Senior Electrical Power Design Engineer

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

Tuition assistance

Paid vacation & holidays

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors’ Compute & Connectivity Hardware team seeks a Power Electronics Engineer to lead the design of robust power delivery for GM’s ECUs across 12V-48V and 400V-800V domains. You will drive simulations, validation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure scalable, reliable high-voltage automotive power solutions.

The role emphasizes leading edge power topology choices, component qualification, and design for manufacturability, with hands-on lab testing and mentoring of engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing power electronics for automotive or high-performance embedded hardware.
• Experience with 400V-800V automotive circuitry (propulsion, charging, BMS, DC-DC).
• Expertise with IGBT, SiC, and GaN switching technologies.
• PCB design, layout optimization, thermal management, and power-aware board architectures.
• Proficient with SPICE, LTspice, PLECS, MATLAB.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop power delivery architectures for low- and high-voltage domains.
• Perform power simulations for efficiency, regulation, transient response, and thermal performance.
• Drive power integrity, EMI/EMC, thermal, and reliability optimization throughout the lifecycle.
• Select and qualify power components (IGBT, SiC, GaN, inductors, capacitors).
• Build, test, and validate power systems with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power analyzers).
• Troubleshoot complex power-related issues during development and production.
• Develop power design standards, specs, and verification methodologies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers across hardware teams.

Skills

Power electronics

Automotive hardware

Engineering leadership

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

SPICE

LTspice

PLECS

MATLAB

Oscilloscopes

Power analyzers

Thermal imaging tools

Job description

Job Description

About the Team

Compute & Connectivity Hardware (CCH) is part of GM’s Vehicle Software & Electronics Engineering (VSEE) organization within Software & Services Engineering. The team develops the physical hardware foundation for GM’s software-defined vehicles, including compute, connectivity, networking, displays, and other electronic platforms that enable in-vehicle software, infotainment, ADAS, vehicle controls, and connected experiences.

CCH’s work spans architecture, requirements, hardware and electronics design, embedded hardware, systems integration, validation, launch, and in-market performance. Our engineers collaborate across software, systems, controls, cybersecurity, functional safety, vehicle engineering, suppliers, and manufacturing to develop reliable, production-ready hardware for GM’s vehicle portfolio.

The Role

In-vehicle electronics are at the core of the software-defined vehicle, enabling advanced compute platforms, zone and body controllers, high-speed networking, cameras, and connected technologies. We are seeking a skilled Power Electronics Engineer to join GM’s Compute & Connectivity Hardware (CCH) organization and help develop the next generation of automotive electronic control units (ECUs).

The Power Center of Excellence is responsible for delivering robust, efficient, and reliable power architectures that enable advanced vehicle functionality. In this role, you will lead the design, development, validation, and integration of power delivery solutions across GM’s ECU portfolio. You will leverage deep power electronics expertise to drive technical excellence, resolve complex challenges, and establish engineering standards that support GM’s electrification and SDV strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop power delivery architectures, including DC-DC converters, switching regulators, and power distribution networks (PDNs) across low-voltage (12V-48V) and high-voltage (400V-800V) domains.
• Perform power simulations and analysis for efficiency, load regulation, transient response, thermal performance, and system stability using tools such as SPICE, PLECS, MATLAB, HyperLynx, or Ansys.
• Drive power integrity (PI), EMI/EMC, thermal, and reliability optimization throughout the product lifecycle.
• Select and qualify power components, including MOSFETs, controllers, inductors, capacitors, and emerging power technologies.
• Build, test, and validate power systems using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, power analyzers, and thermal imaging tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex power-related issues during development, validation, and production.
• Develop power design standards, specifications, best practices, and verification methodologies.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and influence cross-functional hardware architecture decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing power electronics for automotive or high-performance embedded hardware systems.
• Experience developing high-voltage automotive circuitry (400V-800V), including propulsion, charging, battery management, or DC-DC power applications.
• Expertise with IGBT, SiC, and GaN switching technologies and their associated design considerations.
• Strong knowledge of power conversion topologies, power supplies, voltage regulation, and high-current power distribution.
• Experience with PCB design, layout optimization, thermal management, and power-aware board architectures.
• Proficiency with SPICE, LTspice, PLECS, MATLAB, or similar power simulation tools.
• Hands-on experience validating power electronics using oscilloscopes, power analyzers, and thermal test equipment.
• Deep understanding of power integrity, EMI/EMC, thermal design, and high-voltage safety.
• Proven ability to solve complex technical challenges and influence engineering decisions across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Siemens Xpedition for schematic capture, PCB design, and analysis.
• Knowledge of EMC/EMI compliance, Functional Safety (ISO 26262), DFMEA/PFMEA, reliability engineering, supplier quality, manufacturing processes, design verification, and production launch activities.
• Experience developing scalable engineering standards and best practices for automotive electronics organization

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to help define the future of vehicle technology. You’ll collaborate with experts across hardware, software, systems, controls, and integration engineering to solve difficult technical problems at scale. Whether you’re driving architecture decisions, developing cutting-edge hardware, or validating complex systems, your work will directly influence the capabilities of millions of vehicles on the road.

If you’re passionate about designing high-performance hardware, tackling multidisciplinary engineering challenges, and seeing your innovations come to life in production vehicles, we’d love to have you on the team.

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Compensation

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 (106,600 - 163,400)

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.

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