Senior SoC Hardware Engineer for Automotive Electronics

General Motors; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior SoC Hardware Engineer to lead evaluation and integration of advanced SoCs for automotive platforms. You will drive component selections, design schematics around SoCs for ECUs, and collaborate with hardware, software, and supplier teams to meet system requirements.

You will execute test plans, stay abreast of semiconductor trends, and mentor teams through the design cycle, ensuring timely bring-up and production readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in hardware design and development, with a significant system-level ownership.
• Knowledge of SoC subsystems and IP blocks, including memory, analog, processor cores, interconnects, and peripherals.
• Demonstrated proficiency in SoC analysis and selection, including requirements driven studies, benchmarking, and technical trade-off evaluations.
• Hands‑on experience with circuit design and analysis, including worst case analysis, DFMEA, circuit simulation tools and schematic capture tools (i.e. mentor graphics).
• Proven experience in silicon bring up and ECU level hardware integration and validation.
• Hands‑on experience with hardware debugging tools such as oscilloscopes
• Exceptional collaboration and teamwork skills; proven ability to work across functional and organizational boundaries.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, including planning, execution, and monitoring.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to learn quickly.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in depth technical evaluations and trade off studies on SoCs and other semiconductors to identify the optimal components for a range of automotive applications.
• Design and manage application schematics centered around SoCs for ECU development, ensuring high performance, cost effective solutions that meet system requirements.
• Collaborate cross functionally with hardware engineering, software development, and suppliers to define design specifications and align on architectural and system-level requirements.
• Develop clear and robust component specifications within your scope of responsibility to enable timely sourcing decisions aligned with electronic development and vehicle program milestones.
• Establish and execute test plans to evaluate SoCs and other silicon devices, including board bring up and early validation to ensure design intent is met ahead of formal qualification.
• Stay current with industry trends, maintaining a strong understanding of semiconductor product portfolios, supply chain dynamics, and emerging technology roadmaps.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to semiconductor engineering teams throughout the design cycle from architecture definition and component selection to design reviews and sourcing activities.

Skills

SoC analysis

Circuit design

Hardware bring-up

Oscilloscopes

Project management

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Mentor Graphics

Circuit simulation tools

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior SoC Hardware Engineer to lead evaluation and integration of advanced SoCs for automotive platforms. You will drive component selections, design schematics around SoCs for ECUs, and collaborate with hardware, software, and supplier teams to meet system requirements.

You will execute test plans, stay abreast of semiconductor trends, and mentor teams through the design cycle, ensuring timely bring-up and production readiness.