# Senior Harness Design Engineer

Hiring organization: [Astranis](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/astranis)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b96cd762-1473-46bb-ac01-de13cf483bf7

Listed on Astranis's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Salary: 135000 – 235000 USD per year

## Summary

This role owns the electrical harness design for Astranis satellites from concept through production, handling low-voltage, high-voltage, and RF interconnects in extreme space environments. It suits experienced harness engineers with deep electrical fundamentals and Zuken E3 expertise who can collaborate across spacecraft subsystems to deliver flight-reliable designs.

_Our summary, not Astranis's wording._

## Skills named

SolidWorks

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechatronics, or related engineering field, or equivalent hands-on harness design experience
- 7+ years of harness design experience including 2–3 years at system level owning harness architecture
- Proficiency in Zuken E3 for schematic capture and harness engineering
- Strong electrical fundamentals including wire/cable selection, protection coordination, derating, and connector selection
- IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class 3 workmanship standards fluency and NASA harness practices
- Ability to generate complete harness packages with schematics, wire lists, and connector diagrams
- Hands-on electrical test equipment experience
- Understanding of space environment effects on harness design
- Mechanical literacy for 3D routing and packaging collaboration

## Nice to have

- Zuken E3.database librarian and component library governance experience
- Spacecraft charging expertise per NASA-HDBK-4002 and ECSS-E-ST-20-06
- High-voltage design for space environments including corona and Paschen-law behavior
- RF harness design literacy and space coax/connector specification knowledge
- Test and verification expertise including continuity, insulation resistance, and dielectric withstanding voltage
- 3D CAD proficiency in CATIA Electrical, SolidWorks, or 3DEXPERIENCE

Apply on Astranis's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/astranis/jobs/4249662006