Electrical Harness Design Engineer

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Hardware Engineering : Electrical Engineering : EWIS

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking an Electrical Harness Design Engineer. The role involves designing, fabricating, and integrating harness systems, ensuring they meet technical and environmental requirements. Responsibilities include selecting components, developing diagrams, participating in design reviews, and preparing assembly instructions. The position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, 3+ years of experience in electrical harnessing for rugged applications, and ownership of the end-to-end electrical wiring and interconnect system. Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces and MIL-STD requirements is necessary. The company mentions AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and autonomy in its mission statement, but the core responsibilities of this role are focused on electrical engineering and harness design, not direct AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide the engineering expertise to design, fabricate and integrate harnesses systems and represent the harness discipline on a project
  2. Investigate, plan, design and develop harnesses to meet various technical requirements
  3. Research, select and procure appropriate connectors, back-shells, contacts, wire, shielding, and cable construction for the product to meet appropriate environmental requirements
  4. Develop and generate harness system block diagrams and wire diagrams to release for production
  5. Participate in design reviews and provide input to identify issues and drive design choices

Skills

Required

  • 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
  • Experience working directly with harness manufacturers to deliver high quality, high reliability products
  • Own end-to-end of the electrical wiring and interconnect system, including power distribution, grounding, shielding, and signal integrity.
  • Ensure the design meets system-level electrical requirements for voltage, current, bandwidth, redundancy, 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.
  • Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, RS422, RS232, 1553)
  • Familiar with existing applicable harness standards as well as MIL-STD requirements
  • Able to apply knowledge of SWaP for power, network and communications systems and designs
  • Experience reading wire block interconnect diagrams and wire diagrams
  • Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and oral)
  • Must be eligible to receive a US Security Clearance

Nice to have

  • Build 3D routed harness data files applying NX Cabling and Siemens Capital Harness
  • Experience with or proficient in 3D CAD wire harness routing, such as (NX, Siemens Capital, CATIA, CREO)
  • Able to read and generate formboard drawings in 2D CAD for production
  • EMI/EMC principles and common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, RS-422, RS-232, MIL-STD-1553).

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be eligible to receive a US Security Clearance