Staff Electrical Hardware Engineer

General Motors (GM)

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Salary: $159,400–$245,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 99 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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The Staff Electrical Hardware Engineer joins the Central Compute team to serve as a technical leader defining hardware architectures for next-generation vehicle platforms. This role involves driving complex design decisions, owning system partitioning, and managing power architecture, clocking strategies, and high-speed interconnects. The engineer will oversee schematic development, component selection, and PCB design strategy while ensuring compliance with thermal, reliability, and EMC requirements. Key responsibilities include leading electrical robustness assessments like Worst Case Circuit Analysis, performing power integrity analysis, and managing hardware-software interface specifications. The position requires expertise in analog, digital, and mixed-signal electronics, as well as high-speed interfaces like Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, and SerDes. The work focuses on solving hardware scalability and functional safety challenges for high-performance compute and ADAS systems.

Skills

Electrical Hardware Architecture High-Speed Digital Power Electronics PCB Design Signal Integrity Power Integrity EMI/EMC WCCA DFMEA ISO 26262 Ethernet PCIe DDR SerDes Schematic Design Boot Architecture Firmware ECU Development

What you'll do

Define and drive electrical hardware architecture for Central Compute and high-performance compute platforms.
Lead technical trade studies to balance performance, cost, reliability, and manufacturability for hardware designs.
Provide technical oversight for mixed-signal, high-speed digital, and power circuitry designs including schematic development.
Drive PCB design strategy focusing on signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, and EMI/EMC mitigation.
Lead electrical robustness assessments including Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA) and power integrity analysis.
Ensure hardware compliance with ISO 26262 functional safety requirements and safety goals.
Lead first-board bring-up, integration, and debugging efforts for advanced compute platforms.
Define and govern Hardware Software Interface Specifications (HSIS) in collaboration with software teams.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
10+ years of experience developing automotive or other high-complexity electronic systems.
Strong expertise in analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power electronics design.
Proven experience leading hardware architecture and complex ECU development programs.
Extensive experience with schematic design, electrical analysis, and hardware debugging.
Deep understanding of WCCA, DFMEA, reliability engineering, and hardware development processes.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical decisions and influence cross-functional teams.
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline (preferred).

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