General Motors

Senior Signal Integrity Engineer

General Motors$120K — $150K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering.
  • 5+ years of signal integrity and hardware engineering experience, notably with LPDDR5, PCIe, USB4, SerDes, and Ethernet.
  • Strong grasp of high-speed signal transmission principles like impedance and crosstalk.
  • Proficiency in SI analysis tools such as Ansys HFSS, SIWave, or CST.
  • Hands-on experience with lab equipment like oscilloscopes, VNAs, and TDRs.

Responsibilities

  • Perform signal integrity simulations using tools such as HyperLynx, HFSS, or CST.
  • Identify and resolve issues related to signal degradation in high-speed designs.
  • Analyze PCB layout designs for optimal signal performance with detailed feedback.
  • Collaborate with engineers to optimize high-speed signal paths for various interfaces.
  • Evaluate signal integrity for power delivery networks to minimize noise and integrity issues.
  • Develop test strategies for verifying signal integrity on prototypes and products.
  • Create and maintain design guidelines for signal integrity.

Benefits

  • Potential eligibility for relocation benefits.
  • Commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace culture.
  • Support for employee well-being from day one.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role:

The Senior Signal Integrity Engineer at General Motors plays a crucial role in ensuring the performance and reliability of high-speed hardware designs within the ECU Electrical team. This position involves simulating HW designs, measurements in lab mitigating signal degradation issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and optimizing design processes to support the development of next-generation automotive systems. The engineer will be responsible for product development activities, focusing on in-vehicle electronics and cutting-edge technologies.

What You'll Do:
  • Perform signal integrity (SI) simulations using tools such as HyperLynx, HFSS, or CST
  • Identify and resolve issues related to crosstalk, signal loss, reflections, and other performance degradations in high-speed designs.
  • Analyze PCB layout designs to ensure optimal signal performance, providing feedback and recommendations to layout and hardware design teams.
  • Collaborate with hardware engineers to optimize high-speed signal paths, ensuring adherence to specifications for interfaces like DDR5, PCIe, USB4, SerDes, and Ethernet.
  • Evaluate and validate signal integrity for power delivery networks (PDN) to minimize noise, ground bounce, and power/ground integrity issues.
  • Work closely with PCB layout, hardware, and mechanical teams to ensure design choices align with signal integrity best practices.
  • Develop and implement test strategies for verifying signal integrity on prototypes and final products using tools like oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers (VNA), and time domain reflectometry (TDR).
  • Create and maintain signal integrity design guidelines, best practices, and checklists to support hardware engineers throughout the product development lifecycle.
  • Diagnose and resolve SI issues during the bring-up phase of new products, ensuring minimal impact on time-to-market.


What You'll Need:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in signal integrity and related areas in hardware engineering with hands on experience on LPDDR5, PCIe, USB4, SerDes and Ethernet protocols.
  • Strong understanding of high-speed signal transmission principles, including impedance, crosstalk, noise, and signal attenuation.
  • Proficiency in SI analysis tools such as Ansys HFSS, SIWave, CST or similar industry-standard software.
  • Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, VNAs, TDRs, and protocol analyzers.
  • Ability to contribute to process improvements and the development of new methodologies for signal integrity analysis.


• This job is may be eligible for relocation benefits.

About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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1908
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