Senior Hardware Test Engineer– System on Chip

Job Description

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 highenergy and innovative group focused on design and commercialization of leadingedge silicon enabling the future of GMs Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) platforms central compute units connectivity modules and other controllers.

The Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and driven Senior Hardware Test Engineer to join our Semiconductor Center of Excellence. This pivotal role will lead the definition development and execution of hardware test strategies for stateoftheart SystemonChip (SoC) solutions used in nextgeneration automotive electronics platforms.

You will be responsible for SoC and SoCcentric ECU board bringup test plan creation automated test development and systematic debug to ensure our silicon and hardware platforms meet functional performance and reliability goals from early samples through production.

What Youll Do (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 highspeed 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 rootcause 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 SoClevel functionality.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior engineers on test methods lab best practices and debug techniques.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• Bachelors 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 highintegration ECUs.
• Strong understanding of SoC subsystems and IP blocks (CPU GPU/NPU memory controllers highspeed I/O power management and peripherals) from a validation and debug perspective.
• Proven handson experience bringing up and testing complex digital boards including power sequencing clock/reset validation and interface bringup.
• 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 highspeed interfaces (for example DDR PCIe Ethernet MIPI or similar) including interpretation of signal integrity and timing issues.

People Skills:

• Strong analytical and problemsolving 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 (Preferred Qualifications):

• Masters 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 safetycritical SoCs and ECUs.
• Experience defining and executing environmental reliability and margin testing (for example voltage/temperature corners jitter and eye diagrams longduration stress).
• Experience with test automation frameworks CI pipelines and lab management tools used to run largescale automated regressions.

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