Product Hardware Design Manager - Displays

Product Hardware Design Manager Displays

To achieve our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion, GM Hardware platform is evolving to provide robust service to our customers.

In this role, Product Hardware Design Manager Displays, you will be responsible for executing Display Hardware Design, Validation, and Release throughout life cycle of a product. You will lead Hardware Engineering Team and work with cross functional team (Layout, Mechanical Engineering, Software, Semi conductor) to deliver quality product on time. You will work with the leading display panel suppliers across varying display technologies and build a display module for GM vehicles.

You'll effectively achieve program milestones by thorough and effective program management. You will coach and lead a team of electrical hardware engineers.

I am seeking a high performing manager to develop winning execution strategies, oversee solutions, resolve issues, and deliver continuous improvement for Displays in GM vehicles considering quality, cost, and timing.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overseeing and guiding a team of electrical hardware designers. This involves providing technical direction, assigning tasks, and ensuring the team's productivity and efficiency.
• Mentor and Coach Hardware Engineer, help/guide career growth
• Work closely with other teams, such as software engineers, mechanical engineers, and manufacturing teams, to ensure seamless integration of electrical hardware designs into the overall product.
• Lead embedded designs for advanced module architectures.
• Lead new IC design/development strategic to advanced in-vehicle architectures
• Lead electrical schematic design and PCB layout
• Assess the feasibility of proposed electrical hardware designs, considering factors such as cost, performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Support next generation designs for brining current and future display panel technologies like LCD, OLEDs etc.. to GM vehicles
• Perform/Review electrical worst case analysis
• Represent the GM HW team as design expert in the core technologies developed among the team
• Optimize five-point parametric tests and finalize end of line production tests
• Lead the process as a build-to-print engineer that also acts as a liaison with the contract house
• Apply cost effective solutions with improved performance design
• Lead product development as part of a multi hub engineering organizations based in Detroit and West Coast
• Refine/optimize requirements with MPG team
• Maintain Display Hardware Design deliverables e.g., Block Diagram, Schematics, PCB layout,
• Lead Peer Reviews and identify issues (e.g. integration, interfaces, systemic issues)
• Support Engineering Change Request (ECR) of Displays.
• Support Assembly Plant issue resolution
• Provide technical leadership for troubleshooting activities to support PRTS Issue Resolution
• Support Product Investigations (SFI Process)
• Lead Cost Reduction
• Provides guidance and consultation to Design Release Engineers (DREs) in product development team meeting
• Create and maintain Best Practices
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally within Displays team and across other SMTs.
• Collaborate and strategize with Display TS, Electric Power (Sub)system TS, and Safety
• Ensure all vehicle Program Imperatives (i.e., piece cost, investment, mass, base engineering content & IPTV) involving these components are met.
• Work with DRE/Validation group to setup a plan for a component validation plan (includes component software verification) and ensure that the plan is executed in time to meet program imperatives.
• Participate in Formal Design, Peer and Quality Valve reviews as required by the Vehicle Development Process (VDP).
• Develop/Review/Approve all In-process Electrical test plans.
• Support vehicle integration activity for pre-production and production vehicles
• Lead/participate in issue resolution for design and development issues, ECU warranty analysis, parts restriction and report updates as required to Engineering and Vehicle Team leadership
• Lead/support DFMEA/PFMEA of Displays

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering Required. Masters degree preferred
• Professional experience creating digital/analog HW interfaces including schematic creation and/or PCB layout & supportive documentation
• Minimum 10+ years working experience in automotive hardware electronics design
• Experience with display technologies, SERDES, TCONs, TDDIs and other key design components and future key semiconductor component roadmaps.
• In-depth knowledge of requirements engineering process (FMEA, Preliminary Hazard Analyses)
• In-depth knowledge of verification and validation processes
• In-depth knowledge of embedded software development, testing and associated tools
• Understanding of hardware design and failure mode
• Understanding of engineering theory and principles of operation of mechanical/electrical mechanisms
• Thorough knowledge of design development and test engineering, manufacturing and assembly operations, engineering processes and procedures.
• Highly developed oral and written communications skills
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally within Electrical and across other SMTs.
• Demonstrated problem solving ability.
• High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate employees, and elicit work output
• Very high level of analytical problem-solving skills where problems are very unusual and extremely difficult.

Preferred Qualification

• Experience in design & analysis tools like Mentor Graphics (schematic & layout) MathCad, PSpice & Saber in strongly preferred
• Previous industry experience with display technologies