For more than 14 years, Amanda Posey has applied engineering principles to manufacturing problems at General Motors. She has led teams in providing solutions to technical problems in manufacturing.

But throughout her career, she has experienced challenges as a Black woman in a male-dominated field. That's why she is an advocate for minorities in the manufacturing industry.

Amanda is an active member of the General Motors (GM) Women in Manufacturing team.

Within the community, Amanda is passionate about introducing female students to engineering and manufacturing.

She has participated in career path interviews at a charter school for applied technologies in Buffalo, New York; science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities in Detroit, Michigan, GET WISE activities also in Detroit, and National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) student events.

Amanda earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University. She went on to receive a master’s degree in manufacturing operations from Kettering University.

While in college, Amanda did three internships with GM. In 2006, she was hired full-time. Over the next few years, Amanda moved into manufacturing engineering roles.

In 2014, Amanda joined the production team as a shift lead. In 2015, Amanda served as an engineering manager, with responsibility for engineering, tooling budgets, and machine uptime support.

In 2018, she moved to Pontiac as an operations manager. This assignment gave her responsibility for manufacturing processes in a stamping facility including engineering, maintenance, production, and the die room across a three-shift operation.

In 2019, she transferred to the Global Propulsion System team and serves in her current position as an area manager in quality engineering.

Amanda is responsible for the assurance of quality in the engines produced along with parts and components received to produce those engines. She is also responsible for continuous improvement in customer warranty.

Growing up, Amanda was a member of the church choir and worked with her mom as a Sunday school teacher’s assistant. She also led her middle school art class to reach high honors in an art display at the African American Museum. Her father was an electrician and he would have conversations with Amanda about his work.