Hybrid Senior Hardware Engineer – Network Technology and Design

at General Motors

• Job title: Senior Hardware Engineer – Network Technology and Design
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Warren, United States

About the role

• Senior Hardware Engineer leading test strategy and execution for wired connectivity in automotive technology. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure design and testing alignment across ECUs and semiconductor devices.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end hardware electrical test strategy for network technologies, from requirements analysis through coverage closure and sign-off.
• Define and maintain test cases and test procedures for wired connectivity (e.g., automotive Ethernet), ensuring traceability to system, hardware, and safety requirements.
• Establish and own requirements linking between system / hardware requirements and verification artifacts (test cases, test results, analyses), including coverage metrics and reporting.
• Drive test environment capability enhancements: Define and evolve bench setups, fixtures, test boards, and harnesses to support new network features and operating corners.
• Identify gaps in lab capabilities (e.g., bandwidth, jitter, protocol decoding, automation) and lead upgrades in collaboration with lab and capital planning.
• Standardize test environments and best practices across programs and suppliers.
• Lead bench test execution throughout the development lifecycle, including bring-up, characterization, margining, regression, and release testing.
• Perform detailed hardware analysis in support of testing, including worst-case analysis, signal integrity (SI), and power integrity (PI), to define appropriate test coverage and limits.
• Troubleshoot test failures and anomalous behavior, perform root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions with ECU and semiconductor design teams.
• Develop and maintain test specifications and verification plans that clearly define scope, pass/fail criteria, and acceptance limits for each test item.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in software, mechanical, systems, safety, and manufacturing to ensure that test coverage aligns to program needs and that test findings are rapidly integrated into designs.
• Interface with semiconductor partners and Tier 1s to align on device- and ECU-level test requirements, share lab results, and ensure issues are resolved in silicon and hardware revisions.
• Provide clear, data-driven test reports and technical summaries to leadership and program teams, including risk assessments and release recommendations.
• Support and lead design and test reviews, presenting coverage status, key test results, and open issues.
• Establish and continuously improve domain expertise in network semiconductor and ECU product lines within scope of responsibility, especially in the context of electrical validation and compliance testing.
• Contribute to and help manage technology and test methodology roadmaps in close collaboration with industry leaders, aligning lab capabilities and test strategies with future architectures.

Requirements

• BS in Electrical Engineering / Electronics / Computer Science (or equivalent).
• 5+ years of engineering experience at an OEM, semiconductor supplier, or Tier 1 ECU supplier.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in electronic hardware design and/or electrical validation and testing for complex ECUs, network interfaces, or similar systems.
• Working knowledge of automotive electronic hardware and automotive software architecture (ECUs, networks, diagnostics, and integration flows).
• Strong proficiency in circuit fundamentals, ability to interpret schematics and PCB layouts, and understanding of how design choices impact testability and lab behavior.
• Demonstrated experience with lab equipment such as power supplies, high‑bandwidth oscilloscopes, signal generators, electronic loads, protocol analyzers, and multimeters.
• Experience planning and executing structured hardware validation, including test procedure development, data collection, and documentation.
• Experience with requirements and/or test management tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama, Polarion, or equivalent) and maintaining traceability from requirements to test cases and results.
• Familiarity with hardware design and analysis tools such as Mentor Graphics Xpedition and ORCAD (or equivalent) for reviewing designs and informing test strategies.
• Exceptional collaboration and teamwork skills; demonstrated ability to work across functional and organizational boundaries (hardware, software, systems, suppliers).
• Proven experience leading projects to completion, including coordination of lab work, driving closure of defects, and achieving test sign-off.
• Strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced, technically complex environment.

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.