Senior Power Electronics Hardware Architect - HV EV Systems

General Motors (GM); Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits

Hybrid work model

Job summary

General Motors (GM) is seeking a Power Electronics Hardware Design Lead to drive development and release of high-voltage power electronics for electrified vehicles. You will translate system requirements into automotive-grade HV converters, guide architecture choices, and lead cross-functional teams through design, validation, and launch.

The role combines hands-on hardware design with technical leadership, ensuring performance, reliability, cost, and manufacturability across DC-DC converters,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in design and industrialization of power converter products, validating, or launching high-voltage automotive power electronics.
• Experience with converter architecture/topology trade studies, operating modes, control/protection strategy, efficiency, and manufacturability.
• Hands-on design of magnetics; high-voltage PCB design; EMI/EMC mitigation; electrical/thermal analysis.
• Experience with lab measurement, debugging, simulation-to-test, root-cause analysis, and corrective action.
• Proficiency with LTspice, PSpice, MATLAB/Simulink, FEM or thermal tools; schematic capture and PCB tools (Mentor Altium).
• Knowledge of EMC, signal and power integrity, high-voltage safety, and vehicle integration.

Responsibilities

• Receive and interpret requirements, translate to hardware functions and interfaces.
• Define converter architecture, topology, operating modes, control and protection strategies.
• Lead design from concept to release, assign ownership, and resolve blockers.
• Perform electrical, thermal, and magnetic analyses; worst-case analysis.
• Lead hardware design reviews per GM process and validate via testing.
• Oversee reliability, DFMEA/DRBFM, and DFMEA activities for risk reduction.
• Collaborate with controls, mechanical, thermal, validation, and suppliers.

Skills

Power electronics

HV design

Thermal analysis

EMC EMI

PCB design

LTspice PSpice

Leadership

DFMEA DRBFM

Education

BSc Electrical Engineering

Tools

LTspice

PSpice

MATLAB Simulink

Mentor Graphics

Altium

Job description

General Motors (GM) is seeking a Power Electronics Hardware Design Lead to drive development and release of high-voltage power electronics for electrified vehicles. You will translate system requirements into automotive-grade HV converters, guide architecture choices, and lead cross-functional teams through design, validation, and launch.

The role combines hands-on hardware design with technical leadership, ensuring performance, reliability, cost, and manufacturability across DC-DC converters,