Staff Hardware Engineer

4 weeks ago


San Francisco, California, United States General Motors Full time
Job Title: Staff Hardware Engineer - SoC and Memory

We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Hardware Engineer to lead the strategic selection and development of semiconductors for use across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop written specifications for components within scope of responsibility, enabling semiconductor engineers to facilitate on-time sourcing activities in accordance with electronics development and vehicle program timing requirements.
  • Drive semiconductor industry standardization and innovation to meet future architecture goals.
  • Build partnerships and collaborate with electronics hardware/software engineering, purchasing, and suppliers to implement semiconductor strategic objectives.
  • Establish use-case level domain specific expertise for semiconductors used across the enterprise along with the planned ECU portfolio pipeline.
  • Understand market semiconductor product portfolios, supply chains, and technology roadmaps.
  • Provide technical coaching for the semiconductor engineering teams during the design, application selection, technical reviews, and sourcing phases.
  • Spearhead SoC & memory selection and design applications around the selected components meeting GM design needs.
  • Act as the technical owner for various GM organizations, including ECU and device teams, electrical architecture teams, and software teams.
Qualifications:
  • BS in Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of engineering experience in hardware design and development.
  • Understanding of SoC architecture, memory hierarchy, and ASIC design flow.
  • Knowledge of SoC IPs (memory, analog, processor, interconnects, etc.).
  • Experience with SoC silicon bring-up and Tier 1 level ECU hardware engineering.
  • Experience with different memory types (DDR, NOR, NVM, UFS, etc.).
  • Strong comprehension of hardware design requirements.
  • Experience with circuit/schematic design and analysis, worst case analysis calculations, DFMEA, and circuit simulation.
  • Expertise in technical evaluations of semiconductor vendors and IP, and in assessing tradeoffs to meet performance, power, and cost objectives.
  • Hands-on experience troubleshooting issues and validating hardware.
  • Proficiency with lab equipment (power supplies, high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, logic/protocol analyzers).
  • Exceptional collaboration and teamwork skills; proven ability to work across functional and organizational boundaries.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, including planning, execution, and monitoring.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to learn quickly.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree/PhD in Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Comprehensive understanding of the software development lifecycle, particularly in embedded systems and automotive applications.
  • Industry expertise in SoC application engineering through work at a semiconductor company.
  • Experience leading ECU product development from requirement definition phase to production.

This role is categorized as Hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report onsite three times per week at minimum.



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