Staff Electrical Harness Design Engineer

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced Harness Design Lead to own the electrical harnessing for rugged military-grade systems. You will design, fabricate, and integrate harnesses, manage vendors, and ensure compliance with system-level electrical requirements in fast-paced development environments.

The role requires deep expertise in CAN, Ethernet, RS422/RS232, and MIL-STD standards, with strong communication and project-management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 12+ years hands-on experience designing electrical harnessing for rugged applications.
• Experience working with harness manufacturers to deliver high quality, reliable products.
• End-to-end ownership of wiring and interconnect system, including power, grounding, shielding, and signal integrity.
• Design meets system-level electrical requirements for voltage, current, bandwidth, redundancy, EMI/EMC.
• Electrical trade studies for wire gauge, shielding, connector selection, and topology.
• Analyze and mitigate electrical risks such as voltage drop, crosstalk, EMI, and thermal effects.
• Familiar with CAN, Ethernet, RS422, RS232, 1553 interfaces.
• Familiar with MIL-STD harness standards and SWaP considerations.
• Able to read wire block interconnect diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Design, fabricate and integrate harnesses for projects.
• Plan, design and develop harnesses to meet technical requirements.
• Select connectors, back-shells, contacts, wire, shielding for products.
• Develop and generate harness system block diagrams and wire diagrams for production.
• Participate in design reviews and drive design choices.
• Prepare harness assembly instructions and test procedures.
• Provide guidance to electrical team given input from stakeholders.
• Support fast-paced developments, deployments, and customer hardware.
• Concurrently manage multiple projects at various stages.

Skills

Harness design

Electrical interfaces

3D CAD routing

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX Cabling

Siemens Capital Harness

CATIA

CREO

2D CAD

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• 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 appropriate 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 your knowledge of industry standards and best practices
• Provide guidance to the electrical team in identifying electrical system requirements given input from internal and external stakeholders including engineering (mechanical, electrical, software), product management, quality and compliance
• Work in a fast-paced environment supporting new developments, active deployments, and customer operated hardware
• Concurrently manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
• 12+ years hands‑on experience designing electrical harnessing for rugged commercial, industrial, aerospace, or military applications
• 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
• Perform electrical trade studies for wire gauge, shielding, connector selection, and topology
• Analyze and mitigate electrical risks such as voltage drop, crosstalk, EMI susceptibility, and thermal effects
• Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, RS422, RS232, 1553)
• Familiar with existing applicable harness standards as well as MIL‑STD requirements
• Able to apply knowledge of SWaP for power, network and communications systems and designs
• Experience reading wire block interconnect diagrams and wire diagrams
• Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and oral)
• Must be eligible to receive a US Security Clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Build 3D routed harness data files applying NX Cabling and Siemens Capital Harness
• Experience with or proficient in 3D CAD wire harness routing, such as (NX, Siemens Capital, CATIA, CREO)
• Able to read and generate formboard drawings in 2D CAD for production
• EMI/EMC principles and common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, RS-422, RS-232, MIL-STD-1553)

Salary Range

$191,000—$253,000 USD

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

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