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Design Manager, Instrumentation

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, MI or Sunnyvale, CA, three times per week, at minimum.

The Role

GM'sHuman Interface Design - Vehicle Studiois hiring aDesign Manager, Instrumentationto shape the future of in-vehicle driver information. In this role, you will lead a team focused on digital instrument clusters and alert architecture, ensuring that critical information is clear, glanceable, and trustworthy. You'll partner closely with software, engineering, safety, and product teams to deliver intuitive, accessible, and delightful cluster experiences that enhance driver confidence. Join us to create impactful digital instrumentation that reaches millions of drivers worldwide.

What You'll Do

• Lead, support, and develop a team of designers focused ondriver instrumentation, coaching both project outcomes and individual growth.

• Own the design strategy and execution fordigital instrument clusters, including layouts, cluster faces, states, and model/brand variants.

• Define and maintainalert and notification architecture, ensuring safety-critical information is prioritized, legible, and consistent across the ecosystem.

• Collaborate with product managers, software engineers, safety, and human factors teams to transform requirements intouser-centered, regulation-awaredesign solutions.

• Oversee the end-to-end design process-from early concepts and information architecture through wireframes, prototypes, and final specifications-ensuring usability, consistency, and design excellence.

• Establish and stewarddesign guidelines, patterns, and frameworksfor information hierarchy, motion, and state management in the cluster.

• Ensure alignment with brand guidelines while maintaininghigh visual and interaction qualityacross all instrumentation designs.

• Champion user-centered design principles and leverage data, research, and validation studies to inform and refine design decisions.

• Stay ahead of emerging trends inautomotive HMI, data visualization, and display technologyto drive innovation in driver information.

• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and curious team culture aligned with organizational goals.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

Experience & Education

• 8+ years of experience creating digital interfaces forautomotive, web, mobile, gaming, or embedded systems, with a strong focus on complex information displays.

• Formal training or degree inInterface Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related discipline.

• Strong portfolio showcasingUX, interaction design, visual systems, and information designfor data-rich or real-time experiences.

Design & Strategy Expertise

• Proven ability to leaddesign strategies for driver informationthat align with business objectives, safety requirements, and user needs.

• Deep understanding of theproduct development lifecycleand how instrumentation fits within a broader in-vehicle ecosystem.

• Ability to exerciserestraint in design, balancing aesthetics, glanceability, and functional clarity for safety-critical use cases.

Process & Tools

• Strong track record establishingworkflows, documentation, and reusable patternsthat enable teams to ship consistent, high-quality UI.

• Proficiency in design tools such asFigmaandAdobe Creative Suite, and familiarity withprototyping toolsfor motion and interaction.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Ability to partner withcross-functional teams(engineering, safety, human factors, product, brand) to solve complex problems.

• Demonstrated adaptability in managingshifting priorities, tight timelines, and evolving requirements, while supporting team well-being.

Core Skills

• Operational mindset with strongattention to detailand a drive to ship high-quality instrumentation at scale.

• Excellentvisual, verbal, and written communicationskills, especially when explaining complex states and behaviors.

• Strongproblem-solving and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple programs and brand variants in parallel.

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Proven experience leading design teams of5+ designers, fostering collaboration and creative excellence in a production environment.

• 5+ years of experience in theautomotive industry, especially ininstrument clusters, HUDs, or safety-critical HMI.

• Hands-on experience inlean product environments, including sprint planning, iterative design, and rapid validation.

• Strong understanding ofaccessibility, legibility, and inclusive designfor in-vehicle and low-attention contexts.

• Proficiency ininteractive prototyping(software and/or hardware), with experience simulating real-time vehicle states or data considered a plus.

Compensation:

• The expected base compensation for this role is: ($134,700-207,600). Actual base compensation within the identified 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.

GM 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). 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}. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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