Senior Hardware Design Engineer – Display Development

General Motors; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Hardware Design Engineer for Display Development to enhance vehicle safety and performance. This role involves overseeing the design and development of cutting-edge display electronics for next-generation vehicles, ensuring they meet quality and safety standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring your designs to life, from concept through to mass production. If you are passionate about automotive technology and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in the industry.

Benefits

Relocation benefits

Flexible working hours

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in automotive ECU architecture and design.
• Proven track record of launching infotainment hardware.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop display hardware from concept to launch.
• Collaborate with teams for seamless integration of display hardware.
• Lead hardware bring-up and troubleshoot issues.

Skills

LCD/OLED display design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Signal integrity analysis

Power integrity analysis

Environmental testing

DFM, DFA, DFT

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

PCB design software

Simulation tools

Job description

Hybrid: Reporting to a specific location where work needs to be performed and collaboration should happen, regardless of the candidate's residence. Some employees may work in a hybrid model, being onsite three days per week at one of the designated centers: GM Global Technical Center, Austin Innovation Technical Center, GM Georgia IT Innovation Center, or Mountain View Technical Center.

• This role is categorized as hybrid. The successful candidate is expected to report to one of the aforementioned centers at least three times per week.
• This position is eligible for relocation benefits.

About the Role

At General Motors, our mission is to create a world with zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. Our ADAS Compute hardware team develops innovative technologies like Super Cruise Hands-Free Automated Driving to enhance vehicle safety, performance, and autonomy.

We aim to build the best infotainment experience in GM vehicles by developing a hardware engineering team responsible for the end-to-end design and development of vehicle displays hardware.

The Senior Hardware Design Engineer – Display Development will oversee the technical design and development of the display electronics hardware platform for GM’s next-generation vehicles. The ideal candidate will have a background in automotive ECU architecture, design, analysis, and experience successfully launching infotainment hardware into production.

Responsibilities

• Design LCD/OLED display electrical hardware, including component selection (MCU, TCON, SERDES), schematic capture, PCB layout, bring-up, debug, signal and power integrity, environmental testing, EMC, and supporting manufacturing and production launch.
• Develop the display hardware platform from concept to launch, ensuring it meets cost, timing, quality, and safety targets.
• Understand display backlight units and FOG interfaces for final display assembly.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (software, mechanical, manufacturing) for seamless integration of display hardware.
• Work with manufacturing partners to ensure successful build from prototype to mass production, maintaining quality, cost, and schedule.
• Design electrical schematics and PCB layouts.
• Support new IC designs relevant to display hardware.
• Perform hardware analyses such as worst-case, signal integrity, and power integrity.
• Lead hardware bring-up, including power supplies, SoCs, MCUs, SerDes, and network interfaces.
• Implement design for manufacturing, assembly, and testing (DFM, DFA, DFT).
• Validate hardware components and systems for reliability and performance.
• Establish test plans and protocols to verify design requirements.
• Troubleshoot hardware issues, perform root cause analysis, and develop solutions.
• Assist manufacturing in resolving production issues.
• Conduct design reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Lead/support DFMEA/PFMEA processes for display hardware, incorporating lessons learned and best practices.
• Guide and consult with Design Release Engineers (DREs).