Harnessing Design EngineerDepartment: Avionics
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Redondo Beach
Compensation: $110,000 - $155,000 / year
DescriptionIn this role, you will design and own electrical interconnect systems for high-performance space vehicles, leading development from early concept through production and integration. You'll serve as the primary point of contact for harness-related design decisions while collaborating across multiple engineering disciplines to deliver reliable solutions for demanding mission environments.
Responsibilities- Lead the design, development, and implementation of electrical harness architectures, acting as the subject matter expert for interconnect systems on assigned programs
- Translate system-level requirements into detailed harness designs that meet functional, environmental, and reliability constraints
- Evaluate and specify components such as wiring, connectors, shielding approaches, cable constructions, and associated hardware suited for demanding environments
- Create and release documentation packages including interconnect schematics, system block diagrams, and production drawings
- Lead and contribute to design reviews, proactively identifying risks, gaps, and opportunities to improve overall system performance
- Develop clear assembly instructions and verification procedures aligned with industry standards and proven engineering practices
- Partner with cross-functional teams to define electrical requirements, ensuring alignment between mechanical, software, electrical, product, and compliance stakeholders
- Support rapid development cycles, including prototyping, deployment, and continuous improvement
- Manage contributions across multiple programs simultaneously, balancing priorities across different phases of development
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum of 3 years designing wiring and interconnect systems for harsh-environment applications such as aerospace, defense, or industrial platforms
- Demonstrated ownership of full interconnect system design, including grounding approaches, signal performance, power distribution, and shielding strategies
- Proficiency in interpreting and working from wiring diagrams and interconnect documentation
- Experience optimizing designs to meet mission requirements, including manufacturability, mass efficiency, and overall system performance
- Experience conducting trade studies to optimize connector selection, conductor sizing, wiring topology, and shielding methods
- Ability to ensure compliance with system-level electrical constraints such as current capacity, voltage limits, redundancy requirements, bandwidth, and EMI/EMC considerations
- Strong understanding of electrical failure modes and mitigation techniques, including interference, voltage drop, thermal effects, and crosstalk
- Working knowledge of GD&T and common engineering drawing standards as applied to formboards, manufacturing drawings, and production documentation
Preferred Skills and Experience- Familiarity with requirements for cable and harness design, fabrication, inspection, and acceptance in accordance with NASA-STD-8739.4 and IPC/WHMA-A-620
- Experience qualifying hardware for flight, including defining test and analysis approaches for environmental and mechanical conditions, wear, and service-life requirements
- Experience developing 3D harness routing models within PLM-managed CAD environments, preferably NX and Teamcenter
- Ability to optimize electrical and communication system designs for power distribution, conductor sizing, voltage drop, thermal performance, and component derating
- Familiarity with radiation effects on avionics systems and materials in high-radiation space environments, including hardware design, analysis, and qualification for mission exposure conditions
- Working familiarity with communication standards and data buses (e.g., Ethernet, CAN, RS-422)
- Software and programming experience with emphasis on electrical interconnect systems and database integration, including working knowledge of SQL, YAML, and JSON
Additional Information:Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the
form of stock options, and access to
medical, vision & dental coverage as well as
access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
