About the role#
General Motors is looking for a Sportscar Motorsports Strategy intern to support the GM Motorsports program. This team assists with race-strategy and vehicle-performance decision-making for IMSA and FIA World Endurance Championship programs. You will work with engineers and strategists to investigate performance trends, evaluate alternatives, and quantify uncertainty.
What you'll do#
- Analyze race, vehicle, tire, weather, and simulation data to identify trends and performance opportunities.
- Support the development, testing, and improvement of race-strategy and vehicle-performance simulation tools.
- Apply engineering fundamentals, statistics, optimization, and dynamic-systems concepts to practical motorsports problems.
- Develop scripts, visualizations, and analytical workflows that improve the speed, consistency, and usability of engineering decisions.
- Explore applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning, including performance prediction, time-series analysis, classification, anomaly detection, parameter estimation, and surrogate modeling.
- Validate analytical and machine-learning results against engineering expectations, simulation outputs, and observed race data.
- Document methods, assumptions, limitations, and results, and communicate recommendations to technical and cross-functional audiences.
What you'll need#
- Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Data Science.
- Expected graduation date between December 2027 and June 2029.
- Ability to work full-time, 40 hours per week, during the summer of 2027.
- Familiarity with Python, AI/ML concepts, or .NET programming technologies.
- Experience with vehicle dynamics, controls, simulation, optimization, statistics, or data science through coursework, projects, or research.
- Understanding of model explainability, uncertainty, data quality, and responsible use of generative AI tools.
- Ability to work with large datasets and communicate results through clear visualizations and technical documentation.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, paid internship located on-site in Concord, North Carolina.
- The program term is Summer 2027.
- General Motors does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.
About General Motors
General Motors is a public company based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry. The company employs over 106,000 people. Its work spans the design and production of cars, trucks, and transportation technology, including software, electrification, and AI.
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