Diagnostic System Architect - Body Domain

Job Description

Work Arrangement

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Markham Elevation Centre (MEC) or Oshawa Elevation Centre (OEC) three times per week, at minimum.

Relocation

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

The Role

The Vehicle Mechatronic Embedded Controls (VMEC) Body Controls Secure Vehicle Access ART (Agile Release Train) has an opening for a Diagnostic System Architect (DSA) . The DSA plays a critical role in defining and executing the diagnostic strategy across the ART, ensuring alignment with GM’s enterprise diagnostic architecture and compliance with internal and external standards.

We are seeking creative, highly motivated, agile thinkers with passion and expertise in Controls and Software, and great attention to detail. The selected candidate will lead the development and governance of diagnostic artifacts, ensuring robust, serviceable, and compliant vehicle systems. In the role of DSA, you will be collaborating with several other areas of engineering and the business (Engineering Stakeholders, Customers and the Product Management Team) to breakdown technical solutions into workable and deliverable chunks.

What You’ll Do

As a Diagnostic System Architect in VMEC, your main responsibilities will be :

• Perform as diagnostic subject matter expert (SME) for the Secure Vehicle ART that includes products such as closures, compartments and vehicle access.
• Define non-functional diagnostic requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure timely delivery of diagnostic artifacts across the ART.
• Apply business, safety, emissions, and service requirements per GM Diagnostic Policies.
• Recommend and enforce design guidelines from GM Diagnostic Principles.
• Align with GM’s enterprise diagnostic architecture and strategies.
• Support and ensure inclusion of system analyses (e.g., FMEA, FTA, trade-offs).
• Support and ensure alignment to robustness test planning (DOE1–DOE5).
• Partner with Agile Teams, suppliers, DREs, calibration, safety, service, and manufacturing.
• Consult with GM Diagnostic Business Sector Representatives and regulatory agencies.
• Mentor diagnostic professionals within the ART.
• Align ART members to a common diagnostic strategy and best practices.
• Roll down the diagnostic architecture roadmap to teams.
• Define subsystems, interfaces, and allocate diagnostic responsibilities.
• Plan and develop the Diagnostic Architectural Runway for the ART.
• Support supplier sourcing, assessments, and technical reviews.
• Engage in LPM / EPICs and provide diagnostic workload assessments.
• Participate in diagnostic improvement initiatives.
• Stay current with industry trends, diagnostic tools, and internal policies.

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