Kodiak Robotics
Senior Mechanical Harness Engineer
$165K–$195K
Mountain View, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 8, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Bay Area, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years developing automotive harness systems and routing from concept to production.
- Education
- BS or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship may be provided for eligible candidates.
About the job
Designs, releases, builds, and validates automotive electrical harnesses and busbars for autonomous vehicles, coordinating across engineering and manufacturing teams.
What you'll do
- Design harnesses and busbars, including routing, lengths, strain relief, connector selection, drawings, and BOMs.
- Release manufacturing design documents and create work-instruction content; collaborate with electrical engineering on design trade-offs.
- Participate in first-article builds and verification testing, validating physical harness dimensions against 3D models.
What they ask for
- BS or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
- 3+ years' experience developing automotive harness systems and routing from concept to production.
- Experience with 3D mechanical CAD and PDM/PLM systems.
- Familiarity with harnessing standards such as AS50881, MIL-E-7016, EWIS, and MIL-STD-704; proficiency translating electrical schematics into cable routing and endpoint mapping.
Nice to have
- SolidWorks; Arena and ePDM.
- Capital Harness Designer or similar electrical CAD software; experience designing form-boards and end-of-line test devices.
Pay
$165,000 — $195,000 USD base salary
Tools
SolidWorks, CATIA, NX, Arena, ePDM, Teamcenter, AS50881, MIL-E-7016
AI focus
The position designs harness systems for autonomous vehicles. The company also uses the third-party AI tool Endorsed for initial application screening; final hiring decisions are made by humans.
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