2026 Summer Intern - Studio Engineering Intern

Job Description

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.) 

To help facilitate administration of relocation benefits if you are selected, please apply using the permanent address you would move from.  

Onsite: This position requires an employee to be on-site full-time in Warren, Michigan or Pasadena, California.  

The Team:

At General Motors we pride ourselves on designing, building, and selling the world's best vehicles and transportation solutions. We are seeking a new generation of visionaries to help launch bold Design initiatives, and shape new directions for General Motors.  

Do you have a passion for Innovation?  Do you enjoy creating unique and highly technical engineering solutions to address unusual challenges?  Imagine what is possible, when working amongst like-minded, multi-disciplinary team members.     

Our Studio Engineering team is seeking a highly motivated engineering student that will work on innovation initiatives at our Advance Design Studio in Pasadena, California and will co-develop projects to enable future technologies and products aligned with General Motors Zero Zero Zero vision. 

This position offers a unique opportunity for interns to gain hands-on experience in innovative engineering solutions and work with a multi-disciplinary team. 

What You’ll Do:    

• Support engineering feasibility studies and create basic physical and math models, supporting vehicle concepts. 

• Application of First Principles Engineering supporting multidisciplinary project ideation and development. 

• Create and facilitate engineering requirements to support the Studio design.   

• Develop occupant packaging studies in support of new vehicle concepts 

• Apply Design Thinking to create innovative solutions – Identify pain points, define measurement metrics for success, participate/lead brainstorming sessions, develop alternatives and select technical solutions. 

• Develop proposals to resolve issues. 

• Work with creative designers, modelers, other engineers, and fabrication personnel in the development of a scale model. 

Required Qualifications:     

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related degree  

• Knowledge in CAD software (NX preferred) 

• Must be graduating between December 2026 and May 2028

• Able to work fulltime, 40 hours per week during the summer months