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Electrical Harness Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike

Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Hardware : Electrical Integration
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Costa Mesa, CA$129k - $171kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Electrical Harness Design Engineer responsible for designing, fabricating, and integrating harness systems, coordinating across mechanical, electrical, and software teams, and ensuring system-level electrical requirements are met for rugged aerospace/military applications.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • 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
  • Apply knowledge of SWaP for power, network and communications systems and designs

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
  • 3+ years hands-on experience designing electrical harnessing for rugged commercial, industrial, aerospace, or military applications
  • Build 3D routed harness data files applying NX Cabling and Siemens Capital Harness
  • Experience with or proficient in 3D CAD wire harness routing using Siemens NX
  • Able to read and generate formboard drawings in 2D CAD for production (Siemens Capital)
  • Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, RS422, RS232, 1553)
  • Familiarity with existing applicable harness standards as well as MIL-STD requirements
  • 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

Skills

Required:Harness design and integration3D harness routing (NX Cabling, Siemens Capital Harness)Electrical schematics and diagramsElectrical interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, RS422, RS232, MIL-STD-1553)Trade studies and analysis

Benefits

  • Benefits package described as comprehensive and competitive (health, recovery, and other supports); further details available via Explore Our Benefits
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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