Wire Harness Technician

AIM; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

AIM is hiring an entry-level Wire Harness Technician in Seattle to build, inspect, and sign off high-reliability harnesses per IPC/WHMA-A-620 and applicable drawings. You will read wiring diagrams, work instructions, and GD&T, and ensure first-pass quality with minimal rework.

You will cut, strip, crimp, solder, and terminate wires, install connectors, and perform basic electrical checks with multimeters. Candidates should be comfortable in a fast-paced, low-volume/high-mix environment and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1–5 years of experience using mechanical and/or electronic hand tools.
• Ability to read and follow wiring diagrams, schematics, and assembly drawings.

Responsibilities

• Cut, strip, crimp, solder, and terminate wire and cable per engineering drawings and work instructions.
• Build wire harnesses and electro-mechanical assemblies to IPC/WHMA-A-620 workmanship standards.
• Read and interpret cable harness drawings, layout drawings, mechanical drawings, schematics, and GD&T.
• Install connectors, terminals, heat-shrink tubing, cable ties, labels, and protective sleeves.
• Perform continuity, insulation resistance, and functional electrical checks using digital multimeters and custom test setups.
• Inspect completed harnesses for correct pinout, mechanical durability, and workmanship; document non-conformances.

Skills

Crimping & termination

Soldering

Wiring diagrams

Multimeter testing

Troubleshooting

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Altium

Digital Multimeter

Job description

AIM builds autonomy for the real world - robots that move mountains. Our systems fuse software, hardware, robotics, and mission-critical infrastructure into ruggedized, safety-critical machinery operating on jobsites across the world. We replace decades of manual, error-prone, high-risk work with intelligent machines that reshape how earthmoving is done.

Build, fabricate, and inspect high-reliability wire harness and cable assemblies for autonomous programs. Work from engineering drawings and controlled documentation to deliver harnesses that meet spec the first time. A successful entry-level Wire Harness Technician independently builds and inspects harnesses to drawing and IPC/WHMA-A-620 spec with minimal rework, flags ambiguous drawings or missing documentation rather than guessing, and can be trusted to sign off their own work — but escalates any spec conflict, safety concern, or non-standard fix to an engineer or lead rather than deciding it themselves.

Responsibilities

• Cut, strip, crimp, solder, and terminate wire and cable per engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, and work instructions.

• Build wire harness and electro-mechanical assemblies to IPC/WHMA-A-620 workmanship standards.

• Read and interpret cable harness drawings, layout drawings, mechanical drawings, schematics, and GD&T.

• Install connectors, terminals, heat-shrink tubing, cable ties, labels, and protective sleeves.

• Perform continuity, insulation resistance, and functional electrical checkouts using digital multimeters and custom test setups.

• Inspect completed harnesses for correct pinout, mechanical durability, and workmanship; flag and document non-conformances.

• Perform basic rework and repair — de-pin/re-pin terminals, splice corrections — on returned or in-process assemblies.

• Collaborate with production and manufacturing engineers to document and improve build processes.

• Maintain a clean, organized, and safety-focused work area; follow all safety procedures and PPE requirements.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• 1-5 years of experience using mechanical and/or electronic hand tools.

• Ability to read and follow wiring diagrams, schematics, and assembly drawings.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience fabricating or inspecting wire harness and cable assemblies.

• Familiarity with IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards (certification a plus).

• Experience in aerospace, defense, heavy equipment, automotive or another high-reliability manufacturing environment.

• Experience with Altium.

• Comfort working in a fast-paced, low-volume/high-mix production environment with shifting priorities.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work at a bench or on a vehicle for extended periods.

• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs as needed.

• Good vision and hand-eye coordination for detailed wiring work

Hard skills

1. Crimping, soldering, and connector termination to a recognized workmanship standard (IPC/WHMA-A-620 or equivalent).

2. Reading and working directly from wiring diagrams, schematics, and mechanical/GD&T drawings without hand-holding.

3. Using a digital multimeter and basic test setups to verify continuity, resistance, and functional pass/fail.

4. Diagnosing and correcting a wiring defect (not just reporting it) — re-termination, splice repair, de-pin/re-pin.

AIM-specific attributes

1. Comfort with ambiguity — AIM's build documentation and BOMs change often as harnesses go through revisions; the technician has to build correctly today and adapt tomorrow without a finished, static work instruction.

2. Safety-first mindset — works around live electrical systems and heavy equipment; stops and flags rather than pushing through an unsafe condition to hit a deadline.

3. Ownership of outcomes — treats a harness with their name on it as their responsibility through inspection and test, not just through assembly.

4. Low-volume/high-mix tolerance — comfortable switching between harness types and revisions within a shift rather than expecting long, repetitive runs.

Compensation - $40,000-$75,000 base salary