Senior Harness Engineer, Omen
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
Job Summary
ABOUT THE TEAM
Anduril is seeking a Senior Harness Engineer to join the Omen team at our Costa Mesa HQ. Omen is Andurils hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicle (AAV) that packs the endurance payload and mission flexibility of much larger airplanes into a novel runway-independent Group 3 platform. Omen can operate from ship decks beaches or remote island clearings providing true runway independence and freedom of maneuver across defense and civilian domains. Omen is the first tail-sitter aircraft with a mass-production contract with an order of 50 systems representing a decisive investment that anchors production and accelerates the development of future systems.
You will work on new aircraft development in a lean high-ownership culture where you directly shape the product and operate at a velocity to fly new designs within months not years.
What Youll Do
- Provide the engineering expertise to design fabricate and integrate harnesses systems and represent the harness discipline on projects
- Investigate plan design and develop harnesses to meet various technical requirements
- Research select and procure appropriate connectors back-shells contacts wire shielding and cable construction for the product to meet appropriate environmental requirements
- Work closely with fellow electrical & mechanical engineers to develop and generate harness system block diagrams and wire diagrams to release for production
- Participate in design reviews and provide input to identify issues and drive design choices
- Prepare harness assembly instructions and test procedures incorporating your knowledge of industry standards and best practices
- Provide guidance to the electrical team in identifying electrical system requirements given input from internal and external stakeholders including engineering (mechanical electrical software) product management quality and compliance
- 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
- Work in a fast-paced environment supporting new developments active deployments and customer operated hardware
- Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- 5 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
- Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces (CAN Ethernet RS422 RS)
- 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
- Organization and communication skills (both written and oral)
- 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
- Experience designing harnesses for high voltage (800V) applications
- Familiarity with aviation environmental and EMI standards (MIL-STD-810 MIL-STD-461 DO-160 or equivalent) and qualification campaigns for flight hardware
- Experience with Formula SAE Baja SAE Design Build Fly or similar competitive engineering programs demonstrating hands-on vehicle integration experience
US Salary Range
$146000 - $194000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. Weve observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.
To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence please keep the following critical points in mind:
No Financial Requests:Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information credit card numbers or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
- Please always verify communications:
- Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters it will only come from an
@address. - Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity please verify the agencys authenticity by reaching out to .
- Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters it will only come from an
Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach:If you receive any communication that appears suspicious contains grammatical errors or makes unusual requests do not engage. Always confirm the senders email domain is @ before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
What to Do If You Suspect Fraud:Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril please report it immediately to. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.
To view Andurils candidate data privacy policy please visit submitting your application you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk integrity and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists adverse media public-record information and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology intellectual property and organizational security.
Required Experience:
Senior IC