General Motors

Staff Hardware Engineer: Connectivity Modules

General Motors • $145K — $222K *
Warren, MI 48089In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 8+ years of hands-on validation experience focusing on embedded and connectivity systems, preferably in automotive or high-volume consumer electronics.
  • Experience leading validation activities or teams, including planning and reporting.
  • Proficient in validating high-performance computer systems and high-speed digital interfaces (e.g., PCIe, USB, Ethernet, LPDDR).
  • Familiarity with power management ICs, low-power design principles, and deep sleep/wake-up flows.
  • Strong data analysis and debugging skills for isolating and resolving hardware issues at multiple levels.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills for technical status updates to cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement validation strategies for connectivity hardware.
  • Lead validation and testing for connectivity modules, aligning strategy with requirements.
  • Validate signal and power integrity for various digital buses.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive validation plans for system functionality.
  • Analyze validation data to provide insights and risk assessments to stakeholders.
  • Mentor junior engineers in test methodologies and lab practices.
  • Drive improvements in validation processes, including automation and coverage tracking.

Benefits

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

Hybrid:
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to one of the following locations: Warren, MI or Sunnyvale, CA three times (Tues., Wed., Thurs.) per week, at minimum.

The Role

The Staff Hardware Engineer will serve as the technical leader for validation and test of connectivity hardware, responsible for:
  • Defining and implementing detailed validation strategies and plans to verify schematic design, PCB layout, performance, functional and electrical validation of all interfaces.
  • Ensuring robust issue detection, triage, and resolution for hardware components and systems that support Connectivity technologies across all GM vehicles and architectures.
  • Providing technical leadership and day-to-day guidance to other hardware validation engineers, establishing best practices and driving continuous improvement in methods, coverage, and metrics.

This role is tightly coupled to cross-functional teams, including mechanical designers, PCB layout, product managers, RF/Wireless and systems engineers, suppliers, and software/firmware teams, to:
  • Create secure and reliable Connectivity solutions.
  • Assist in defining future technology roadmaps.
  • Ensure timely resolution of issues that arise throughout development and production.
  • Represent hardware validation status, risk, and trade-offs to program leadership.


What You'll Do
  • Serve as validation and test lead for Connectivity modules, ensuring alignment of test strategy with program requirements and milestones.
  • Expert use of lab instruments: Oscilloscopes, VNAs, Spectrum Analyzers, Logic Analyzers, Power Analyzers.
  • Lead validation of signal and power integrity for LPDDR5, PCIe, USB3.x/2.0, SPI, I2C, CAN and LIN buses.
  • Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive validation plans for Connectivity modules to verify component- and system-level functionality, including regression and corner-case coverage.
  • Collaborate with design and production teams to understand and test against product requirements; challenge requirements and test coverage where necessary to ensure robustness.
  • Analyze and interpret data from validation tests, offering clear insights, risk assessments, and recommendations to stakeholders.
  • Validate power delivery, power sequencing, and power rail stability under various operating modes and environmental conditions.
  • Collaborate with silicon vendors (e.g., NXP, TI, Qualcomm) to align on SoC bring-up, interface characteristics, and debug of complex issues.
  • Collaborate with software/firmware, systems, and design teams to support hardware validation, root-cause analysis, and functional bring-up.
  • Collaborate with wireless/RF systems and design teams to support hardware validation, root-cause analysis, and functional bring-up for cellular, Wi-Fi, GNSS, UWB, and other wireless technologies.
  • Create clear test reports, validation metrics, and dashboards; recommend corrective actions or design improvements based on test results and trends.
  • Mentor and coach junior engineers and peers in test methodology, lab practices, and data analysis.
  • Drive process and methodology improvements in validation, including automation, coverage tracking, and design-for-test feedback to design teams.


Required Skills and Experience
  • Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 8+ years of hands-on validation experience with focus on embedded and connectivity systems, preferably in automotive or high-volume consumer electronics.
  • Demonstrated experience leading validation activities or teams (formal or informal), including planning, prioritization, and reporting of validation status and risks.
  • Experience validating high-performance computer systems and high-speed digital interfaces (e.g., PCIe, USB, Ethernet, LPDDR).
  • Familiarity with power management ICs, voltage regulators, low-power design principles, and deep sleep/wake-up flows.
  • Strong skills in data analysis and debug, including the ability to isolate and root-cause complex HW and system issues across silicon, board, and system levels.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to clearly present technical status, risks, and recommendations to cross-functional teams and leadership.
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, while providing structure and leadership to validation efforts.


What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
  • Master's degree in a related engineering field.
  • Knowledge and experience in wireless interfaces and technologies (e.g., cellular, Wi-Fi, GNSS, UWB, Bluetooth).
  • Experience in automotive electronics development, launch, and production support.
  • Experience with design-for-test, HW/SW co-validation, and validation automation frameworks.
  • Experience mentoring engineers, leading cross-functional debug efforts, and influencing architecture and design decisions based on validation learnings.


Additional Information:

Relocation may be available for this position.

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 actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.
• The salary range for this role is 145,000 to 222,200. 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:
• 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 & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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