Spacecraft Harness Design Engineer I

Rocket Lab Corp.; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 115,000; 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 for CAD models. The role involves assisting avionics with circuit design, analysis, prototyping, and testing.

You will collaborate with avionics and spacecraft teams, produce BOMs, and help develop test plans for avionics subsystems. Must have a engineering degree and US citizenship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering; or other engineering degree.
• Experience with electrical engineering or avionics
• US citizenship is required, due to program requirements

Responsibilities

• Perform harness layout, connector and back shell selection, wire selection, and shielding for our spacecraft.
• Generate pinout tables for harness connectors at both ends of the assembly based on spacecraft interconnect diagrams
• Maintain BOMs for harnessing in the PLM tool
• Create documentation for electrical system schematics and harness designs
• Develop test plans and procedures for avionics subsystems and components
• Analyze and optimize spacecraft avionics circuits for performance, reliability, and manufacturability
• Participate in internal design and customer-facing review meetings as a representative of the avionics electrical engineering team
• Work in multi-disciplinary teams to design electronic assemblies for satellite and spacecraft programs

Skills

Electrical engineering

Avionics

Education

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

Tools

LT Spice

Altium

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 for CAD models. The role involves assisting avionics with circuit design, analysis, prototyping, and testing.

You will collaborate with avionics and spacecraft teams, produce BOMs, and help develop test plans for avionics subsystems. Must have a engineering degree and US citizenship.