Sr. Engineer- Interconnect Wiring Harness Design (Avionics/Defence)

Thales; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Engineer to contribute to interconnect wiring harness design and hardware solutions for aerospace and defence applications. You will formalize requirements, develop specifications, and ensure deliverables meet military and aviation standards while collaborating with electronics, mechanical, and systems teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on design using VeSys 2020.1, AutoCAD, and MS Office tools, with experience in PCB data packages and manufacturing

Qualifications

• Experience in wiring harness design and manufacturing.
• Knowledge of interconnection, wiring, component packing and PCB data packages.
• Familiarity with WHMA-620, IPC-610 and SAE AS50881 wiring harness standards.
• Exposure to MS-Office tools (PowerPoint, Visio, Excel) and basic scripting.
• Hands-on in VeSys 2.0 wiring harness design tool and AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Formalize function descriptions, technical requirements, and specifications.
• Develop engineering plans and product designs per CHORUS 2.0 process.
• Contribute to bid/project/product delivery with cross-functional teams.
• Ensure compliance with wiring harness design standards and manufacturing requirements.

Skills

Wiring harness design

CAD tools

VESYS 2020.1

MS Visio 2016

Python scripting

Regular expressions

Tools

AutoCAD Premium

CATIA V5

Job description

Location: Bangalore Anchorage, India

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India – one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

Senior Engineer- Interconnect Wiring Harness Design

Primary Purpose Of The Role

He / She contributes to the wiring harness design and interconnection solution activities and performs the hardware design activities required to develop design of a hardware solution / product.

• Formalizes the function description, technical requirement and specifications.
• Elaborates the specification and the engineering plans used to develop the product.

Performs development activity as per the CHORUS 2.0 process

Year of Experience:

4 to 7 years of experience in wiring harness design and manufacturing industries.

Key Responsibilities And Tasks

• Must have experience in solution proposals on the interconnections, wiring, component packing and printed circuit board.
• Must have experience with contents of product Data package (Data files, Definition files, Bill of Material or item list, Documents, components, COTS, Find number, material & processes and standards).
• Must have experience in wiring harness design and manufacturing requirement of wiring harness/cable harness.
• Must have experience in wiring harness testing and inspection requirements.
• Must have experience knowledge in WHMA-620 or IPC-620 standard to define the wiring harness design requirement and quality requirements.
• Must have knowledge of military and aerospace standards (like SAE-AS50881) for the wiring harness design
• Must have hands on experience in VeSyS2.0 wiring harness design tool and AutoCad.
• Should have experience in MS-Office (specially in MS-PowerPoint, MS-Visio and MS-Excel)
• Should have experience in Product life cycle/Product configuration.
• Should have experience of working with mutli-disciplinary team (Electronics Design, Mechanical design and system engineering teams).
• Ensures global consistency of the engineering process, practices and tools, organizes the co-engineering then approves lower level solution element’s or component’s engineering plans including those flown down to the sub-contractors and partners.
• Identifies the engineering skills needed to ensure the Bid/Project/Product delivery.

SKILL REQUIRED:

Essential:

• CAD Tools working knowledge:
• Mandatory: VESYS 2020.1, AutoCAD premium, MS-VISIO 2016,
• Desired: CATIA V5, ATIM & MENTOR TOOLS for harness design
• Design Standards:
• Mandatory: WHMA-620, IPC-610, SAE AS50881, MIL-Standards for wiring harness
• Strong background of Wiring Harness Design Standards & components knowledge of electrical and wiring harness
• Has knowledge is GROUND TRANSPORTATION DOMAIN – Harness design.
• Hands on experience in EXCEL automation & basic python scripting
• Regular expressions.
• Has manufacturing knowledge of cable harness and industry exposure is preferred.
• Basic project cost estimations, Project planning, execution and deployment.

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.