Harness Manufacturing Engineer

Planet; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet is standing up an in-house harness production line and seeks a Harness Manufacturing Engineer to own the manufacturing side of it. You will own harnesses across every satellite Planet builds and work within the New Product Introduction (NPI) team to scale assembly, integration, and test operations for the next generation of satellites.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to build a manufacturing capability from the ground up and enjoys hands-on work with hardware.

Responsibilities

• Own the manufacturing side of the harness production for Planet's in-house line.
• Coordinate with the NPI team, harness design, production technicians, quality, and supply chain to move harnesses from first article to flight production.
• Build a manufacturing capability from the ground up and perform hands-on work with hardware.

Job description

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

About the Role:

We are standing up an in-house harness production line, and we are looking for a Harness Manufacturing Engineer to own the manufacturing side of it.

You will own harnesses across every satellite Planet builds. You will work inside the New Product Introduction (NPI) team, which develops and scales the assembly, integration, and test operations for our next generation of satellites, and you will partner closely with our Electrical Engineering harness design team, production technicians, quality, and supply chain to take harnesses from first article through qualified, repeatable flight production.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to build a manufacturing capability from the ground up and enjoys hands‑on work with the hardware.

This is a full‑time