Electrical Hardware Engineer - CCU Validation

Job Description

The Role

General Motors is transforming the transportation industry through advanced electrical architectures, high-performance computing, and the integration of ADAS and infotainment capabilities. GM’s Software-Defined Vehicle 2.0 (SDV2) platform is our next-generation centralized computing architecture. At the heart of this transformation is an in-house designed, liquid-cooled central compute unit that enables faster development cycles, more efficient software updates, and seamless scalability across every GM brand.
 

As an Electrical Hardware Engineer - Compute Validation, you will play a key role in the validation and release readiness of next-generation high-compute ECUs that enable automated driving, vehicle intelligence, and immersive digital experiences. This role is intended for an experienced engineer who can independently drive validation activities across prototype and production-intent hardware, with direct ownership of environmental and EMC validation planning, execution, issue tracking, and closure. You will work cross-functionally with design, systems, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and vehicle integration teams to ensure robust hardware performance across real-world automotive conditions.

Key Responsibilities

Compute Validation Ownership

• Own validation planning and execution for central compute hardware across bench, subsystem, and vehicle-relevant test environments.
• Develop validation strategies, test plans, and coverage aligned to product requirements, design risk areas, and program milestones.
• Drive issue identification, debug coordination, root-cause tracking, and closure of hardware validation concerns.
• Partner with design engineers to ensure validation feedback is incorporated into design updates, test escapes are addressed, and lessons learned are captured.

Environmental and EMC Ownership

• Own environmental validation activities including thermal, vibration, mechanical shock, humidity, and other applicable reliability test scopes for compute hardware.
• Own EMC/EMI validation coordination, including test readiness, test execution support, issue triage, and corrective action follow-up.
• Work with internal and external test labs to define setups, review results, document failures, and track actions to closure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve hardware robustness and compliance performance based on validation outcomes.

Bring-Up, Debug, and Test Execution

• Lead board bring-up and validation activities for prototype and early development hardware, including power-on sequencing, debug, and functional verification.
• Perform and guide bench-level testing including signal quality checks, voltage/current measurements, thermal characterization, and functional stress testing.
• Support failure analysis and debug of issues related to power, interfaces, component interactions, environmental exposure, and EMC performance.
• Review data from validation events and provide clear recommendations on risk, readiness, and next actions.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with silicon partners and internal engineering teams across hardware, software, systems, safety, and feature development.
• Support integration across electrical, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and vehicle teams to ensure complete validation coverage.
• Contribute to design reviews, test reviews, milestone assessments, and technical discussions with a strong validation perspective.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance within validation workstreams and help align execution across internal contributors and test partners.

Quality and Compliance

• Ensure validation activities support compliance to applicable automotive standards and expectations including design robustness, EMC/EMI, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Support DFMEA, DVP&R, test traceability, issue management, and requirement-to-validation coverage.
• Document validation results, technical risks, and open issues in a clear and actionable manner for program leadership and engineering teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in hardware validation, electronics engineering, embedded systems, or compute platform development.
• Strong experience with hardware validation of complex electronic modules or ECUs.
• Working knowledge of:
  • Digital electronics, power architecture, and embedded hardware fundamentals
  • High-speed interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, USB, and DDR
  • Hardware bring-up, lab debug, and failure analysis methods
  • Environmental and EMC/EMI validation processes for automotive or similar high-reliability applications
• Hands-on experience using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, logic analyzers, and related debug tools.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and technical communication skills.
• Ability to independently manage validation tasks and drive issues to closure across cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with central compute, ADAS ECUs, infotainment, or other high-performance embedded computing platforms.
• Experience owning or leading environmental and/or EMC validation activities for an automotive electronic module.
• Understanding of automotive electronics standards, design for reliability, and hardware release processes.
• Familiarity with DVP&R, DFMEA, requirement traceability, and structured validation documentation.
• Experience with tools such as Microsoft Office, Mathcad, or similar engineering tools.
• Effective communicator who can operate with ownership while collaborating across a fast-paced product development organization.

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