Harness Design Engineer

The role

You will be responsible for harness and wiring system design, analysis, testing and integration on large satellite platforms. You will serve as the Responsible Engineer for harness system design and components including connectors, wire, cable, instrumentation, and heaters.

What you will do

• Serve as Responsible Engineer for harness system design for bus avionics, mechanisms, RF systems, and payloads
• Define interface control documents for avionics boxes and bulkheads
• Design, analyze, and release harnessing and secondary mounting hardware in CAD and production drawings
• Drive design trades to reduce cost and select harness components
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering and technicians to solve in process issues
• Execute development and qualification testing of harness components and assemblies
• Collaborate with cross functional engineering teams to capture requirements and integrate design

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering or any equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2+ years of experience in electrical harness design, routing, production, and system integration
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and high velocity start-up atmosphere
• Creative problem solver that can assess risk and make collaborative design and development decisions

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with environmental testing for space harnessing such as thermal, thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, radiation, and EMI/EMC testing per SMC-S-016
• Competence with electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, etc.)
• Strong presentation experience in highly technical design forums and reviews
• Proficient with NX or similar CAD software including electrical harness routing
• Experience with practical application of GD&T and FEA

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown for missions from LEO to deep space. The company is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms and is a high-growth Series D-funded company.