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General Motors
Warren, Michigan, United States of America; GM Global Technical Center - Cole Engineering Center Podium; Milford, Michigan, United States of America
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Job Description
Electronic Control Units (ECUs) supporting high Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) applications represent a rapidly expanding segment of the global automotive industry. We are seeking a creative, driven, and highly energetic ECU Hardware Safety Analysis Engineer to lead circuit-level safety analysis activities and help establish and mature internal methodologies and procedures for in-house designed ECUs.
In this role, you will conduct detailed circuit-level electronics safety analyses to support the development of the overall System Safety Case for ECUs within a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) electrical architecture. Your work will directly contribute to the advancement of technologies critical to achieving General Motors ’ Vision of Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion.
The ideal candidate brings demonstrated experience performing DFMEA at both the ECU and circuit levels, along with a strong foundation in hardware safety analysis. You are an innovative problem solver who drives technical excellence, fosters effective cross-functional collaboration, and energizes teams around a shared safety vision. This role requires strong leadership capability, business acumen, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while strategically addressing complex, system-level challenges.
A high degree of learning agility, comfort with evolving technologies, and a passion for challenging the status quo are essential to success.
Safety is truly in your hands, as your passion for safe mobility will be key in ensuring the functional safety of our inhouse developed ECUs for our latest vehicle architecture. In this role you are expected to have a high level of technical proficiency to perform various ECU, sub-component and circuit level safety analysis tasks that supports various SDV ECUs, and provide mentoring to more junior engineers. This team will function in the capacity of performing the required safety analysis within an ECU design responsible
organization where work products will be delivered to the System Functional Safety organization to meet the overall system safety case and safety goals of the ECU. This team will interface across various GM engineering disciplines as well as external engineering entities to obtain needed information for the required safety analysis work.
8+ years engineering experience in product development with safety critical systems, ECUs or electronic circuit safety analysis.
In-depth familiarity with other functional safety standards such as IEC 61508, IEC 62304, or DO-178C.
Knowledge of electronics sub-component mechanical design integration within ECUs as it relates to circuit implementation reliability and failure mechanisms.
Familiarity with common safety mechanisms implemented in Automotive ECU's
Machine learning, simulation methods and data acquisition.




This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

 About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
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