Junior Hardware Design & Validation Engineer

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Incentive pay program

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors seeks a student engineer to join the Vehicle Software and Electronics Engineering team in a hybrid, full-time capacity in California. You will support design, integration, and validation of hardware, ECU, and vehicle systems across electrical and mechanical domains.

You’ll work with suppliers and GM teams to deliver robust hardware for EVs and ICE vehicles. The role emphasizes design-for-manufacturability, GD&T, 3D CAD, and validation planning, with responsibilities spanning

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• Graduating between December 2026 and June 2027
• Able to work full time, 40 hours per week

Responsibilities

• Support the design, development, integration, and validation of hardware, including schematics, PCB assemblies, enclosures, and vehicle systems
• Develop mechanical components and interfaces such as castings, moldings, stampings, seals, mounts, connectors, and fasteners
• Create engineering deliverables, including wiring diagrams, schematics, PCB layouts, bills of material, 3D CAD models, 2D drawings, test procedures, and validation documentation
• Apply design calculations, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and design-for-manufacturability principles
• Help integrate harnesses, cables, PCB assemblies, connectors, and enclosures into vehicle and electro-mechanical architectures
• Support analysis and test plans, prototyping, proof-of-concept activities, testing, and test-data analysis
• Participate in EMC, environmental, thermal, structural, vibration, connectivity, RF, display, and infotainment validation activities
• Troubleshoot hardware issues throughout prototype builds, integration, testing, and launch; document findings and recommend next steps

Skills

Embedded systems

CAN

RS-485

Ethernet

PCB layout

3D CAD

GD&T

SPICE

MATLAB/Simulink

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Teamcenter

Altium Designer

OrCAD

Capital

Job description

General Motors seeks a student engineer to join the Vehicle Software and Electronics Engineering team in a hybrid, full-time capacity in California. You will support design, integration, and validation of hardware, ECU, and vehicle systems across electrical and mechanical domains.

You’ll work with suppliers and GM teams to deliver robust hardware for EVs and ICE vehicles. The role emphasizes design-for-manufacturability, GD&T, 3D CAD, and validation planning, with responsibilities spanning