Felicia Powers Doran

Senior Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Scientist at General Motors

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

About

My admiration of electric vehicles is only rivaled by my desire to pioneer new technologies. I am driven by innovation and thrive on intellectual challenges. Using my skills, I hope to provide mankind a way to mitigate their impact on the environment. I have a strong interest in hybrid and fully electric vehicles, renewable energy generation, and new technology from computers to batteries that enable the magic engineers create behind the scenes. Please contact me with any questions!

Experience

  • General Motors (10 yrs 2 mos)
    • Senior Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Scientist
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

      Developing advanced automation techniques for calibration procedures to couple with artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to advance calibration of vehicles at General Motors.

    • Senior Virtual Calibration Development Engineer
      Aug 2022 - Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Development of virtual processes and capabilities to support Electrification Calibration community. Architecting computation and automation structure to support calibration execution.

    • Calibration Engineer
      Jun 2018 - Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Electrification Propulsion Calibration Engineer Driver Command, One Pedal Drive Contributor to BrightDrop Zevo 600, GMC Hummer EV, Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray, Chevrolet Volt Development of industry leading innovative customer facing features such as One Pedal Drive and Stealth Mode. Pioneered Corvette E-Ray Stealth Mode Development from initial concept to a proof of concept, drive quality clinics, development of Driver cluster infotainment, and complex integration with transmission. Fine-tuning and adjusting controls for various vehicles to achieve a given task within electrification propulsion. -Software troubleshooting (C) -In-vehicle Testing -Data Collection -Data Analysis -Matlab Scripting -ETAS INCA, MDA -Certified for High Speed (up to 150 mph), non-linear, and off-road testing scenarios.

  • HP (5 yrs)
    • Workstations & Thin Clients R&D: Mechanical Engineering Intern
      May 2013 - May 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Year-Round Internship • Designed and oversaw the implementation of a mass produced Hard Drive Carrier to be offered in HP Z Workstations to increase customers’ available storage solutions. • Assisted in the implementation of new materials and processes for the creation of future innovative HP Z Workstation class products. • Extensive experience with PTC Creo Elements/Direct, and ANSYS Workbench. • Experience with PTC Creo Parametric, Dassault Systems Solidworks, and Autodesk AutoCAD. • Collaborated with foreign suppliers to execute product design changes. • Led the mechanical design of a machine used to calibrate worldwide electromagnetic chambers • Performed thermal and acoustic testing and troubleshooting.

    • CSBU Workstations Marketing: Technical Marketing Intern
      Jun 2011 - May 2013 · 2 yrs

      Year-Round Internship • Benchmarked various HP Workstation configurations to assemble a thorough database of HP Workstation performance to educate the sales force. • Certified PTC programs preformed properly with the HP Workstation graphics drivers.