Amazon

Mechanical Engineer, Harness Design

Amazon$96K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of hardware design and validation experience
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics, or equivalent
  • Familiarity with harness design workmanship for space standards
  • Experience in prototyping, fabrication, and implementation
  • Development of tests and requirements for space applications

Responsibilities

  • Design harness systems for satellite integration focusing on reliability and manufacturability
  • Support decision-making for in-house vs. outsourced components
  • Engage with suppliers for component qualification and assembly standards
  • Create detailed specifications for power and data harnesses
  • Oversee qualification and acceptance testing for launch-ready harnesses
  • Produce comprehensive CAD designs and assembly documentation

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program and mental health support
Full Job Description
In the Mechanical Engineer, Harness Design role, you will be responsible for conceptualizing, designing, procuring, testing, and support integration for the wiring harnesses across the entire satellite. Robust harness systems are crucial to maintaining reliable electrical system functionality. You will have direct impact on the success of creating a constellation of communication satellites that will be capable of reaching and providing broadband internet to the most remote areas of the world.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

- Harness design for satellite system requiring interfacing across mechanical, electrical and payload design owners, trading various configurations to identify best overall solution for reliability, manufacturability, test, integration, and cost.

- Support make vs buy decisions, design reviews, and implement manufacturing and integration plans optimized for high rate production.

- Engage various component suppliers and Harnessing manufacturing vendors for component & assembly level qualification.

- Design/develop specifications and produce/procure power/data harnesses which meets electrical design requirements including current rating, targeted power loss, shielding, grounding and EMI/EMC.

- Perform/oversee harness qualification and acceptance tests for launch environments and operation through mission life, including test fixture fabrication for prototype evaluations, and deliver all development and flight hardware per vehicle schedules

- Create 3D CAD routings, 2D manufacturing drawings, schematics, and assembly installation drawings.

A day in the life

As a Harness Engineer, you will be working closely with all hardware sub-system and support teams on a daily basis. You will play an integral part of gathering requirements for harness development as well as providing critical input for successful integration of avionics hardware.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 2+ years of hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems experience

- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Familiarity with harness design workmanship for space (e.g. IPC/WHMA-A-620, NASA 8739.4, etc.)

- Experience prototyping, fabrication, and implementation

- Development of tests and requirements for space (e.g. SMC-S-016)

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Redmond - 96,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

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