Sr. Harness Engineer (EWIS)

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Sr. Harness Engineer at Reliable Robotics, you will be a part of the system integration team and will report to the System Integration Engineering Manager. The system integration team is a small group of highly motivated engineers designing, integrating, testing, and flying advanced mechanical and electrical systems. The harness engineer is a very cross-functional role at the convergence of the avionics, mechanical, integration, and production teams, with significant hands-on work designing, building, integrating, and testing our harnesses, enclosures, and mounting hardware; expect to broaden your design and application experience. This position can be filled locally or hybrid with frequent travel to our facility in Mountain View, California.

Responsibilities

In your role as Sr. Harness Engineer you will work with the avionics, mechanical, and integration teams to define the harness architecture, including routing, bulkhead planning, and manufacturing and integration processes. You’ll be responsible for the detailed design of both flight and test harnesses, and you’ll be working with the production technicians and A&Ps to get the harnesses built and installed on the aircraft. You'll have the opportunity to design, install, and test your hardware on a remotely operated aircraft, and you'll be an instrumental part of how our hardware teams come together on the airplane.

Basic Qualification

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years experience in electrical harness design
• Ability to route harnessing (both in CAD and physically in the airplane) in a strategic manner
• Experience defining routing and bulkhead requirements
• Experience working with connectors, backshells, EMI shielding, and cable/wire protection methods
• A love of spatial packaging
• Be logical, inquisitive, and eager to both teach and learn

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 8+ years experience in harness design and avionics packaging
• Experience performing design trades for and detail design of aerospace flight harnesses
• Experience with NX routing and Capital Harness Designer
• Experience working with safety critical hardware
• Experience working on certification-path aviation development projects
• Experience testing hardware to DO-160 requirements