General Motors is hiring: Senior Hardware Design Engineer - Aggregator in Warren

Senior Hardware Design Engineer - Aggregator

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The Aggregator Hardware design team’s mission is to ensure our products are designed to target the growing needs of our customers while ensuring robust, well-designed hardware which meets GM specifications and testing requirements from early hardware through the production design. In this role you will be responsible for leading product development and integration activities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Aggregator(s) electrical hardware design.
• Work closely with other teams, such as software engineers, mechanical engineers, and manufacturing teams, to ensure seamless integration of electrical hardware designs into the overall product.
• Lead embedded designs for advanced module architectures.
• Lead new IC design/development strategies for advanced in-vehicle architectures.
• Lead electrical schematic design and PCB layout.
• Assess the feasibility of proposed electrical hardware designs, considering cost, performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Support next generation designs in digital/analog hardware including Gig+ ethernet, processors, memory, eFuse, FET, HSD/LSD, and other components related to Aggregators.
• Perform/review electrical worst-case analysis.
• Represent the GM HW team as design expert in core technologies developed among the team.
• Optimize five-point parametric tests and finalize end-of-line production tests.
• Lead the process as a build-to-print engineer and act as a liaison with the contract house.
• Apply cost-effective solutions with improved performance design.
• Lead product development as part of a multi-hub engineering organization based in Detroit and West Coast.
• Refine/optimize requirements with MPG team.
• Maintain Aggregator hardware design deliverables (e.g., block diagram, schematics, PCB layout).
• Lead peer reviews and identify issues (e.g., integration, interfaces, systemic issues).
• Support Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) for Aggregators.
• Support assembly plant issue resolution.
• Provide technical leadership for troubleshooting activities to support PRTS Issue Resolution.
• Support product investigations (SFI Process).
• Lead cost reduction efforts.
• Provide guidance to Design Release Engineers (DREs) in product development team meetings.
• Create and maintain best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally within the Aggregator team and across other SMTs.
• Collaborate with Aggregator TS, Electric Power (Sub)system TS, and Safety teams.
• Ensure all vehicle program imperatives (piece cost, investment, mass, base engineering content, IPTV) involving these components are met.
• Work with DRE/Validation group to plan component validation (including component software verification) and ensure timely execution to meet program imperatives.
• Participate in Formal Design, Peer and Quality Valve reviews as required by the Vehicle Development Process (VDP).
• Develop/review/approve all in-process electrical test plans.
• Support vehicle integration activities for pre-production and production vehicles.
• Lead/participate in issue resolution for design and development issues, ECU warranty analysis, parts restriction, and report updates as required by Engineering and Vehicle Team leadership.
• Lead/support DFMEA/PFMEA of Aggregator.

Qualifications

• Professional experience creating digital/analog HW interfaces including schematic creation and/or PCB layout & supportive documentation.
• Minimum 7+ years working experience in automotive hardware electronics design.
• Experience in design & analysis tools like Mentor Graphics (schematic & layout), MathCad, PSpice & Saber.
• High speed communication buses (Ethernet, PCIe, SerDes).
• In-depth knowledge of low voltage power distribution (eFuse, FET, Thermal, LiB, DC/DC).
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering required; Master’s degree preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of requirements engineering process (FMEA, Preliminary Hazard Analyses).
• In-depth knowledge of verification and validation processes.
• In-depth knowledge of embedded software development, testing and associated tools.
• Understanding of hardware design and failure modes.
• Understanding of engineering theory and principles of operation of mechanical/electrical mechanisms.
• Thorough knowledge of design development and test engineering, manufacturing and assembly operations, engineering processes and procedures.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally within Electrical and across other SMTs.
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability.
• High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate employees, and elicit work output.
• Very high level of analytical problem-solving skills for unusual and difficult problems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous industry experience with infotainment, telematics or connectivity.
• 7 years working experience in automotive hardware electronics design.

This role is categorized as hybrid and requires the successful candidate to report to Mountain View, CA or Warren, MI three days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) at minimum.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

The compensation information is a good faith estimate only and based on California Bay Area norms, with variations by position and location. The annual salary range for this role is $121,000 - $186,200. Actual offer will depend on factors relevant to the position. Bonus potential: an incentive pay program based on company, job level, and individual performance.

GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs, including 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.

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