Harness Design Engineer – Spacecraft Electronics

Rocketlab; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Onsite fitness centers

Discounted gym memberships

Complimentary snacks and beverages

50% off Rocket Lab merch

Stock as part of total compensation

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA, seeks a Harness Design Engineer I/II to design electrical harnesses for spacecraft, organize interfaces, and generate design documentation for CAD models. The role also involves assisting avionics engineers with circuit design, analysis, prototyping, and testing.

Requires a engineering degree and experience in electrical engineering or avionics; includes equity and a comprehensive benefits package as part of total compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering; or other engineering degree.
• Experience with electrical engineering or avionics.
• Master’s or PhD in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering; or other engineering degree.
• Experience in the aerospace/defense industry.
• Experience supporting satellite development programs and satellite operations.
• Thorough understanding of the space environment, orbital mechanics, and rigid body dynamics.
• Experience with LT Spice, Altium, and/or Siemens software suite (i.e. Teamcenter).
• Experience with requirement management tools such as JAMA.
• Experience with testing electrical subsystems and assemblies, thermal vacuum or random vibration, and hardware-in-the loop (HITL) testing.
• Proficiency in electronics principles and electrical systems, including power electronics, communication systems (RS-422, SPI, Ethernet, CAN bus), signal integrity, and grounding.
• Proficiency with instrumentation, interfaces and sensors, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs, and 4-20mA sensors.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Harness layout, connector and back shell selection, wire selection, and shielding for our spacecraft.
• Generate pinout tables for harness connectors at both ends of the assembly based on spacecraft interconnect diagrams
• Responsible for creating and maintaining BOMs for harnessing in our PLM tool
• Assist in creating documentation for electrical system schematics and harness designs
• Develop test plans and procedures for avionics subsystems and components
• Perform analysis and evaluations to optimize spacecraft avionics circuits for performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Participate in internal design and customer facing review meetings as a representative of the avionics electrical engineering team.
• Work in multi-disciplinary teams to assist in design of electronic assemblies for our satellite and spacecraft programs

Skills

Electrical engineering

Avionics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering; or other engineering degree

Tools

LT Spice

Altium

Siemens Teamcenter

JAMA

Job description

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA, seeks a Harness Design Engineer I/II to design electrical harnesses for spacecraft, organize interfaces, and generate design documentation for CAD models. The role also involves assisting avionics engineers with circuit design, analysis, prototyping, and testing.

Requires a engineering degree and experience in electrical engineering or avionics; includes equity and a comprehensive benefits package as part of total compensation.