Senior Harness Engineer, Robotic Systems

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

In-office 4 days per week

Job summary

OpenAI in San Francisco, CA seeks a Senior Harness Engineer to own the architecture, design and integration of custom wire harnesses and FPCs for our advanced robotic systems. You will build prototypes, run bring-up, perform testing and refinement, and collaborate with mechanical, electrical, reliability and manufacturing teams to scale designs for production.

You will help define in-house design and validation workflows, document interfaces and decisions, and balance performance with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience designing and scaling custom wire harnesses and/or flexible printed circuits.
• Strong understanding of connector types across all size ranges and wire types.
• Proficiency with CAD and PLM tools, such as NX and Teamcenter, or equivalent systems.
• Experience developing validation plans, reliability testing, and failure analysis workflows.
• Experience scaling hardware systems from prototype through EVT/DVT/PVT and into production is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and integration of custom wire harnesses and/or flexible printed circuits (FPC).
• Build and validate prototypes through hands-on bring-up, debugging, characterization, and iterative refinement.
• Develop test methodologies and characterization infrastructure for wire harness performance, reliability, durability, and failure analysis.
• Analyze test data to identify limitations, failure modes, and opportunities for design improvement.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and supplier partners to transition designs from prototype to scalable production-ready assemblies.
• Contribute to wire harness sourcing strategy, vendor qualification, prototype builds, and supply-chain development.
• Document designs, interfaces, validation results, and engineering decisions to support long-term maintainability and production readiness.
• Help establish engineering standards, integration practices, and development workflows for future robotic platforms.

Skills

Wire harness design

Prototype bring-up

Test methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on hardware

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

Job description

OpenAI in San Francisco, CA seeks a Senior Harness Engineer to own the architecture, design and integration of custom wire harnesses and FPCs for our advanced robotic systems. You will build prototypes, run bring-up, perform testing and refinement, and collaborate with mechanical, electrical, reliability and manufacturing teams to scale designs for production.

You will help define in-house design and validation workflows, document interfaces and decisions, and balance performance with