Staff Hardware Engineer - SoC and Memory

General Motors - San Francisco, CA

Full-time

San Francisco, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Staff Hardware Engineer - SoC and Memory will lead the strategic selection and development of semiconductors for enterprise applications, focusing on System on a Chip (SoC) and memory silicon. This role involves building partnerships with stakeholders, guiding electronics design, and ensuring optimal semiconductor selections for GM applications. The engineer will provide thought leadership, foster innovation, and demonstrate strong leadership behaviors while addressing systemic issues and driving change.

Responsibilities

• Develop written specifications for components to facilitate on-time sourcing activities.
• Drive semiconductor industry standardization and innovation to meet future architecture goals.
• Build partnerships and collaborate with electronics hardware/software engineering, purchasing, and suppliers.
• Establish domain-specific expertise for semiconductors used across the enterprise.
• Understand market semiconductor product portfolios, supply chains, and technology roadmaps.
• Provide technical coaching for semiconductor engineering teams during design and sourcing phases.
• Spearhead SoC & memory selection and design applications around selected components.
• Act as the technical owner for various GM organizations, including ECU and device teams.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• 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.