Senior EWIS Harness Engineer — Aerospace Avionics Lead

Roboticsconnected; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 254,000; Full time

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Equity grants

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Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Staff EWIS Harness Engineer to lead R&D wiring harness design for air vehicle systems. You will coordinate with avionics, systems, manufacturing, and flight test teams to develop and test harness solutions for rugged, customer-operated hardware, with a focus on SWaP and reliability.

The role demands 10+ years in harness design for aerospace or military applications, proficiency in Siemens NX/Cabling, 3D routing, and extensive interface with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 10+ years hands‑on experience designing electrical harnessing for rugged commercial, industrial, aerospace, or military applications.
• Build 3D routed harness data files applying NX Cabling and Siemens Capital Harness.
• Experience with or proficient in 3D CAD wire harness routing using Siemens NX.
• Able to read and generate formboard drawings in 2D CAD for production (Siemens Capital).
• Experience working directly with harness manufacturers to deliver high quality, high reliability products.
• Own end‑to‑end of the electrical wiring and interconnect system, including power distribution, grounding, shielding, and signal integrity.
• Ensure the design meets system‑level electrical requirements for voltage, current, bandwidth, redundancy, EMI/EMC
• Perform electrical trade studies for wire gauge, shielding, connector selection, and topology.
• Analyze and mitigate electrical risks such as voltage drop, crosstalk, EMI susceptibility, and thermal effects.
• Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, RS422, RS232, 1553).
• Familiar with existing applicable harness standards as well as MIL‑STD requirements.
• Able to apply knowledge of SWaP for power, network and communications systems and designs.
• Experience reading wire block interconnect diagrams and wire diagrams.
• Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and oral).
• Must be eligible to receive a US Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Act as a lead Wire Harness Design Engineer for R&D teams.
• Provide the engineering expertise to design, fabricate and integrate harnesses systems and represent the harness discipline on a project.
• Investigate, plan, design and develop harnesses to meet various technical requirements.
• Research, select and procure appropriate connectors, back-shells, contacts, wire, shielding, and cable construction for the product to meet appropriate environmental requirements.
• Develop and generate harness system block diagrams and wire diagrams to release for production.
• Participate in design reviews and provide input to identify issues and drive design choices.
• Prepare harness assembly instructions and test procedures, incorporating your knowledge of industry standards and best practices.
• Provide guidance to the electrical team in identifying electrical system requirements given input from internal and external stakeholders including engineering (mechanical, electrical, software), product management, quality and compliance.
• Work in a fast‑paced environment supporting new developments, active deployments, and customer operated hardware.
• Concurrently manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages.

Skills

NX Cabling

Siemens Capital Harness

3D CAD wiring routing

Electrical harness design

MIL-STD knowledge

CAN/Ethernet communications

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Siemens Capital Harness

2D CAD drafting

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Staff EWIS Harness Engineer to lead R&D wiring harness design for air vehicle systems. You will coordinate with avionics, systems, manufacturing, and flight test teams to develop and test harness solutions for rugged, customer-operated hardware, with a focus on SWaP and reliability.

The role demands 10+ years in harness design for aerospace or military applications, proficiency in Siemens NX/Cabling, 3D routing, and extensive interface with