change management, version control, and configuration management
• Experience integrating PLM systems with CAD tools, specifically Siemens Xpedition and NX
• High attention to detail, with excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Familiarity with PCBA and electro-mechanical contract manufacturing workflows, including data exchange formats such as ODB++ and Gerber
• Experience implementing Teamcenter PLM within the automotive industry—either at a Tier 1 supplier or OEM
• Exposure to other PLM platforms used in high-tech hardware development and manufacturing environments (e.g., Agile, Arena, Windchill)

Compensation

• The salary range for this role is $143,000 to $258,800. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits

GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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.

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.

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.

Accommodations

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