Harness Engineer (EWIS)

TL;DR

Harness Engineer (EWIS): Designing, building, integrating, testing, and flying flight and test electrical harnesses for aviation safety-enhancing systems with an accent on routing, component selection, and manufacturing/integration processes. Focus on hands-on hardware work across avionics, mechanical, integration, and production teams, including safety-critical design trades and testing to DO-160 requirements.

Company

hirify.global builds safety-enhancing automated aviation technology.

What you will do

• Define harnessing design with avionics, mechanical, and integration teams, including routing strategy, component selection, and manufacturing/integration processes.
• Perform detailed design of flight and test harnesses, including harnesses, enclosures, and mounting hardware.
• Work with production technicians and A&Ps to build and install harnesses on aircraft.
• Design, install, and test hardware on a remotely operated aircraft.
• Support integration of harnessing across avionics, mechanical, and production workflows.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
• 2+ years of experience in electrical harness design.
• Ability to route harnessing both in CAD and physically in the airplane.
• Experience with connectors, backshells, EMI shielding, and cable/wire protection methods.
• Must be located at the facility in Mountain View, California.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.

Nice to have

• Experience defining routing and bulkhead requirements.
• Experience with NX routing and Capital Harness Designer.
• Experience with safety-critical hardware and certification-path aviation development projects.
• Experience testing hardware to DO-160 requirements.
• Experience performing design trades and detailed design of aerospace flight harnesses.

Culture & Benefits

• Casual work environment in a fast-paced, mission-driven engineering team.
• Base salary range of $118,000–$170,000 annually plus cash and stock option awards.
• Employee medical coverage and 401k contribution.
• Stock options and benefits, with compensation aligned to experience, expertise, market conditions, location, and pay equity.

Hiring process

• Application review with eligibility checks related to U.S. export controls.
• Interview process to assess harness design experience and hands-on integration/testing fit.