Electrical Hardware Technician: HIL Test Benches & Harnesses

Apex Systems, LLC; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking an Electrical Engineering Technician for the Foster City lab to build and maintain physical infrastructure, harnesses, and HIL test benches for automotive ECUs and autonomy systems.

The role involves end-to-end harness design, rack installations, inventory management, and collaboration with test engineers to reproduce and diagnose hardware issues in a fast-paced lab environment.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or vocational/technical certification or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Three+ years in lab, bench tech, or data center hardware environment.
• Experience in wiring harness design, connector selection, and crimping automotive-grade connectors.

Responsibilities

• Design and build wiring harnesses for HIL test benches and rack builds from schematics to pinouts.
• Install compute nodes, network switches, and power units in racks following layouts.
• Manage kitting, staging, inventory, and asset tracking; maintain documentation (BOMs, pinouts, racks).
• Troubleshoot hardware faults (damaged cables, power supplies, loose connections).
• Collaborate with test/validation engineers to reproduce issues and escalate failures with detailed findings.

Skills

Wiring harness design

Connector selection

Crimping and harness testing

Lab infrastructure maintenance

Hand tools and measurement

Education

Associate degree or technical certification in electronics/electromechanical technology

Tools

Automotive-grade connectors (Molex/Amphenol/Rosenberger)

Harness CAD tools (CAD)

Rack elevation drawings

Job description

Everforth Apex is seeking an Electrical Engineering Technician for the Foster City lab to build and maintain physical infrastructure, harnesses, and HIL test benches for automotive ECUs and autonomy systems.

The role involves end-to-end harness design, rack installations, inventory management, and collaboration with test engineers to reproduce and diagnose hardware issues in a fast-paced lab environment.