2027 Summer Intern – Performance Analysis

Job Description

The Role:

We are seeking a highly motivated individual for a summer internship in our Performance Analysis team.  As a member of our group, you will be responsible for complex analytical work and will see a multi-faceted project – chosen to reflect team priorities at the start of the internship – through to completion.  Given the breadth of areas we work in, an aptitude in vehicle dynamics, controls, optimization, and data analytics will serve as a strong foundation, but a successful candidate will be driven by genuine curiosity to better understand the subject matter and ingenuity in finding the optimal solution.  As an intern, you will work with a senior mentor to learn specialized industry knowledge and track project progress through a regular series of touchpoints.

The Team: 

Our Performance Analysis team is a small, highly skilled group dedicated to advancing our organization’s ability to derive actionable insight from the data and tools available across the GM Motorsport program. To accomplish this, the group must collaborate across the greater Motorsports organization to identify, develop, and implement projects with long term value and learning potential.  This work can take many forms; whether it is developing performance metrics, creating analysis procedures, refining and validating simulation tools, or implementing methods to extract greater learnings from many data sources we acquire, a diverse set of skills, ranging from vehicle dynamics to data analytics, is regularly required.

What You’ll Do:   

• Collaborate with GM Motorsports personnel across departments
• Learn and utilize Motorsports specific toolchains and software packages
• Complete a primary project during your internship which will include:
  • Analyzing potential solution approaches and proposing a best course of action
  • Performing analysis and development work, relying on vehicle dynamics understanding, appropriate internal tools, and available data
  • Documenting work, versioning code in GitHub and detailing procedures in Confluence
  • Produce a final report upon project completion with findings and process summary

Required Qualifications:    

• Pursuit of a Bachelor’s, Masters, or PhD degree in Engineering or Physics
• Must be graduating between January 2028 or later
• Able to work fulltime, 40 hours per week during the summer months

Preferred Qualifications:   

• Interest in motorsports with documented involvement in school project team (Formula SAE, Indy Autonomous Challenge, or similar)
• Completed system dynamics, controls, and/or vehicle dynamics coursework
• Proficiency coding in python or similar with experience interfacing with databases

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.) 

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Charlotte Technical Center four (4) times per week, at minimum.

GM will provide a one-time lump sum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the 2027 Student Program - to help facilitate administration of relocation benefits, please apply using the permanent address you would move from.

Start dates for this internship role are May 24th & June 14th of 2027.

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