Antenna Design Engineer Jobs in Michigan (NOW HIRING)

Job Description

At General Motors, we are building the next generation of software-defined, connected vehicles, where wireless performance is central to the customer experience.

About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Technical Product Engineer, RF Connectivity to own the end-to-end delivery of antenna systems across vehicle platforms. This role operates at the intersection of hardware engineering, system integration, and product execution, requiring both deep technical judgment and strong product ownership.

You will act as the single-threaded owner responsible for driving antenna systems from concept through production, making critical trade-offs, aligning cross-functional teams, and ensuring the final product meets performance, cost, and quality expectations.

What You'll Do

Own Product Outcomes

• Own end-to-end delivery of antenna systems across multiple vehicle programs
• Drive decisions across performance, cost, weight, quality, and timing
• Identify risks early and take ownership of mitigation strategies
• Drive execution to meet program milestones, builds, and launch readiness
• Lead reliability and EMC validation planning and execution

Drive Cross-Functional Alignment

• Lead alignment across hardware, RF, mechanical, manufacturing, validation, and program teams
• Act as the central point of accountability, ensuring teams are moving toward a unified product outcome

• Resolve ambiguity and unblock teams to maintain forward progress
• Drive decisions in the absence of complete data

• Drive DV/PV execution, validation readiness, and production approval
• Own supplier deliverables across DVP&R, DFMEA, PFMEA, and quality documentation
• Ensure readiness for key milestones, including builds, validation, and launch

Manufacturing & Launch

• Own manufacturing readiness, including SMT processes, line bring-up, and EOL testing planning
• Drive resolution of build issues and ensure scalable production
• Support on-site builds at suppliers and assembly plants

What You Bring

• 8+ years of experience delivering hardware products from concept to production
• Strong cross functional technical background in RF, reliability testing, PLM, mechanical related domains
• Proven ability to own complex products and drive outcomes across teams
• Experience operating in ambiguous environments and making high-impact decisions
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Identify risks early and drive mitigation across teams
  • Quality and validation artifacts

• Drive issue resolution across suppliers, manufacturing, and integration teams
• Partner with internal design teams to guide product development decisions

Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.
The salary range for this role is 134,700 and 207,600. 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:
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.

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