Electrical Systems & Manufacturing Engineer

Adventurer Manufacturing; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Adventurer Manufacturing is seeking an Electrical Systems & Manufacturing Engineer to own company-wide electrical architectures and the manufacturability of harness components. You will drive schematics, harness designs, and quality standards across multiple platform systems, including 12V, 48V, and AC architectures.

You will collaborate with Product Engineers and suppliers to translate requirements into safe, scalable electrical solutions, lead next-gen development, and standardize interfaces

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of electrical systems engineering experience in vehicles, RVs, marine, industrial equipment, energy systems, or other complex manufactured products.
• Strong capability in wiring schematics, harness design, DC power systems, batteries, charging, protection, grounding, and electrical troubleshooting.
• Experience with Victron custom power systems, lithium battery systems, inverters/chargers, solar, CAN/communications, and AC integration highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain electrical architecture, schematics, harness designs, specifications, and design standards.
• Partner with brand Product Engineers and Suppliers to translate product requirements into safe, robust electrical systems.
• Lead next-generation electrical system development where appropriate.
• Engineer harness manufacturing methods, fixtures, test systems, assembly processes, and quality controls.
• Standardize components and interfaces across brands where doing so improves reliability, cost, service, or supply resilience.

Skills

Electrical systems engineering

Wiring schematics

Harness design

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or closely related discipline

Tools

CAN/communications

DC power systems

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Electrical Systems & Manufacturing EngineerRole Purpose

Serve as the company-wide technical authority for electrical systems while also owning the manufacturability, repeatability, tooling, and quality of electrical/harness assembly processes.

What You OwnCompany

• Company electrical architecture and engineering standards across 12V, 48V, and AC systems.
• Wiring schematics, harness architecture, harness design standards, and electrical BOM/specification discipline.
• Battery/energy storage, solar, inverter/charger, DC/DC, HVAC electrical integration, and communications/CAN where applicable.
• Electrical safety, compliance support, validation requirements, and component standardization.
• Manufacturing engineering for the harness department, including fixtures, tooling, test equipment, error-proofing, and end-of-line testing.

Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop

• Develop and maintain electrical architecture, schematics, harness designs, specifications, and design standards.
• Partner with brand Product Engineers& Supplierspartnersto translate product requirements into safe, robust electrical systems.
• Lead next-generation electrical system development where appropriate.
• Engineer harness manufacturing methods, fixtures, test systems, assembly processes, and quality controls.
• Standardize components and interfaces across brands where doing so improves reliability, cost, service, or supply resilience.
• Support electrical prototypes, validation, troubleshooting, field failures, supplier issues, and corrective actions.
• Develop electrical diagnostic standards and production/end-of-line test methods.
• Lead training for all electrical installation techs.

Cross-Functional ResponsibilitiesMaintain

• Maintain a strong technical working relationship with all Sr. Product Engineers; organizational reporting to Operations does not change the role’s authority over shared electrical architecture, standards, schematics, harness engineering, and electrical validation requirements.
• All Sr. Product Engineers on product electrical requirements and integration.
• Manufacturing Engineering and the harness department on process capability, tooling, fixtures, and test.
• Quality on electrical validation, failure analysis, compliance evidence, and corrective actions.
• Supply Chain on electrical suppliers, components, alternates, and technical approvals.
• Service on diagnostics, field failures, and serviceability improvements.

Qualifications & ExperienceOffgrid/Adventure Vehicle power systems

• Typically, 3-5 + years of electrical systems engineering experience in vehicles, RVs, marine, industrial equipment, energy systems, or other complex manufactured products.
• Strong capability in wiring schematics, harness design, DC power systems, batteries, charging, protection, grounding, and electrical troubleshooting.
• Experience withVictroncustom power systems,lithium battery systems, inverters/chargers, solar, CAN/communications, and AC integration highly desirable.
• Practical manufacturing engineering experience with harness assembly, fixtures, test equipment, error-proofing, and production quality.
• Nice to have but not required - Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechatronics, electromechanical engineering, or closely related discipline.

What Success Looks Like

• Electrical architecture becomes standardized, documented, and scalable across brands.
• Electrical and harness-related production defects and field failures decline.
• Advanced power systems are developed with disciplined safety and validation.
• Harness manufacturing is repeatable, testable, efficient, and well-tooled.
• Brand teams receive strong electrical expertise without duplicating electrical roles.

Operating principle

Own the electrical ecosystem from schematic to harness station to field performance.