Electrical Wiring Architect

Workhorse Technologies, Inc.

$100K — $120K *
Wixom, MI 48393In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field
  • 7-10 years of automotive electrical or wiring-harness engineering experience
  • Proficiency with Capital Harness software suite
  • Deep knowledge of vehicle electrical distribution systems, wiring topology, and circuit protection
  • Experience in developing wiring architectures for multiple vehicle configurations
  • Familiarity with low-voltage and high-voltage electrical systems and their requirements
  • Understanding of automotive development processes and wiring standards

Responsibilities

  • Own and develop overall vehicle wiring architecture
  • Define connections of electrical components and systems across the vehicle
  • Develop and maintain electrical block diagrams and wiring schematics using Capital Harness
  • Establish harness boundaries and routing strategies
  • Define and manage circuit requirements for protection and performance
  • Collaborate with various teams to ensure system compatibility
  • Optimize wiring systems for cost, mass, and reliability
  • Support electrical DFMEAs and system-level design reviews

Benefits

  • Innovative work culture fostering continuous learning
  • Access to the latest automotive technology and design tools
  • Collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams
  • Opportunity to lead projects and drive engineering decisions
  • Engagement with industry-leading suppliers and partners
Full Job Description
About the Role
  • Own and develop the overall vehicle wiring architecture, including harness partitioning, electrical interfaces, grounding strategy, power distribution, and communication-network topology
  • Define how electrical components and systems are connected across the vehicle
  • Develop and maintain vehicle-level electrical block diagrams, wiring schematics, interface definitions, and architecture documentation using Capital Harness
  • Establish harness boundaries, inline-connector locations, routing strategies, and subsystem interfaces
  • Define circuit requirements, including wire sizing, voltage drop, fuse protection, shielding, grounding, and connector requirements
  • Manage wiring architecture across vehicle options, configurations, and future product variants
  • Work with component DREs, wiring DREs, electrical architecture, controls, mechanical packaging, manufacturing, service, and suppliers to ensure system compatibility
  • Optimize the wiring system for cost, mass, complexity, manufacturability, serviceability, and reliability
  • Support electrical DFMEAs, functional-safety reviews, EMC analysis, and system-level design reviews
  • Lead resolution of cross-functional electrical interface and wiring issues during vehicle development and validation
  • Support Mule, DV, PV, and production builds, including root-cause analysis and implementation of design improvements
  • Maintain configuration control and ensure wiring changes are properly incorporated across schematics, harness designs, vehicle documentation, and released components


Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
  • 7-10 years of automotive electrical or wiring-harness engineering experience
  • Experience with Capital Harness software suite
  • Strong understanding of vehicle electrical distribution systems, wiring topology, grounding, circuit protection, and network architecture
  • Experience developing full-vehicle wiring architectures across multiple vehicle configurations
  • Knowledge of low-voltage and high-voltage electrical systems, including separation, shielding, grounding, and interface requirements
  • Experience with electrical schematic and harness-development tools such as Capital, VeSys, or equivalent
  • Understanding of automotive development processes, including Mule, DV, PV, and production launch
  • Working knowledge of automotive wiring standards, connector systems, EMC requirements, and design-for-manufacturing principles
  • Ability to coordinate technical decisions across multiple engineering teams, suppliers, and vehicle programs

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