Senior Hardware Test Engineer– System on Chip

About the role

The Team: General Motors is at the forefront of the transformation of automotive with the electrification of our portfolio and the development of leading-edge central compute, connectivity, and autonomous capabilities. Our Semiconductor Engineering team is a dynamic, high-energy, and innovative group focused on design and commercialization of leading-edge silicon enabling the future of GM’s Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) platforms – central compute units, connectivity modules, and other controllers.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end hardware test strategies and structured bring-up plans for SoCs and associated components (memory, power) across EVKs, reference boards, and ECUs, including power-on sequencing, clock/reset validation, basic sanity, interface bring-up, regression suites, coverage goals, and clear pass/fail criteria.
• Plan and execute SoC and board-level electrical characterization testing (for example voltage/current limits, static and dynamic power, leakage, timing margins, and I/O thresholds) across PVT corners and operating modes.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts (for example, Python, C/C++, or similar) to improve coverage, repeatability, and execution efficiency.
• Develop test content and automation for key SoC subsystems and interfaces, such as DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, MIPI, USB, and high-speed SerDes, including margin and stress testing.
• Use lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, JTAG tools, etc.) to characterize signals, validate timing and margins, and root-cause hardware issues.
• Partner closely with SoC hardware design engineers, ECU hardware teams, and software teams to translate system requirements into concrete test cases and coverage metrics.
• Develop and maintain reusable test procedures, documentation, and checklists that can be applied across multiple programs and platforms.
• Support DV/PV and component environmental testing by defining hardware functional monitoring, lab setups, and diagnostics required to exercise SoC-level functionality.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior engineers on test methods, lab best practices, and debug techniques.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in hardware validation or test engineering for complex digital systems, SoCs, or high-integration ECUs.
• Strong understanding of SoC subsystems and IP blocks (CPU, GPU/NPU, memory controllers, high-speed I/O, power management, and peripherals) from a validation and debug perspective.
• Proven hands-on experience bringing up and testing complex digital boards, including power sequencing, clock/reset validation, and interface bring-up.
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing structured hardware test plans, including definition of objectives, coverage, pass/fail criteria, and traceability to requirements.
• Proficiency with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, and precision power / current measurement tools.
• Hands-on experience with SoC and/or board-level electrical characterization (for example voltage/current limits, static and dynamic power, leakage, timing margins, and I/O thresholds) across PVT corners, including correlation to specifications and models.
• Practical experience debugging high-speed interfaces (for example DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, MIPI, or similar), including interpretation of signal integrity and timing issues.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to isolate root causes across silicon, board, and software boundaries.
• Exceptional collaboration and teamwork skills; proven ability to work across functional and organizational boundaries.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple test efforts in parallel, including planning, execution, and reporting.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
• Experience developing automated hardware tests and data collection scripts (for example Python, C/C++, or similar scripting environments).
• Experience with validation of automotive or other safety-critical SoCs and ECUs.
• Experience defining and executing environmental, reliability, and margin testing (for example voltage/temperature corners, jitter and eye diagrams, long-duration stress).
• Experience with test automation frameworks, CI pipelines, and lab management tools used to run large-scale automated regressions.