Harness Design Engineer
$98,000–$171,000 year
On-site · Costa Mesa, California, United States
Job Summary
Harness Design Engineer — Design, fabricate and integrate harness systems; develop harness diagrams; select connectors, back-shells, wires, shielding, and cable construction to meet environmental requirements; generate harness system block and wire diagrams for production release; participate in design reviews and guide electrical team to meet system requirements; prepare assembly instructions and test procedures; support fast-paced deployments and multiple projects with cross-functional collaboration across mechanical, electrical, software, product management, quality, and compliance.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
- 3+ years hands-on experience designing electrical harnessing for rugged commercial, industrial, aerospace, or military applications
- Experience working directly with harness manufacturers to deliver high quality, high reliability products
- Own end-to-end of the electrical wiring and interconnect system, including power distribution, grounding, shielding, and signal integrity
- Ensure the design meets system-level electrical requirements for voltage, current, bandwidth, redundancy, EMI/EMC
- Perform electrical trade studies for wire gauge, shielding, connector selection, and topology
- Analyze and mitigate electrical risks such as voltage drop, crosstalk, EMI susceptibility, and thermal effects
- Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, RS422, RS232, 1553)
- Familiar with existing applicable harness standards as well as MIL-STD requirements
- Able to apply knowledge of SWaP for power, network and communications systems and designs
- Experience reading wire block interconnect diagrams and wire diagrams
- Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and oral)
- Must be eligible to receive a US Security Clearance
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