Spacecraft Harness Design Engineer

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Stock purchase program

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) retirement plan

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rocket Lab Corporation in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Harness Design Engineer I/II to design wiring harnesses for spacecraft, define interfaces, select components, and generate design docs to feed CAD models. You will support avionics with circuit design, analysis, prototyping and testing.

The role offers hands-on electrical engineering experience in a fast-growing space company, with equity, comprehensive benefits, and collaboration in multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering; or other engineering degree.
• 2+ years of electrical engineering or avionics experience.

Responsibilities

• Harness layout and wiring design for spacecraft.
• Generate pinout tables for harness connectors.
• Create and maintain BOMs in PLM.
• Produce documentation for electrical schematics and harness designs.
• Develop test plans for avionics subsystems.
• Analyze avionics circuits for performance and reliability.
• Participate in design reviews as avionics representative.
• Collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams on electronic assemblies.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Avionics

Harness design

CAD

Circuit analysis

Testing

Education

Bachelor’s in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering

Tools

LT Spice

Altium

Siemens Teamcenter

JAMA

Job description

Rocket Lab Corporation in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Harness Design Engineer I/II to design wiring harnesses for spacecraft, define interfaces, select components, and generate design docs to feed CAD models. You will support avionics with circuit design, analysis, prototyping and testing.

The role offers hands-on electrical engineering experience in a fast-growing space company, with equity, comprehensive benefits, and collaboration in multi-disciplinary teams.