Staff Wire Harness Design Engineer — EV RVs, Flexible PTO

Climactic; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 155,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Flexible Paid Time Off

13 Company Holidays

12 weeks paid parental leave

Yearly LightTrip stipend for RV trip

Job summary

Lightship is seeking a Staff Design Engineer focused on wiring systems to join our engineering team. You will own vehicle wire harness design, routing for HV systems, and collaboration across power, vehicle, and controls teams to accelerate development of an all-electric RV platform.

You will mentor a growing team while delivering robust harness solutions, DFMEA analyses, and supplier coordination to ensure durability and safety across subsystems.

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher in engineering; Mechanical preferred.
• 7+ years in mechanical or electrical design with wire harness experience.
• Experience with CAD/PLM/PDM, rapid iteration, harness sizing, 3D/2D drawings, validation plans.

Responsibilities

• Own product design for vehicle wire harnesses including signal wiring, solar, AC/DC power.
• Maintain full vehicle wiring diagram with power systems and vehicle teams.
• Manage high-voltage harness routing for drive, power distribution, HVAC.
• Own device transmittal docs between device owners, controls, and harnessing team.
• Package wire harness components inside/outside the RV cabin.
• Perform detailed mechanical analysis to meet durability and longevity needs.
• Conduct DFMEA to ensure reliability and safety of components.
• Select off-the-shelf connectors, wire, loom with cost/quality focus.
• Collaborate with vendors and supply chain to source parts.
• Support prototyping to de-risk designs before full builds.
• Work with test engineering to develop DVP&R tests and troubleshoot failures.
• Provide mentorship to growing team of mechanical engineers.

Skills

Mechanical design

Electrical design

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD/PLM/PDM systems

Catia

Siemens Capital

Job description

Lightship is seeking a Staff Design Engineer focused on wiring systems to join our engineering team. You will own vehicle wire harness design, routing for HV systems, and collaboration across power, vehicle, and controls teams to accelerate development of an all-electric RV platform.

You will mentor a growing team while delivering robust harness solutions, DFMEA analyses, and supplier coordination to ensure durability and safety across subsystems.