Staff Hardware Engineer Connectivity Platforms

Job Description

Work Arrangment:

Hybrid:

This role is categorized as hybrid. The selected candidate is expected to report to Warren MI or Sunnyvale CA at least three days per week (TuesdayThursday).

Our Mission:

At General Motors our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen but to be felt. Were turning todays impossible into tomorrows standard from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design intelligent software and next-generation safety and entertainment features.

Every day our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer smarter and more connected shaping the future of transportation on a global scale.

The Ideal Candidate:

Connectivity is a foundational enabler of modern vehicle platforms powering safety autonomy infotainment and cloud-connected services. We are seeking a Staff Hardware Engineer to define and drive the architecture integration and execution of next-generation connectivity platforms across GM vehicle lines.

• Recognized technical leader with deep expertise in system architecture high-speed design and multi-domain integration.

• Operates effectively across hardware firmware RF and system software influencing decisions at the platform level.

• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity drive alignment across organizations and resolve complex cross-functional system challenges.

• Demonstrates ownership beyond individual programs shaping best practices design methodologies and long-term technology strategy.

The Role:

The Staff Hardware Engineer will own the system architecture and technical direction for connectivity modules across multiple vehicle platforms. This includes defining scalable architectures guiding implementation across teams and ensuring robust system performance from concept through production and field deployment.

This role requiresend-to-endownership with broad organizational impact including collaboration with silicon vendors platform software RF mechanical thermal manufacturing and validation teams.

What Youll Do:

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Define and own system architecture for connectivity platforms including SoC selection memory (LPDDR) power architecture and high-speed interfaces (PCIe USB Ethernet).

• Drive platform-level design decisions and tradeoffs across performance power cost reliability and scalability.

• Establish design guidelines reference architectures and best practices for hardware development across programs.

• Influence technology roadmap decisions in partnership with silicon vendors and internal stakeholders.

Design Execution & Integration

• Guide schematic design and PCB layout across teams ensuring best-in-class SI/PI RF coexistence and manufacturability.

• Oversee and unblock board bring-up and system integration including power sequencing clocking reset and boot initialization.

• Drive multi-domain system integration across hardware firmware RF and mechanical disciplines.

System Debug & Validation

• Lead root-cause analysis of complex system-level issues spanning silicon hardware RF and software interactions.

• Define and review validation strategy and coverage to ensure robustness across corner cases and environmental conditions.

• Debug advanced issues such as RF desense power integrity coupling and high-speed signal degradation.

• Utilize advanced lab tools (oscilloscopes VNAs spectrum analyzers logic analyzers) for deep system characterization.

Cross-Functional & External Leadership

• Act as the primary technical interface with key silicon vendors (e.g. Qualcomm NXP TI) to influence design and resolve issues.

• Partner with firmware/software teams to enable platform functionality and optimize system performance.

• Drive alignment across global teams and influence decision-making at the platform and organizational level.

Mentorship & Organizational Impact

• Mentor and elevate engineers across the team providing guidance on architecture debugging and design rigor.

• Lead technical reviews and raise the bar on engineering quality.

• Contribute to building a scalable and repeatable hardware development framework.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications ):

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field.

• 8 years of experience in hardware development with significant focus on system architecture and integration.

• Deep expertise in SoC-based system design including power architecture clocks resets and boot flows.

• Strong experience with high-speed digital design (PCIe USB Ethernet LPDDR) and associated SI/PI considerations.

• Proven track record of solving complex system-level issues across hardware firmware and RF domains.

• Experience with power delivery design PMICs low-power architectures and sleep/wake strategies.

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical direction across teams and influence without authority.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in highly ambiguous environments.

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• Masters or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.

• 10 years of experience in hardware development with significant focus on system architecture and integration.

• Experience with wireless technologies (Wi-Fi Bluetooth cellular GNSS) and RF/system coexistence challenges.

• Automotive experience including EMI/EMC environmental and reliability validation.

• Experience driving products through production ramp and field issue resolution.

• Familiarity with functional safety cybersecurity or automotive networking architectures is a plus.

Benefits:

GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include 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.

Relocation:

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.

Company Vehicle:
Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

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