Overview As a Harness Design Engineer on the Starshield team, you own satellite harness design from concept through flight, coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable electrical connectivity. You will shape warship-level avionics interconnections, harness layouts, and production-ready drawings in a high-performance, space-focused context. The role offers exposure to vehicle architecture and systems integration, with a strong emphasis on reliability, mass optimization, and manufacturability. This is a mission-driven opportunity to contribute to secure space capabilities at scale.
Compensation / Benefits- comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- paid parental leave
- employee stock purchase plan
- long-term incentives and stock options
- paid vacation and holidays
Responsibilities- Own harness design outcomes across design, integration, test, production, launch, and in-orbit operations
- Architect harness capabilities including power, network connectivity, fault tolerance, and configuration management
- Create detailed electrical schematics to realize architecture
- Develop 3D electro-mechanical harness designs in NX CAD and communicate design intent to manufacturing
- Contribute to physical layout to optimize size, weight, power and ease of assembly
- Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, RF, EMI teams to capture requirements and trade-offs
- Perform analysis and physical testing of harnesses for thermal, loads, and vibration across lifecycle
- Manage product delivery timelines from concept to launch
- Lead R&D and trade studies to push harness design boundaries in reliability, mass, and cost
- Demonstrate ownership of product outcomes throughout development and production
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or other engineering discipline
- Experience with electro-mechanical wire harness design or manufacturing
- Self-motivated with strong organizational skills
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams and manage stakeholders
- Proficiency with Siemens NX CAD
- Schematic or wiring diagram definition, 3D modeling of top-level assemblies
- Experience with harness design under complex requirements or environmental conditions
