Reliability Group Lead Engineer

GM Performance Power Units
- Concord, NC

Reliability Group Lead Engineer
- Onsite

GM Performance Power Units is seeking a highly motivated Reliability Group Lead Engineer to support the development, testing, and trackside operations of our Formula 1 Power Unit. Based in Concord, North Carolina, this role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a foundational area of our F1 program and assist in building a world‑class reliability team. The Reliability Group Lead Engineer will guide a team of engineers and analysts working with development, operations, and trackside functions to deliver the tools, processes, and improvement initiatives that will lead to race wins for our advanced hybrid power unit, targeted for debut with the Cadillac F1 Team in 2029.

• Power Unit Reliability Ownership:
  Lead the reliability engineering function for the F1 power unit across all subsystems (ICE, turbocharger, MGU‑K, and control electronics), ensuring each component meets its design life target within FIA‑regulated allocation limits per car per season.
• Failure Analysis & Root Cause Investigation:
  Direct systematic investigations into component and system‑level failures working with both destructive (metallography, sectioning, hardness testing, microstructural analysis) and non‑destructive methods (X‑ray/CT, dye penetrant, ultrasonic) to characterize failure modes and identify root causes across design, manufacturing, and operational domains.
• FMEA / DFMEA Leadership:
  Own and drive Failure Mode & Effects Analysis processes, working cross‑functionally with design, test, and manufacturing teams to prioritize risk mitigation and feed findings back into the design loop prior to hardware build.
• Component Life & Duty Cycle Management:
  Establish and maintain component damage models that track accumulated duty cycles across dyno testing, practice, qualifying, and race environments. Work with the operations and race engineering teams to inform PU usage strategy and avoid unplanned component replacements that would trigger FIA grid penalties.
• Telemetry Monitoring & In‑Season Reliability Tracking:
  Interpret live and post‑session PU telemetry data to identify emerging reliability concerns before they become failures. Contribute to mission control support structures during race weekends.
• Factory‑to‑Trackside Knowledge Loop:
  Serve as the primary technical link between factory reliability findings and the trackside PU engineering team, ensuring lessons from dyno development, teardown analysis, and in‑season failures are rapidly incorporated into operating limits, calibration boundaries, and build standards.
• Corrective Action & Continuous Improvement:
  Develop and track corrective actions arising from failure investigations, partnering with design and manufacturing teams to implement design changes, process improvements, or material substitutions that improve robustness without compromising performance or violating FIA technical regulations.
• Regulatory & Compliance Alignment:
  Ensure all reliability engineering work is conducted with full awareness of FIA Technical Regulations governing PU component specifications, homologation requirements, and the permitted development tokens or reliability exemptions within the applicable regulatory cycle.
• Test Planning & Dyno Support:
  Contribute to the design of dyno test programs to accelerate reliability development, including damage testing, thermal cycling, and endurance sequences. Interpret test results to validate design changes and sign off on component readiness for track use. Determine reliability targets and specify run cycles to achieve them.
• Reporting & Cross‑Functional Communication:
  Produce clear and concise technical reliability reports for senior engineering leadership, design teams, and regulatory stakeholders. Present reliability metrics, trend data, and risk assessments in a structured manner to support resource allocation and program decisions.
• Team Leadership & Mentoring:
  Provide technical guidance and day‑to‑day direction to junior reliability engineers and cross‑functional working groups. Help establish team processes, documentation standards, and…