CareerPlan

Senior Electrical Harness Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$146k2026-10-07 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Lead Wire Harness Design Engineer for R&D teams designing, fabricating, and integrating harness systems for military and aerospace applications.

Role type

Senior IC electrical systems engineer (wire harness design)

Builds

3D routed harness data files, wire diagrams, assembly instructions, and test procedures for production

Domain

Defense technology, aerospace, military systems

Required skills

3D CAD wire harness routing (Siemens NX), 2D CAD for formboard drawings, harness system block diagram generation, electrical trade studies, SWaP analysis, MIL-STD compliance, connector/wire/shielding selection, voltage drop/crosstalk/EMI mitigation, CAN/Ethernet/RS422/RS232/1553 bus interfaces

Preferred skills

Aircraft avionics module vendor experience, EMI/EMC principles, aerospace platform integration

Technologies

Siemens NX, Siemens Capital Harness, Siemens Capital

Responsibilities

Design and develop harnesses to meet technical requirements; research and select connectors, back-shells, contacts, wire, shielding, and cable construction; generate harness system block diagrams and wire diagrams; participate in design reviews; prepare assembly instructions and test procedures; provide guidance on electrical system requirements; manage multiple concurrent projects

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC