Electrical Harness Engineer

EngineersOfAI; München; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

EngineersOfAI is seeking an Electrical Harness Engineer in Munich, Germany to manage the full electrical harness design lifecycle for drone platforms. You will be responsible for creating manufacturable harness designs, ensuring mission-critical reliability in operations.

The ideal candidate will have experience in both 2D and 3D environments and proficiency in SOLIDWORKS Electrical. This role involves significant collaboration with cross-functional teams and complete ownership of data packages released to suppliers.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing harnesses with no interpretation required.
• Ability to manage harness data within a PLM environment for traceability.
• Knowledge of connector solutions for mechanical and electrical environments.

Responsibilities

• Design harnesses end-to-end across drone platforms.
• Define routing architectures considering environmental constraints.
• Select appropriate wire types and shielding solutions.
• Apply EMC-aware design practices throughout development.
• Build and validate prototypes in the lab.
• Manage supplier data packages from definition to release.
• Collaborate with various engineering teams to align on requirements.
• Maintain and release harness datasets within the PLM system.

Skills

Design harnesses in 2D and 3D

Proficiency in SOLIDWORKS Electrical and/or Siemens Capital

Comprehensive connector and interconnect knowledge

Job description

Who we are

Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards.

As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously.

We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications.

The role

As an Electrical Harness Engineer, you will own the full electrical harness design lifecycle across Helsing's drone platforms and their supporting ground systems from the airframe through to the catapult launcher and Ground Control Station. You will translate system interface requirements into manufacturable harness designs, govern routing decisions across mechanically and electromagnetically challenging environments, and own the data packages released to suppliers. Your work is the physical backbone connecting every subsystem on the platform, ensuring mission-critical reliability and performance across operations.

The day-to-day

• Design harnesses end-to-end across three platform domains airframe, catapult launch system, and Ground Control Station producing 2D schematics, 3D routed models, and 2D formboard manufacturing drawings complete with branch geometry, bundle diameters, breakout locations and all supplier call-outs
• Define routing architectures that account for domain-specific constraints: vibration and flex on the airframe, high-G shock and environmental exposure on the catapult, and density, thermal management and serviceability on the GCS
• Select wire types, shielding constructions and connector solutions appropriate to each environment making deliberate trade-offs between weight, EMC performance, temperature rating and manufacturability
• Apply EMC‑aware design practices throughout: cable segregation, shield termination strategy, backshell bonding, and minimum separation between high‑noise and sensitive circuits
• Build and validate prototypes hands‑on in the lab verifying routing, connector mating, shield continuity and workmanship before any supplier release
• Own the supplier data package end-to‑end: define it, check it for completeness and zero‑ambiguity, release it, and hold suppliers accountable to the output
• Work closely with avionics, power electronics, RF/EMC and mechanical teams to align on interface requirements, resolve integration conflicts and ensure design‑for‑manufacture decisions early
• Manage harness data within the PLM system: creating, maintaining and releasing harness datasets, ensuring configuration control and traceability across all design revisions and platform variants

You should apply if you

• Have designed harnesses in both 2D and 3D environments and produced 2D formboard drawings that a supplier can build from without interpretation
• Are proficient in SOLIDWORKS Electrical and/or Siemens Capital, and have experience managing harness data within a PLM environment to maintain traceability across design, manufacturing and supplier outputs
• Have comprehensive connector and interconnect knowledge contacts, backshells, shield terminations, wire types and can specify the right solution for a given mechanical and electrical environment