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Staff Hardware Engineer: Connectivity Platforms at General Motors | LAYIQ

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 ): Bachelor’s 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.

Staff Hardware Engineer: Connectivity Platforms

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