Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer – Central Compute Unit

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Retirement savings plan

Life insurance

GM vehicle discounts

Tuition assistance

Job summary

General Motors is expanding its in-house electronics capabilities to support next-generation Central Compute, ADAS, and software-defined vehicle platforms. The Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer will contribute across electrical architecture, hardware integration, and validation to deliver robust ECUs.

In this hybrid role, you will lead schematic development, component selection, and bench bring-up, collaborating with software teams on HW/SW interface definitions and system readiness for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years in automotive or high-complexity electronics.
• Strong analog and digital circuit fundamentals.
• Hands-on bench debugging experience.
• Experience with WCCA and DFMEA.
• Strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to hardware architecture including power topology, high-speed interfaces, clocking, resets.
• Develop and review schematics for mixed-signal and high-speed designs.
• Perform component selection considering automotive qualification and reliability.
• Provide PCB layout guidance for signal integrity, power integrity, grounding and EMI.
• Lead bench bring-up with power-on sequencing and clock validation.
• Debug hardware with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Develop HSIS and align HW/SW interfaces.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Schematic design

PCB layout

Bench debugging

WCCA

DFMEA

FuSa awareness

System integration

Communication

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Protocol tools

Job description

Job Description

Role Summary

General Motors is expanding its in-house electronics capabilities to support next-generation Central Compute, ADAS, and software-defined vehicle platforms. The Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer will contribute across electrical architecture, circuit design, hardware integration, and validation to deliver robust, production-ready ECUs.

This role requires strong electrical engineering fundamentals combined with system-level thinking. The engineer will work across schematic development, component selection, layout guidance, electrical analysis, bring-up, and hardware/software interface definition.

Key Responsibilities

Hardware Architecture & Design

• Contribute to hardware architecture including power topology, high-speed interfaces, clocking, resets, and system partitioning.
• Develop and review schematics for complex mixed-signal and high-speed digital designs.
• Perform component selection with consideration for electrical performance, automotive qualification, reliability, thermal, and power constraints.
• Provide PCB layout guidance for signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, and EMI mitigation.
• Participate in design reviews and technical trade studies.

Electrical Analysis & Robustness

• Perform and review electrical analysis including:
  • WCCA (Worst Case Circuit Analysis)
  • Power distribution and sequencing validation
  • Interface margin and performance evaluation
• Contribute to DFMEA activities, addressing both design and interaction-related risks.
• Support Functional Safety (FuSA) hardware considerations as applicable.

Hardware Bring-Up & Debug

• Lead and support bench-level bring-up including power-on sequencing, clock validation, reset behavior, and interface activation.
• Debug hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol tools.
• Analyze failures and drive root cause resolution across hardware and system boundaries.
• Provide feedback to improve design robustness and integration margin.

Hardware–Software Interface & System Integration

• Develop and maintain Hardware Software Interface Specifications (HSIS).
• Collaborate with internal and external software teams during boot and low-level driver bring-up.
• Ensure hardware interfaces are clearly defined, testable, and aligned with software usage.
• Support system-level validation and readiness activities.

Verification & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Contribute to hardware verification test plans and bench validation activities.
• Work closely with systems, software, validation, and manufacturing teams to ensure alignment.
• Support EV/DV/PV validation phases and issue resolution.
• Communicate technical status, risks, and mitigation plans clearly to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in automotive or high-complexity electronics development.
• Strong fundamentals in analog and digital circuit design.
• Experience with schematic development and PCB layout guidance.
• Hands-on bench debugging experience.
• Experience contributing to WCCA and DFMEA.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Central Compute, ADAS, infotainment, or high-performance ECUs.
• Knowledge of high-speed interfaces (Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, SerDes).
• Familiarity with automotive standards including ISO 26262 and EMC requirements.
• Experience developing HSIS documentation.
• Experience collaborating closely with software teams on HW/SW integration.
• Experience supporting EV/DV/PV validation.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to contribute to next-generation vehicle compute platforms.
• Exposure across architecture, design, integration, and validation.
• Collaboration with senior technical leaders across hardware, systems, and software.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and long-term technical growth.

Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.
The salary range for this role is ($125,200 to $192,700). The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Benefits:
Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, 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 and more.

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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