Spacecraft Harness Design Engineer I

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Harness Design Engineer I to design electrical harnesses for spacecraft, organize interfaces, select components, and generate design documentation to pass to our spacecraft engineering team for accurate CAD models. You will assist in avionics circuit design, analysis, prototyping and testing.

You’ll work in multi-disciplinary teams on electronic assemblies for satellite and spacecraft programs, contribute to test plans, and help ensure reliability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering.
• Experience with electrical engineering or avionics.
• US citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Perform harness layout and connector/back shell selection for spacecraft.
• Generate pinout tables for harness connectors based on interconnect diagrams.
• Maintain BOMs for harnessing in the PLM system.
• Create documentation for electrical schematics and harness designs.
• Develop test plans for avionics subsystems and components.
• Analyze and optimize spacecraft avionics circuits for performance and reliability.
• Participate in design reviews representing the avionics electrical engineering team.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Avionics

Power electronics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering

Tools

LT Spice

Altium

Siemens Teamcenter

JAMA

Job description

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Harness Design Engineer I to design electrical harnesses for spacecraft, organize interfaces, select components, and generate design documentation to pass to our spacecraft engineering team for accurate CAD models. You will assist in avionics circuit design, analysis, prototyping and testing.

You’ll work in multi-disciplinary teams on electronic assemblies for satellite and spacecraft programs, contribute to test plans, and help ensure reliability and