Atoms
Senior Harness Engineer
$139K–$172K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years designing and releasing wire harnesses; includes harnesses taken from concept through production release.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or Aerospace Engineering, or a related field; equivalent hands-on experience will be considered in place of the degree.
About the job
Owns the end-to-end design, documentation, fabrication, testing, installation, and quality of wire harnesses for on-road autonomous vehicles.
What you'll do
- Design and release complete harness packages, including schematics, drawings, bills of materials, and verified 3D routing.
- Develop fabrication and inspection processes; build prototypes and coordinate first articles and production releases with manufacturing partners.
- Manage harness configuration and engineering changes, and resolve build and fleet failures through root-cause analysis and corrective action.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or Aerospace Engineering, or a related field; equivalent hands-on experience may substitute.
- 5+ years designing and releasing wire harnesses for vehicles, aircraft, or robotic systems, including taking harnesses from concept through production release.
- Experience producing complete harness documentation using an electrical design tool and 3D routing software.
- Hands-on harness fabrication and working knowledge of IPC/WHMA-A-620, crimp validation, vehicle networks, and engineering change processes.
Pay
$139,000 - $172,000 per year (base salary; USD)
Tools
IPC/WHMA-A-620, Capital, Zuken E3.series, CATIA, NX, SolidWorks, CAN, CAN FD
AI focus
The role supports harness engineering for on-road autonomous vehicles; no specific AI work is stated.
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