Senior Calibration Specialist - Brake Diagnostics

Job DescriptionThe Role:We are seeking?an exceptional candidate to join our Active Chassis Calibration team at GM's Milford Proving Grounds which includes braking, steering, suspension, and driveline features.Our team develops and delivers world-class vehicle dynamics performance to our customers through innovative Chassis Controls features. The Calibration Engineer is responsible for calibrating actively controlled chassis technologies to provide safe and confident vehicle performance to the end user. This role is targeted toward braking features such as Antilock Braking (ABS), Traction Control (TCS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC) along with many others.Active Chassis calibration is highly dynamic work involving significant hands-on time spent driving, evaluating and calibrating vehicles, deep technical analysis of the resulting data, and efforts to continually enhance the underlying algorithm, controls and processes. In addition to in-vehicle work, calibration engineers utilize advanced tools to achieve their goals including vehicle simulation environments, hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) benches and driver-in-the-loop (DiL) simulators. The engineers accomplish this work among a collaborative team of peer calibrators, algorithm specialists, bench engineers, system feature owners and performance engineers.Candidates should possess experience with vehicle control systems, in-vehicle performance evaluation, data processing, vehicle dynamics, calibration experience in a complex technology area, along with demonstrated planning, communication, teamwork, and prioritization skills.What You'll do: Champion the safety of our employees and customers Test and analyze data of each brake diagnostic features Calibrate software packages and features to meet vehicle performance and diagnostic regulation requirements Take ownership of assigned software features on multiple programs in parallel Deliver calibrations according to program milestone timing Work collaboratively with algorithm team to identify and solve issues Work with performance engineers to seek feedback and ensure vehicle performance meets vehicle and sub-system technical specifications. Develop common approaches and institutionalize them in Calibration Standard Work (Calibration Procedures, Development Plans, Deliverables, Master Calibration, etc.) Improve the efficiency and quality of Standard Work by systematically driving present vehicle-based tasks into virtual simulation methods and sub-system hardware benches Lead technical calibration peer reviews and leadership reviews for assigned program Lead resolution of vehicle, plant, service, and customer issues Provide input to specifications as applicable Ensure compliance with government regulations and GM policies Document and integrate "Lessons Learned" from development and field issues into algorithms and Calibration Standard Work Adhere to all safety precautions and requirements, treating safety as the top priority during all work activities Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications) BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar Minimum 5 years of relevant engineering experience (vehicle dynamics, chassis/driveline performance, brake controls, calibration, etc.) Demonstrated initiative to drive for results in areas of innovation and new development Thorough physics-based knowledge of vehicle dynamics, brake systems, tire performance Hands-on experience with vehicle dynamics performance Experience with measurement equipment, vehicle instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis Position requires the ability to travel for winter testing in January / February for 2 - 4 weeks Ability to travel for development and ride trips interspersed throughout the year Ability to trace/follow C-code to understand controls functions What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Skills) MS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar High level of oral and written communication skills High level of interpersonal and collaboration skills Experience working in multiple functional areas within controls/calibration Experience developing/executing GM standard calibration processes Experience with in-vehicle development tools (INCA, NeoVI, etc) Experience with data processing tools and languages (Databricks, PowerBI, Matlab/Simulink) Experience with GM simulation tools (CarSim, CarMaker) GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. 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Created: 2026-03-04