General Motors is hiring a Senior Motion Designer to join the HID Advanced Team. In this senior individual contributor role, you will define how motion brings GM’s web and mobile emerging digital experiences to life, operating at the intersection of product design, design systems, storytelling, and advanced graphics.
What You'll Do
- Leverage motion as a concepting medium to create new user experiences.
- Push the boundaries of the end-to-end motion language across web and mobile applications.
- Contribute to designing motion systems that are expressive, performant, accessible, and scalable across platforms and teams.
- Act as a craft leader, setting standards for motion excellence and influencing product direction.
- Design and produce advanced motion graphics, procedural animations, particle systems, and simulations for product and storytelling contexts.
- Build dynamic, data-driven visuals using tools such as Houdini, Maya, Cinema 4D, or similar.
- Prototype and deliver motion optimized for real-time deployment and performance constraints on web, mobile, in-app surfaces, and emerging platforms.
- Explore emerging technologies including GPU-driven visuals, AI-generated motion, custom shaders, and novel rendering techniques.
- Experiment with new visual languages that differentiate GM’s digital presence while aligning to brand and accessibility standards.
- Act as a motion subject-matter expert for cross-functional teams; help frame problems and define quality standards.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years experience in node-based animation, motion graphics, VFX, compositing, and 3D.
- Strong fundamentals in physics-based animation and simulation theory.
- Experience building sophisticated particles, fluid, and dynamic data-driven simulations using Houdini, Maya or similar tools.
- Experience with Python or similar scripting languages.
- Proficiency in After Effects, Maya, Cinema 4D, or other major 3D software.
- Proficiency in one of the rendering engines like Octane, Arnold, RedShift.
- Ability to translate creative intent into robust procedural systems.
- Good foundation and understanding of animation principles.
- Excellent collaborative skills, with a highly professional demeanor and the ability to deliver solid work on tight schedules.
- Effective time management with an ability to spearhead multiple projects and work independently.
Nice to Have
- Passion for pushing graphical boundaries and experimenting with new visual languages and AI generative tools.
- Knowledge of GPU-driven visuals, custom rendering pipelines, and/or novel graphical techniques.
- Experience building VFX optimized for real-time engine deployment.
- Understanding of shader programming and real-time rendering pipelines.
- Experience with design in web, mobile UI and prototyping.
Technical Stack
- Houdini
- Maya
- Cinema 4D
- After Effects
- Python
- Octane
- Arnold
- RedShift
Team & Environment
This is a senior individual contributor role within the HID Advanced Team.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $134,700-$207,600
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 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
Work Mode
This is a hybrid role open to candidates in Warren, MI; Austin, TX; or Mountain View, CA.
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
