Engineering Manager, Connectivity Hardware - generalmotors

Polluxa, Inc.; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Polluxa, Inc. seeks a Connectivity Hardware Engineering Manager to lead a small team responsible for sourcing, change management, and BoM coordination of connectivity telematics modules across GM architectures.

The role collaborates with vehicle integration, product management, and system engineering to ensure secure, reliable connectivity solutions and guide roadmap development for production readiness and robust launch performance.

Qualifications

• End-to-end ECU hardware development experience
• Sourcing and cost management
• Supplier coordination

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of hardware Design Release Engineers for connectivity hardware modules.
• Drive specification development for connectivity components (RF, power, security, regulatory).
• Own sourcing, Engineering Change Requests (ECR), and align with Product Cost Engineering for hardware solutions.
• Lead vehicle packaging and integration of connectivity hardware into platforms with mechanical, thermal, EMC constraints.
• Manage program-specific interface control documents (ICDe/ICDm) and align with system, software, and vehicle requirements.
• Maintain the ECU BoM and coordinate Tier-N resiliency activities, including design reviews and risk tracking.

Job description

Job Description

The Ideal Candidate

Connectivity plays a pivotal role in using and advancing technology to offer unparalleled customer experience and develop revenue generating streams while acting as a cornerstone to offer safety critical, hands-free driving solutions in line with General Motor’s strong safety culture. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Connectivity Hardware Engineering Manager to join our team, focused on developing best‑in‑class automotive connectivity systems. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience in end‑to‑end ECU hardware development, including sourcing, cost management, and supplier coordination, for wireless Connectivity telematics modules to ensure hardware meets performance, cost, and timing targets throughout the program life cycle.

Role Summary

The Engineering Manager, Connectivity Hardware will lead a small team of hardware Design Release Engineers responsible for the sourcing, and change management of connectivity telematics modules across all GM vehicles and architectures. This includes managing BoM and Tier‑N compliance, ensuring delivery of program‑specific ICD/ICDm, DFMEA, CTRS specifications, and leading hardware packaging and integration of the ECU into vehicle platforms.

This role is tightly coupled to cross‑functional teams, including vehicle integration, product management, and system engineering, to create secure and reliable connectivity solutions and assist in defining future technology roadmaps and resolution of issues that arise throughout development and production. This role will also work closely with Global Purchasing & Supply Chain, Contract Manufacturers, and validation teams to ensure production readiness and robust launch performance.

The ideal candidate combines strong people leadership, deep hardware design and test experience, and a solid understanding of wireless technologies used for Connectivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of execution engineers focused on development and release of Connectivity hardware modules.
• Drive specification development for all Connectivity components (performance, RF, power, security, regulatory, vehicle interfaces, etc).
• Own sourcing, Engineering Change Requests (ECR), and alignment with Product Cost Engineering activities for Connectivity Hardware solutions.
• Lead vehicle packaging and integration of the Connectivity Hardware into vehicle platforms, ensuring mechanical, thermal, and EMC constraints are met while maintaining connectivity performance targets.
• Manage program‑specific interface control documents (ICDe/ICDm) and other component level specifications, ensuring alignment with system, software, and vehicle requirements.
• Maintain the ECU Bill of Material (BoM) and coordinate Tier‑N resiliency activities, including design reviews, timing alignment, risk tracking, and issue resolution.