Senior Vehicle Wiring Architect – EV Systems

Workhorse; Wixom (MI); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dog-Friendly Workplace

Growth-Oriented Environment

Innovation Meets Execution

Job summary

Workhorse is seeking an experienced electrical wiring engineer to own the vehicle wiring architecture across multiple configurations. You will define harness boundaries, develop block diagrams, and ensure system-level compatibility with mechanical, controls, and manufacturing teams.

The role requires 7–10 years in automotive electrical engineering and proficiency with Capital Harness and VeSys. Join a team delivering scalable, cost-efficient wiring solutions for next-generation electric vehicles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 7–10 years of automotive electrical or wiring-harness engineering experience.
• Experience with Capital Harness software suite and wiring-systems tools (VeSys, Capital).

Responsibilities

• Own and develop the overall vehicle wiring architecture, including harness partitioning, electrical interfaces, grounding strategy, power distribution, and communication-network topology.
• Define how electrical components and systems are connected across the vehicle.
• Develop and maintain vehicle-level electrical block diagrams, wiring schematics, interface definitions, and architecture documentation.
• Establish harness boundaries, inline-connector locations, routing strategies, and subsystem interfaces.
• Define circuit requirements, including wire sizing, voltage drop, fuse protection, shielding, grounding, and connector requirements.
• Manage wiring architecture across vehicle options, configurations, and future product variants.
• Collaborate with DREs, wiring DREs, electrical architecture, controls, mechanical packaging, manufacturing, service, and suppliers to ensure compatibility.
• Optimize the wiring system for cost, mass, complexity, manufacturability, serviceability, and reliability.
• Support electrical DFMEAs, functional-safety reviews, EMC analysis, and system-level design reviews.
• Lead resolution of cross-functional electrical interface and wiring issues during development and validation.
• Support Mule, DV, PV, and production builds, including root-cause analysis and design improvements.
• Maintain configuration control and ensure wiring changes are incorporated across schematics, harness designs, and documentation.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Wiring harness design

Cross-functional collaboration

System architecture

Electrical network topology

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Capital Harness

VeSys

Job description

Workhorse is seeking an experienced electrical wiring engineer to own the vehicle wiring architecture across multiple configurations. You will define harness boundaries, develop block diagrams, and ensure system-level compatibility with mechanical, controls, and manufacturing teams.

The role requires 7–10 years in automotive electrical engineering and proficiency with Capital Harness and VeSys. Join a team delivering scalable, cost-efficient wiring solutions for next-generation electric vehicles.