Flight-Ready Spacecraft Harness Engineer

EVONA; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

EVONA is seeking a Harness Design Engineer to own the complete lifecycle of electrical harness development for advanced spacecraft programs. You will design, implement, and test harness systems, collaborating with electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver flight-ready hardware.

You will create harness documentation, support integration and testing, and apply EMI/EMC, grounding, and derating analyses to ensure reliability in space environments.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical or Aerospace engineering or related field
• 2+ years designing electrical harnesses for high-reliability systems
• Hands-on with harness design tools such as OnShape/Altium
• Experience through build, integration and test phases
• Strong grounding, shielding and EMI/EMC understanding
• Solid documentation skills for specs, drawings and work instructions

Responsibilities

• Design and develop spacecraft electrical harnesses from requirements through fabrication, integration and acceptance testing
• Create and maintain harness documentation including wire lists, schematics, connectors, drawings and routing diagrams
• Author and maintain engineering specifications, manufacturing work instructions and ATPs
• Support harness fabrication with manufacturing teams and resolve production issues
• Perform wire sizing, voltage drop, grounding, shielding and derating analyses
• Lead harness integration activities including continuity, pull, hi-pot and functional tests
• Drive DFMs, lessons learned and failure investigations
• Collaborate with suppliers to specify, procure and qualify harness components

Skills

Harness design

Electrical engineering

Documentation

EMI/EMC

Systems integration

DFM

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

OnShape

Altium

Job description

EVONA is seeking a Harness Design Engineer to own the complete lifecycle of electrical harness development for advanced spacecraft programs. You will design, implement, and test harness systems, collaborating with electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver flight-ready hardware.

You will create harness documentation, support integration and testing, and apply EMI/EMC, grounding, and derating analyses to ensure reliability in space environments.