Senior Wire Harness Design Engineer — Equity-Eligible, Aerospace

Slope; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking a Lead Wire Harness Design Engineer to drive the electrical harnessing strategy across R&D projects. You will design, fabricate, and integrate harness systems and generate production-ready wiring diagrams, coordinating with mechanical, software, and quality teams.

Applicants should have 5+ years of hands-on harness design experience for rugged applications and proficiency with Siemens NX, NX Cabling, and Siemens Capital Harness. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ 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.

Responsibilities

• Act as 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 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 knowledge of industry standards and best practices.
• Provide guidance to the electrical team in identifying electrical system requirements from stakeholders.
• Work in a fast-paced environment supporting new developments, deployments, and customer operated hardware.
• Concurrently manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages.

Skills

Electrical harness design

3D CAD routing

System-level electrical requirements

Risk analysis

Vendor management

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Siemens Capital Harness

NX Cabling

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking a Lead Wire Harness Design Engineer to drive the electrical harnessing strategy across R&D projects. You will design, fabricate, and integrate harness systems and generate production-ready wiring diagrams, coordinating with mechanical, software, and quality teams.

Applicants should have 5+ years of hands-on harness design experience for rugged applications and proficiency with Siemens NX, NX Cabling, and Siemens Capital Harness. U.S.