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Staff Electrical Hardware Engineer - Central Compute at General Motors | LAYIQ

Hardware Architecture & Technical Leadership
Define and drive electrical hardware architecture for Central Compute and high-performance compute platforms.
Own system partitioning, power architecture, clocking strategies, high-speed interconnects, redundancy concepts, and hardware scalability.
Lead technical trade studies and make architecture recommendations balancing performance, cost, reliability, manufacturability, and future platform needs.
Establish design guidelines, best practices, and technical standards across hardware development teams.
Review and approve critical design decisions throughout product development.
Hardware Design & Development
Provide technical oversight for complex mixed-signal, high-speed digital, and power circuitry designs.
Guide schematic development, component selection, and design optimization activities.
Lead design reviews and ensure compliance with electrical, thermal, reliability, safety, and EMC requirements.
Drive PCB design strategy, including signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, and EMI/EMC mitigation approaches.
Electrical Analysis, Reliability & Functional Safety
Lead electrical robustness assessments, including: Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA)
Power integrity analysis
Interface margin analysis
Power sequencing validation
Thermal and derating evaluations
Drive DFMEA development and mitigation strategies across subsystem and system interactions.
Partner with Functional Safety teams to ensure hardware compliance with ISO 26262 requirements and safety goals.
Champion design-for-reliability and design-for-manufacturability initiatives.
Hardware Bring-Up & Complex Problem Solving
Lead first-board bring-up, integration, and debugging efforts for advanced compute platforms.
Direct root cause investigations involving hardware, software, systems, manufacturing, and supplier teams.
Resolve complex cross-domain issues impacting performance, reliability, or production readiness.
Drive corrective actions and lessons learned across programs.
Hardware-Software Integration & System Collaboration
Define and govern Hardware Software Interface Specifications (HSIS).
Partner closely with software and systems engineering teams on boot architecture, device drivers, diagnostics, firmware dependencies, and platform integration.
Ensure hardware architectures support software scalability, maintainability, and future feature growth.
Influence platform-level integration strategies across compute domains.
Verification, Validation & Program Leadership
Provide technical leadership across EV, DV, PV, and production launch phases.
Guide hardware verification planning and validation strategy development.
Ensure test coverage aligns with system requirements, safety objectives, and product reliability targets.
Review validation results and drive closure of critical technical issues.
Technical Mentorship & Organizational Impact
Mentor and develop electrical hardware engineers across multiple experience levels.
Serve as a subject matter expert for compute platform hardware architecture and design.
Influence technical roadmaps, engineering processes, and future technology adoption.
Represent hardware engineering in executive reviews, architecture reviews, and supplier engagements.
Required Qualifications
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.
Strong communication, presentation, and technical leadership skills.

Staff Electrical Hardware Engineer - Central Compute

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