Staff Electronic Component Library Engineer

Description

The Role

General Motors is driving the transformation of the automotive industry through electrification, central compute platforms, and advanced autonomous technologies. The Compute & Connectivity Hardware team leads the electrical design and integration of next-generation ECUs supporting GM's Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) architecture.

We are seeking an experienced Staff Electronics Component Library Hardware Engineer to serve as the technical leader for GM's electronic component library. This role is responsible for establishing best-in-class processes, creating and approving schematic symbols and PCB footprints, and building a scalable, high-quality library infrastructure that supports global hardware development.

You will play a critical role in increasing component creation throughput, elevating library standards, and serving as a key bridge between the GM Component Library and future PLM systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and approve schematic symbols, PCB footprints (land patterns), pad stacks, and component cells aligned with industry and GM standards
• Lead the development of best practices, governance, and quality standards for GM's electronic component library
• Provide technical leadership to the component librarian team and mentor developing engineers
• Direct and oversee third-party suppliers responsible for component library development
• Collaborate with circuit designers, system engineers, packaging engineers, purchasing, and supply chain teams to support PCBA component selection
• Improve processes to enhance library quality, reduce cost, and increase efficiency
• Support integration between the component library and enterprise PLM systems

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience, defined as 12+ years of hands-on experience in electronic component library development and PCB design within a production automotive or high-reliability electronics environment
• Minimum 10 years of experience developing electronic component symbols, cells, pad stacks, schematics, and PCB layouts
• At least 5 years of direct experience creating and managing component library parts
• Experience using Mentor/Siemens Xpedition, Cadence, Altium Designer, or Zuken within a Tier 1 automotive electronics environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in schematic capture and/or PCB layout design
• Strong background in Siemens Xpedition library development
• Experience as an electronic hardware component engineer
• Familiarity with enterprise PLM systems

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This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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Client-provided location(s): Warren, MI

Job ID: General_Motors-JR-202519404

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-02-19T00:14:14