Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer, Compute Validation

GM • Warren, MI

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Hardware Validation Engineer - Compute Validation will validate and release next-generation compute hardware for General Motors’ software-defined vehicles. The role leads validation for complex ECU platforms, owning test strategy, execution, issue resolution, and release readiness across environmental, EMC, and functional validation domains. It involves technical leadership, hands-on debugging, and collaboration with hardware, software, systems, manufacturing, and vehicle integration teams.

The engineer will lead validation of central compute platforms throughout product development, develop strategies and test plans, define interface validation requirements and acceptance criteria, and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions. The position also owns environmental and EMC validation, leads board bring-up and lab testing, assesses product readiness and risk, supports quality and compliance activities, and communicates results to engineering and program leadership.

The role is categorized as hybrid, with the selected candidate expected to report to a specific location at least three times a week or at another frequency set by their manager. Travel is required less than 25% of the time. Relocation benefits are available to candidates who qualify under company policy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in hardware validation, embedded electronics, ECU development, or compute platform engineering.
• Strong experience validating complex automotive electronic modules or compute systems.
• Experience leading environmental and/or EMC validation activities for automotive hardware.
• Knowledge of automotive hardware development processes, reliability engineering, and product release methodologies.
• Strong understanding of digital electronics and embedded hardware fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of power distribution and system architecture.
• Strong understanding of high-speed interfaces, including PCIe, Ethernet, USB, and DDR.
• Strong understanding of hardware bring-up, debugging, and failure analysis.
• Strong understanding of automotive environmental and EMC validation processes.
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, multimeters, and debug tools.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to independently drive technical issues to resolution across cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Central Compute, ADAS, Autonomous Driving, Infotainment, or other high-performance embedded computing platforms.
• Familiarity with DVP&R, DFMEA, requirements management, and traceability processes.
• Experience validating hardware using high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, USB, and SerDes technologies.
• Experience supporting hardware development from prototype through production launch.

Responsibilities

• Lead validation planning and execution for central compute platforms throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Develop validation strategies, test plans, and coverage aligned with product requirements, technical risks, and program milestones.
• Define interface validation requirements, test methods, and acceptance criteria.
• Drive issue identification, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and closure of hardware validation concerns.
• Partner with design engineers to incorporate validation learnings into product improvements and future designs.
• Own environmental validation activities, including thermal, vibration, mechanical shock, humidity, and reliability testing.
• Lead EMC/EMI validation readiness, execution, issue triage, and corrective action tracking.
• Collaborate with internal and external laboratories to develop test setups, review results, and resolve validation failures.
• Use data-driven validation insights to improve hardware robustness and compliance performance.
• Lead board bring-up and validation of prototype and production-intent hardware.
• Perform hands-on lab testing, including power measurements, signal integrity assessments, thermal characterization, and stress testing.
• Investigate and resolve issues involving power delivery, high-speed interfaces, environmental performance, and EMC behavior.
• Assess validation results and provide recommendations regarding product readiness and technical risk.
• Collaborate with silicon vendors and teams across hardware, software, systems, safety, manufacturing, and vehicle integration.
• Support technical reviews, validation reviews, and program milestone assessments.
• Provide technical leadership within validation workstreams and align engineering teams and external partners.
• Ensure validation supports automotive reliability, EMC, manufacturability, and quality requirements.
• Support DVP&R, DFMEA, requirements traceability, and coverage analysis.
• Communicate validation results, risks, and recommendations to engineering and program leadership.

Benefits

• Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.
• GM provides well-being support from day one; employees are referred to Total Rewards resources for benefit details.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior