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Harness Engineer

Sterling Heights, MI 48310

Posted: 05/20/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Number: 41964 Pay Rate: 77.00

Job Description

Primary Tasks 
  • Leading the development and documentation of component and subsystem requirements for the electrical harness system. Designing electrical wiring harness BOM to include component selection for connectors, backshells, sleeving, cables, braiding, sealants, boots, transitions, etc. 
  • Developing harness components to meet key performance and timing targets by working collaboratively with Product Engineering, EMC, Systems Engineering, Packaging Analysis, Design Services, Planning, and Program teams. 
  • Determining harness layout through vehicle and branch points for multi-branch harnesses 
  • Designing to environmental requirements for temperature, shock, vibration, submergence and exposure to harsh chemicals 
  • Creating and designing drawings for harnesses in Capital Harness System (CHS) (aka Mentor Graphics) software, working specifically in Harness XC, Capital Logic and Capital Topology 
  • Working with designers and physical architects to route harnesses (moved to primary task, removed and changed some text here to try to reduce number of CAD designers applying) 
  • Coordinating the harness design execution to support multiple products. This includes harness schematic maturity, harness routings, harness drawings, harness installations, harness interconnects, and harness electrical wiring diagrams. 
  • Tracking of harness design progress and presenting to key stakeholders. 
  • Ensuring the harness design and interfaces are defined and designed in adherence to engineering standard work for the purpose of on-time high quality delivery. 
  • Leading and supporting continuous process improvement, best practices, lessons learned, and quality improvement initiatives. 
  • Providing technical leadership ensuring issue resolution and appropriate technical direction for artifacts of responsibility. 
  • Training, coaching, mentoring other team members in areas of strong competency. 
  • Working with systems engineers to define whole vehicle pin-level interconnect. 
Additional Tasks
    • Verifying circuit breaker setting, contact size, and connections to meet power requirements 
    • Working with digital systems to process changes, redline drawings, identify root causes, and develop preventative measures 
    • Supporting build of vehicles for wiring support       
    • Supporting build of prototype and production builds of harnesses 
    • Working with systems engineers to define whole vehicle pin-level interconnect      
Position Requirements 
    • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
    • 5+ years of related experience       
    • Ability to balance cost/schedule/technical priorities. 
    • Occasional overtime and weekend hours may be required to complete critical tasks. 
    • Experience with Microsoft Visio desirable. 
    • Experience with Capital Harness System (CHS) (aka Mentor Graphics) software, specifically in Harness XC, Capital Logic and Capital Topology is desirable. 
    • Basic proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite. 
    • Must have strong verbal and written communication skills. 
    • Ability to use Engineering Development and Test Tools. 
Must be able to obtain a security clearance if necessary.

 

Meet Your Recruiter

John Sabbagh
Recruiting Manager

John Sabbagh has over 10 years of recruiting experience. Starting his career as an Entry Level Recruiter at Panther, our candidates find him genuine and great resource to their career search!

Fun Fact: John is a sports fanatic, he plays in horseshoe and cornhole leagues and loves fantasy football.

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