Electrical Wiring Architect

Workhorse; Wixom (MI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dog-Friendly Workplace

Growth-Oriented Environment

Job summary

Workhorse Group Inc. in Wixom, MI seeks an experienced Electrical/Wiring Harness Engineer to own the vehicle wiring architecture, define electrical interfaces, and maintain architecture documentation using Capital Harness.

You will establish harness boundaries, circuit requirements, and system topology while coordinating across engineering teams, suppliers, and manufacturing to optimize cost, weight, and reliability across multiple configurations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering required with strong automotive wiring knowledge.
• 7–10 years in automotive electrical or wiring-harness roles.
• Experience with Capital Harness and harness-development tools.

Responsibilities

• Own and develop vehicle wiring architecture, harness partitioning and interfaces.
• Define circuit requirements, wire sizing, grounding, and protection.
• Maintain block diagrams, wiring schematics, and interface definitions.
• Collaborate with DREs, controls, packaging, manufacturing and suppliers.
• Optimize wiring for cost, mass, manufacturability, serviceability, and reliability.
• Support DFMEAs, EMC, and system-level design reviews.

Skills

Wiring architecture

Electrical distribution

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Capital Harness

VeSys

Job description

Description

Better Trucks. Better World.

We're raising the standard for what a medium-duty truck should be - delivering vehicles, infrastructure, and support designed to work for you.

About the Role

• Own and develop the overall vehicle wiring architecture, including harness partitioning, electrical interfaces, grounding strategy, power distribution, and communication-network topology
• Define how electrical components and systems are connected across the vehicle
• Develop and maintain vehicle-level electrical block diagrams, wiring schematics, interface definitions, and architecture documentation using Capital Harness
• Establish harness boundaries, inline-connector locations, routing strategies, and subsystem interfaces
• Define circuit requirements, including wire sizing, voltage drop, fuse protection, shielding, grounding, and connector requirements
• Manage wiring architecture across vehicle options, configurations, and future product variants
• Work with component DREs, wiring DREs, electrical architecture, controls, mechanical packaging, manufacturing, service, and suppliers to ensure system compatibility
• Optimize the wiring system for cost, mass, complexity, manufacturability, serviceability, and reliability
• Support electrical DFMEAs, functional-safety reviews, EMC analysis, and system-level design reviews
• Lead resolution of cross-functional electrical interface and wiring issues during vehicle development and validation
• Support Mule, DV, PV, and production builds, including root-cause analysis and implementation of design improvements
• Maintain configuration control and ensure wiring changes are properly incorporated across schematics, harness designs, vehicle documentation, and released components

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• 7-10 years of automotive electrical or wiring-harness engineering experience
• Experience with Capital Harness software suite
• Strong understanding of vehicle electrical distribution systems, wiring topology, grounding, circuit protection, and network architecture
• Experience developing full-vehicle wiring architectures across multiple vehicle configurations
• Knowledge of low-voltage and high-voltage electrical systems, including separation, shielding, grounding, and interface requirements
• Experience with electrical schematic and harness-development tools such as Capital, VeSys, or equivalent
• Understanding of automotive development processes, including Mule, DV, PV, and production launch
• Working knowledge of automotive wiring standards, connector systems, EMC requirements, and design-for-manufacturing principles
• Ability to coordinate technical decisions across multiple engineering teams, suppliers, and vehicle programs

Why Workhorse

• Lead the Future of Electric Mobility
  Workhorse is a leading electric vehicle company focused on delivering sustainable, purpose-built solutions that are transforming last-mile delivery and commercial transportation.
• Dog-Friendly Workplace
  We believe great ideas come from people who feel comfortable being themselves- four-legged teammates included at many of our locations.
• Strong, People-First Culture
  We foster a collaborative, respectful, and transparent culture where teams are empowered, accountability is valued, and leaders are trusted to lead.
• Innovation Meets Execution
  Workhorse combines cutting-edge technology with real-world manufacturing and operational excellence- turning innovation into vehicles on the road.
• Growth-Oriented Environment
  Join a company in an exciting phase of growth where your leadership, ideas, and results will directly shape what’s next.

Workhorse Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.