Job Description

Job Description

General Motors (GM) is seeking an Immersive Technology Designer with strong technical skills and interest in working on a wide range of projects. As the Immersive Technology Designer and pivotal team member of the GM Immersive Technology Team you will work in a greenfield role. We're designing, developing, and delivering a completely new Virtual Reality experience at GM. You will have a broad impact across the various projects and GM: acting at the forefront to bring graphics and computer vision research into reality, building and iterating on experiential prototypes, developing new effects and visualizations in concert with our Studio Designers, Engineers, and Managers, optimizing rendering performance on a range of platforms, and defining cross-company standards for 3D assets. You will apply your skills in an environment to take ownership over the digital asset creation and frontend development of mixed reality applications.

You'll be a great fit for this role if you think of yourself as an entrepreneurial and creative design engineer. You're comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that's higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving problems at scale. You thrive in a highly collaborative environment working on the edge of art and science in creating visually realistic, performant, and interactive experiences. You enjoy applying your experience on the end-to-end graphics pipeline to new domains and platforms. You lead by doing while intentionally growing the skills and talents of those around you.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you! There has never been a more exciting time to join General Motors!

Principle Responsibilities And Tasks

• Able to use multiple CAD and visualization softwares to create a virtual vehicle to host product reviews to solve and create decision making processes
• Work with 3D models, textures, materials, shaders and sounds to build cohesive and immersive environments
• Develop Realtime files for product evaluation (Powerwall, CAVE, HMD)
• Knowledge of product design concepts and manufacturing processes
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated to coordinate tasks and requirements with customers, designers, and managers
• Actively identify new areas of learning and takes advantage of learning opportunities
• Ability to identify and voice vehicle issues to program teams, design studios, etc.
• Stay ahead of the curve with new immersive technology
• Comfortable presenting to all levels of leadership for reviews
• Understanding of vehicle data management organization (vehicle partitioning and product structure - VPPS)
  

Skills And Abilities

Additional Job Description

• Adept 3D math skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, (written and verbal)
• Experience with Virtual Reality hardware (Headsets, Tracking Devices, Haptic Gloves, etc...)
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources
• Ability to work with pre-existing guidelines, standard operating procedures in a fast-paced professional environment

Desired Software Knowledge:

• Deltagen
• VRED
• Unreal Engine 4
• Siemens Teamcenter PDM
• VisMockup
• UGNX and/or Alias
• Microsoft Office
• Photoshop
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Digital Graphic Design, Game Design, Media Arts, 3D Art or equivalent experience
• 3+ years working in a 3D related industry or profession
• End-to-end digital asset creation pipeline (modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation)
• High quality digital creation
• Familiarity with Virtual, Augmented, Mixed, and Extended Reality
  

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:

• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.
  

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statements

The policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us atCareers.Accommodations@GM.com. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.