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Salary: USD 129,000 - 171,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking an Electrical Harness Design Engineer to join the Air Dominance and Strike program. You will be responsible for designing, fabricating, and integrating harness systems for advanced military platforms, serving as the harness discipline representative on your project.
Key responsibilities include:
- Investigate, plan, design, and develop harnesses to meet technical requirements for rugged aerospace and military applications
- Research, select, and procure connectors, back-shells, contacts, wire, shielding, and cable construction to meet environmental specifications
- Develop and generate harness system block diagrams and wire diagrams for production release
- Participate in design reviews and drive design choices to identify and resolve issues
- Prepare harness assembly instructions and test procedures incorporating industry standards and best practices
- Provide guidance to the electrical team on system requirements, coordinating input from mechanical, electrical, software engineering, product management, quality, and compliance stakeholders
- Own end-to-end electrical wiring and interconnect systems, including power distribution, grounding, shielding, and signal integrity
- Ensure designs meet system-level electrical requirements for voltage, current, bandwidth, redundancy, and 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 (Size, Weight, and Power) optimization for power, network, and communications systems
- Work directly with harness manufacturers to deliver high-quality, high-reliability products
- Manage concurrent involvement in multiple projects at various stages in a fast-paced environment supporting new developments, active deployments, and customer-operated hardware
Note: Per Anduril's expansion plans, this role is anticipated to relocate to Long Beach, CA beginning late 2027.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 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
- Proficiency building 3D routed harness data files using NX Cabling and Siemens Capital Harness
- Experience with 3D CAD wire harness routing using Siemens NX
- Ability 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 applicable harness standards and MIL-STD requirements
- Experience reading wire block interconnect diagrams and wire diagrams
- Exceptional organization and communication skills (written and oral)
- Must be eligible to receive a US Security Clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 5+ years experience designing and integrating wire harness electrical systems into aerospace platforms
- Experience with aircraft avionics module vendors and avionics component suppliers
- Familiarity with EMI/EMC principles
