The Staff Hardware Engineer - ECU Requirements & Specifications joins the Compute & Connectivity Hardware team to provide technical leadership for the development and management of hardware requirements, low-level software definitions, and Component Technical Requirements Specifications. This role involves establishing technical direction for embedded-controller requirements across vehicle and electrical architectures, driving standardization of Input/Output interfaces, and ensuring traceability between internal and external requirements and downstream verification activities. You will utilize tools such as DOORS Next-Gen, Jama, and Polarion while leveraging AI to improve requirement quality. Key technical competencies include knowledge of microcontrollers, memory technologies, and vehicle serial communications like Ethernet, CAN, LIN, SENT, and SERDES. You will solve complex system interactions involving mechatronics, diagnostics, and functional safety for software-defined and electrified-vehicle architectures.
What does a Hardware Engineer earn?
Median $169650 from 32 postings across 10 companies.
Lead the development, maintenance, and configuration management of ECU hardware electrical and functional interface requirements.
Establish technical direction for embedded-controller requirements across vehicle architecture, hardware design, safety, and product design.
Drive the standardization of Input/Output interfaces and promote the reuse of components across ECU hardware designs.
Lead requirements reviews, design-flow execution, change-control activities, and technical approval discussions to ensure high-quality execution.
Provide technical leadership for CTRS compilation to support product-team sourcing and build-to-print implementation.
Establish and improve traceability between internal and external requirements and downstream verification and validation activities.
Identify requirements and design gaps and drive corrective actions for ECU, sub-component, and circuit-level designs.
Lead the migration and continuous improvement of ECU hardware requirements in DOORS Next-Gen and other structured environments.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related engineering discipline.
At least 7 years of engineering experience in product development, technical requirements, specifications, embedded controls, or a related technical discipline.
Demonstrated leadership of complex technical programs or initiatives, including the ability to influence outcomes without direct authority.
Good knowledge and practical experience with structured requirements-management tools such as DOORS, DOORS Next-Gen, Jama, or Polarion.
Strong understanding of automotive embedded control systems, including ECU hardware, low-level software interfaces, diagnostics, and electrical or mechatronic architectures.
Knowledge of microcontrollers, memory technologies, and vehicle serial communications such as Ethernet, CAN, LIN, SENT, and SERDES.
Knowledge of semiconductor physics, structures, fundamentals, models, and failure mechanisms.
Knowledge of GM product-development cycles, automotive product-release processes, and technical specification practices.
ECU
ISO 26262
CAN
LIN
Ethernet
SENT
SERDES
C
Microcontrollers
DFSS
DOORS
Functional Safety
Mechatronics
Electrical Architecture
Low-level Software
Configuration Management
ECU
ISO 26262
CAN
LIN
Ethernet
SENT
SERDES
Microcontrollers
C
DFSS
DOORS
ASIL
Functional Safety
Semiconductor Physics
Mechatronics
Electrical Architecture
Configuration Management
ECU
DOORS
DOORS Next-Gen
Jama
Polarion
ISO 26262
IEC 61508
IEC 62304
DO-178C
CAN
LIN
SENT
Ethernet
SERDES
C
Microcontrollers
Semiconductor Physics
ASIL
DFSS
Mechatronics