General Motors · 5 hours ago
Systems Engineer – Manufacturing Collaboration Platform
Mountain View, California, United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$129K/yr - $224K/yr
5+ years expGeneral Motors is a leading automotive company committed to innovation and sustainability. They are seeking a Systems Engineer to manage the data infrastructure for Workjam, focusing on integrating solutions that support the manufacturing collaboration platform while ensuring data security and compliance.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleInformation ServicesManufacturingTransportation
No H1B
Responsibilities
Engineers and manages the data infrastructure for Workjam, ensuring data is structured, stored, and accessed efficiently, securely, and in alignment with manufacturing and HR/business needs
Acts as the application systems engineer for manufacturing collaboration platforms, with Workjam as a primary platform, driving feature development and system functionality across the enterprise
Works closely with business stakeholders, platform owners, and technical teams to design and deliver solutions that support frontline/deskless workforce use cases in plants
Design and maintain end-to-end data flows between Workjam and upstream/downstream systems (e.g., Workday, timekeeping/WFM, identity, analytics), including employee, organization, schedule, badge, and plant hierarchy data
Define and maintain canonical data models, contracts, and mapping for Workjam integrations, ensuring consistency across multiple plants and rollout waves
Design distributed, highly available integration patterns (batch, event-driven, APIs) that support Workjam as part of GM’s broader manufacturing collaboration ecosystem
Develop, document, and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices that integrate Workjam with enterprise platforms (Workday, HR/WFM, identity, analytics, GM One/GM internal tools as applicable)
Configure and oversee file-based, sFTP, and API-based integrations, including data validation, error handling, and reconciliation processes
Partner with vendor technical teams (Workjam TAMs, integration specialists) to ensure joint designs and configurations meet GM standards and support future feature growth
Support proofs of concept and new use cases (e.g., timecard/schedule views, data-as-a-service, IO Composer workflows) and transition successful POCs into production-grade integrations
Ensure secure storage and transmission of sensitive data, including tokens, credentials, secrets, and personally identifiable information used by Workjam and its integrations
Apply best practices for encryption, authentication, and authorization, leveraging GM’s enterprise identity platforms (e.g., Azure Entra ID) and API gateways
Partner with Systems Configurators to ensure security groups, badge utilization, and target audiences in Workjam align with corporate access control, privacy, and regulatory requirements
Collaborate with GM Security, Networking, and Compliance teams to meet audit, logging, and retention requirements for Workjam-related services
Perform performance tuning and optimization of APIs, integrations, and data stores that support Workjam, ensuring responsive user experience at enterprise and plant scale
Establish and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability for Workjam integrations and services (logs, metrics, health checks, SLIs/SLOs)
Lead root cause analysis and remediation for data quality issues, interface failures, and performance problems impacting Workjam
Define and maintain automated test coverage (unit, integration, end-to-end) for critical Workjam services and integration flows
Support structured UAT, cutover, and hypercare activities for new plants and features, ensuring data and integrations are validated before and after go-live
Engage with Manufacturing, HR, Operations, Communications, and IT stakeholders to understand business processes and requirements, translating them into sustainable technical designs for Workjam
Partner closely with Systems Configurators – Workjam to ensure data structures, hierarchies, and integration behavior support the configuration and targeting model in the application
Provide clear, concise communication of technical decisions, trade-offs, risks, and timelines to both technical and non-technical partners
Contribute to roadmap and release planning for Workjam, inputting data, integration, and analytics needs into vendor and internal planning
Serve as the technical authority for Workjam data and integrations, providing guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other engineers and team members
Model GM’s Behaviors and Values, fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team environment
Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices, documentation, standards, and operational runbooks related to Workjam
Qualification
Required
5 - 7 years professional software development or systems engineering experience in enterprise environments
5+ years working with SaaS platforms in an enterprise setting, including configuration, extension, and integration work
Demonstrated experience delivering end-to-end software/integration projects (design, implementation, testing, deployment, support)
Strong understanding of web security, OAuth2, and enterprise authentication (e.g., Azure Entra ID / Azure AD) and API gateway/web-tier integration patterns
Proven ability to translate business processes into technical/data requirements and work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Preferred
Direct, hands‑on experience with Workjam (configuration, administration, or implementation) and/or similar frontline/deskless workforce tools such as Slack
Background in manufacturing, industrial systems, or large-scale enterprise collaboration platforms
Familiarity with Workday or similar HR/WFM systems and their integration patterns with downstream applications (like Workjam)
Experience with Azure services (Functions, Blob Storage, CI/CD with GitHub Actions) for building and operating cloud-native integrations and services
Benefits
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
Company
General Motors
General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.51BKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2024-10-31Grant· $8M
2024-07-11Grant· $500M
Leadership Team
Mary Barra
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Tony Cervone
Senior Vice President, Global Communications
Recent News
2026-01-24
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