General Motors

Entry Level Hardware Design and Validation

General Motors$95K — $105K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
  • Graduating between December 2026 and June 2027.
  • Available to work full time, 40 hours per week.
  • Experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers, or CAN communication.
  • Knowledge of electrical schematics and safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Support the design and validation of electrical hardware components.
  • Develop mechanical parts and interfaces for vehicle systems.
  • Create engineering deliverables like wiring diagrams and 3D CAD models.
  • Integrate hardware into vehicle architectures and systems.
  • Participate in testing and validation activities across various engineering disciplines.
  • Troubleshoot hardware issues during prototype and testing phases.
  • Identify opportunities for design improvement and cost efficiency.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Retirement savings plan options.
  • Life insurance and accident benefits.
  • Paid vacation and holidays.
  • Tuition assistance programs.
  • Employee discounts on GM vehicles.
Full Job Description

Job Description

The Role:

Join GM’s Vehicle Software and Electronics Engineering organization to support the design, integration, validation, and launch of electrical controllers, automotive displays, connectivity, compute, and other electro-mechanical systems for electric and internal combustion engine vehicles.

You will work across electrical and mechanical hardware disciplines with software, manufacturing, validation, and supplier engineering teams to develop robust ECU and vehicle hardware.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):

  • Support the design, development, integration, and validation of hardware, including schematics, PCB assemblies, enclosures, and vehicle systems.

  • Develop mechanical components and interfaces such as castings, moldings, stampings, seals, mounts, connectors, and fasteners.

  • Create engineering deliverables, including wiring diagrams, schematics, PCB layouts, bills of material, 3D CAD models, 2D drawings, test procedures, and validation documentation.

  • Apply design calculations, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and design-for-manufacturability principles.

  • Help integrate harnesses, cables, PCB assemblies, connectors, and enclosures into vehicle and electro-mechanical architectures.

  • Support analysis and test plans, prototyping, proof-of-concept activities, testing, and test-data analysis.

  • Participate in EMC, environmental, thermal, structural, vibration, connectivity, RF, display, and infotainment validation activities.

  • Troubleshoot hardware issues throughout prototype builds, integration, testing, and launch; document findings and recommend next steps.

  • Support hardware release, component and semiconductor selection, requirements traceability, and validation tracking.

  • Identify opportunities to improve cost, mass, reliability, manufacturability, design quality, and vehicle integration.

  • Collaborate with GM teams and Tier 1 suppliers to resolve issues, communicate progress and risks, and deliver project milestones.

  • Contribute to virtualization, continuous improvement, and enterprise hardware design strategies.

  • Follow applicable safety regulations, engineering standards, design practices, and GM policies.

Required Qualifications:

  • Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

  • Graduating between December 2026 and June 2027

  • Able to work full time, 40 hours per week

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers, CAN, RS-485, Ethernet, analog and digital circuits, PCB layout, or component selection.

  • Knowledge of electrical schematics, wiring, safety standards, rapid prototyping, and validation methods.

  • Experience with 3D CAD, preferably Siemens NX and Teamcenter, 2D drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and ASME Y14.5-2009.

  • Knowledge of solid mechanics, materials, heat transfer, thermal solutions, manufacturing, structural analysis, and vibration.

  • Experience designing PCBAs, ECUs, computers, or other automotive electronics.

  • Familiarity with SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink, Altium Designer, OrCAD, Capital, or similar engineering tools.

  • Experience working with electronics manufacturers or Tier 1 suppliers.

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the office three times per week, at minimum times per week or other frequency dictated by the business.

Locations:

  • Mountain View, CA

  • Sunnyvale, CA

To help facilitate administration of relocation benefits if you are selected, please apply using the permanent address you would move from.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

COMPENSATION: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.

The salary range for this role is 95,000-105,000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

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 and holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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157,000 employees
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Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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