Lead Spacecraft Harness Engineer

Starcloud; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Starcloud, Inc. is seeking a Senior Harness Engineer to own the electrical interconnect system across power, avionics, RF, storage, and GPU compute subsystems on our spacecraft.

You will lead harness development end to end, from architecture and connector strategy through detailed design, 3D routing, and release documentation with manufacturing support. The role emphasizes hands-on CAD work, collaboration across electrical, mechanical, and structures teams, and driving standards as Starcloud

Qualifications

• 7+ years in harness/electrical interconnect design for aerospace/high-reliability hardware.
• Proven ownership of harness development through full lifecycle.
• Experience with mixed power and signal harness design, high-current distribution, shielding and derating.
• Proficiency with 3D harness routing tools (NX, Creo, CATIA, Siemens Capital, Zuken E3).
• Ability to create complete harness documentation packages (schematics, wire lists, ICDs, ECO revisions).
• Cross-functional collaboration to resolve interface issues pre-build.

Responsibilities

• Own the spacecraft electrical interconnect system end to end, from concept through flight integration.
• Develop complete harness designs: diagrams, wiring, connector selection, shielding, grounding, derating, and routing constraints.
• Create and maintain 3D harness routing models in CAD, coordinating clamps, bend radii, service loops, clearances, keep-outs and access needs.
• Bridge electrical and mechanical teams by driving interface alignment, maintaining ICDs, and identifying pinout and routing mismatches before build.
• Release manufacturing documentation, including drawings, build books, from/to lists, inspection criteria, and ECO-driven revisions.
• Partner with technicians and manufacturing to support harness fabrication, inspection, troubleshooting, and rework to meet quality and schedule.
• Support vehicle integration and test by overseeing harness installation, resolving nonconformances, and improving design-for-assembly and design-for-serviceability.

Skills

Harness design

CAD proficiency

3D routing

Documentation management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

NX

Creo

CATIA

Siemens Capital

Zuken E3

Job description

Starcloud, Inc. is seeking a Senior Harness Engineer to own the electrical interconnect system across power, avionics, RF, storage, and GPU compute subsystems on our spacecraft.

You will lead harness development end to end, from architecture and connector strategy through detailed design, 3D routing, and release documentation with manufacturing support. The role emphasizes hands-on CAD work, collaboration across electrical, mechanical, and structures teams, and driving standards as Starcloud