Certification Engineer

**Job Description**:
General Motors tiene el compromiso de liderar la transformación de la industria hacia un futuro con Cero Accidentes, Cero Emisiones y Cero Congestión. Hoy, estamos en medio de una revolución del transporte y tenemos la ambición, el talento y la tecnología para allanar el camino hacia un mundo más seguro, mejor y más sostenible. Como empresa abierta e inclusiva, también estamos creando un entorno en el que todos se sienten bienvenidos y valorados. Siempre buscamos talentos que nos incentiven a ir más lejos y quieran poner en acción nuestro propósito. Ven a General Motors South America y sé parte del equipo.

**Additional Job Description**:
**Core Type Approval/Certification Deliverables**:

- Plan and execute type approval, certification and/or post SORP controls activities for designed programs, working with program team and other stakeholders inside and outside engineering team
- Budget planning and control regarding certification activities
- Streamline witness testing to reduce costs and minimize impact to test facilities via negotiation with technical agency authorities (propose ideas to reduce number of physical tests).
- Interpret and provide spirit-of-the-law understanding about vehicle legal requirements
- Negotiation with Government Authorities regarding certification processes, open items or new certification rules under discussion
- Maintain/refine documentation database and templates with the latest information to support first time quality type approval/certification effort.
- Support product investigations per the established process.
- Support regulatory checklist process reviews for assigned programs/markets/regulations at designated milestones.
- Work with regulatory colleagues around the globe to develop certification best practices.

**Auxiliary Regulatory Correlated activities**:

- Support studies of new regulations on affected vehicle programs from both a component and vehicle system perspective.
- Participate in reviews of and update/maintain GM’s regulatory database.
- Be aware of regulatory communications for assigned regulations to ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and ease of comprehension.
- Press for advance notice of future requirements for assigned regulatory areas and assess engineering impact.

**Requirements**:

- Experiencie: +2 years of proven experience in the area. (Automotive Background).
- Education: Bachelor Degree in Engineering.
- Spanish: Fluent.
- English: Intermediate level.
- Ability to travel occasionally on relatively short notice.
- Availability to work hybridly in our offices located in **Vicente Lopez, Buenos Aires, Argentina.**

+ Position requires a high level of interpersonal skills and knowledge of multi-disciplinary functions such that interpretations and/or negotiations are clearly communicated to and understood by Government authorities or their designated agencies:

- Familiarity with regional/global regulatory requirements.
- Familiarity with regional/global certification requirements.
- Comprehension of technical engineering, legal and political sides of issues.
- Ability to organize and conduct meetings effectively.
- Comfortable with dealing with ambiguous and unpredictable situations.
- Ability to meet time-sensitive deadlines.

**Preferred**:

- Financial acuity.
- Certification/Regulatory or Public Policy experience.
- Familiarity with assembly plant processes.
- DFSS Black Belt certification.
- Knowledge of Power BI, SharePoint, Excel (pivot tables, slicers, VBA).

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**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.

**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.