Automotive LV/HV Harness Design Engineer

PKC Group; Farmington Hills (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

PKC Group in Farmington Hills, MI is seeking an experienced electrical harness designer to design LV wiring harnesses and HV cable assemblies for automotive platforms. You will develop BOMs, verify customer BOMs against drawings, and create schematics and topology layouts using Capital Harness Software.

The role requires 3–5 years of auto industry experience, knowledge of E/E architecture, and the ability to travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with electrical knowledge.
• 3–5 years of experience in automotive or commercial vehicle wiring harness design and development.
• Hands-on experience with Siemens Capital Harness Software.
• Strong knowledge of Low Voltage Harnesses and High Voltage Cable systems.
• Ability to read and interpret customer drawings, engineering specifications, and OEM standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop LV wiring harnesses and HV cable assemblies for automotive platforms.
• Developing Bills of Materials from Customer inputs, able to verify Customer supplied BOM with drawing.
• Developing Bills of Materials from Customers inputs for rapid responses to Customer RFIs and RFQs
• Develop wiring schematics, harness drawings, topology layouts, and manufacturing documentation using Capital Harness Software tool.
• Perform harness routing, packaging studies, bundle optimization, and component integration activities.
• Interpret and implement customer engineering drawings, specifications, standards, and electrical requirements.
• Select and integrate connectors, terminals, clips, splices, shielding, conduits, and protective components.
• Understanding Customer supplied DVPR and interpreting those and executing it.
• Support prototype builds, engineering changes, issue resolution, and design validation activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including manufacturing, purchasing, validation, quality, and supplier engineering.
• Participate in DFMEA, DFM/DFA reviews, and engineering change management processes.
• Ensure designs meet automotive quality, safety, and regulatory requirements for LV and HV systems.
• Support customer meetings, design reviews, and program launch activities.
• Support for organizational activities for VA/VE & inventory control

Skills

Harness design

Bills of Materials

E/E architecture understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

DVPR/Design validation

Problem-solving

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronics/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens Capital Harness Software

Job description

PKC Group in Farmington Hills, MI is seeking an experienced electrical harness designer to design LV wiring harnesses and HV cable assemblies for automotive platforms. You will develop BOMs, verify customer BOMs against drawings, and create schematics and topology layouts using Capital Harness Software.

The role requires 3–5 years of auto industry experience, knowledge of E/E architecture, and the ability to travel up to 20%.