Sr. Harness Manufacturing Engineer (EWIS)

About the role

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 Manufacturing Engineer at Reliable Robotics, you’ll play a critical role in developing and continuously improving our harness manufacturing, harness installation, and supply chain processes to meet design, regulatory, and business requirements (including safety, quality, cost, and on-time delivery).

This is a growing team of highly motivated people passionate about delivering quality products and services on time, with unquestionable value. You will be responsible for designing the build and installation process for wire harness assemblies, conducting design for excellence (DFx) reviews, and developing the processes and infrastructure to help the business scale.

The projects you work on will set the foundation for how the business operates for years to come. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a safety-critical environment that takes automated aviation systems from prototype to production in a hands-on environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage supplier relationships to ensure they meet or exceed manufacturing, testing, inspection, quality, performance, and reliability requirements
• Develop design for excellence (DFx) processes, and conduct reviews to evaluate designs for cost, producibility, inspectability, consistency, adequacy, accuracy, and conformance to requirements
• Develop supplier qualification processes and conduct regular reviews
• Develop quality control plans and inspection infrastructure, including functional testing
• Develop and execute technical work instructions for harness fabrication, testing, and vehicle-level installation
• Read and interpret controlled documentation, and processes such as layouts, assembly procedures/work instructions, schematics, engineering drawings, and master parts lists.
• Collaborate with quality and engineering teams to identify and resolve non-conformances related to wire harness assemblies
• Improve our manufacturing capabilities by upgrading equipment, validating new test setups, and turning those processes into clear documentation and training

Basic Success Criteria

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or systems engineering
• 7+ years of professional experience fabricating wire harnesses
• 4+ years of hands-on experience reviewing technical designs and working from drawings, schematics, layouts, assembly/procedures, master parts lists, and other controlled documentation
• Proficiency in interpreting electrical schematics and harness drawings
• Experience in building complex and highly reliable wire harness assemblies with a strong background in IPC-A-620, NASA-STD-8739.4, or other forms of wire harness quality standards
• Experience working in high-reliability manufacturing environments (aerospace, aviation, defense, medical)

Preferred Success Criteria

• Experience with harness design software (Capital or Zuken)
• Experience with 3D CAD software (Solidworks, NX, or similar)
• Experience in automated test equipment for continuity, HI-POT, and other functional validation

Additional information

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person).

Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.