Firestorm Labs - Democratize the fight with radically-affordable, mission-adaptable power for air, land, and sea. Backed by NEA.
About the role
Cable and harness is where aircraft programs quietly lose schedule. The design is released, the wire list looks fine, and then the first build takes three times as long as anyone planned, the second one comes out different, and nobody can say exactly why. This role exists so that doesn't happen here. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Develop cable and harness manufacturing processes for prototype and early production: wire prep, crimp, termination, shield and braid termination, backshell and strain relief, overmold and potting, breakout and routing
- Author manufacturing planning and documentation — work instructions, formboard layouts, wire lists, MBOMs, routings, and travelers — and keep them current as the configuration moves
- Establish and hold process controls: crimp height and pull-test sampling plans, tool verification and calibration intervals, cure and cycle parameters, and ESD controls
- Design, source, build, and prove out tooling and fixtures: formboards, crimp tooling and positioners, hold-downs, pull-test setups, and overmold tooling
- Own non-RF harness electrical test, including test programs, adapter cables, fixtures, and failure disposition with engineering
- Review RF cable assembly test criteria with engineering, flow them to suppliers, and assess incoming test data and CoCs against what was specified
More about this role
Cable and harness is where aircraft programs quietly lose schedule. The design is released, the wire list looks fine, and then the first build takes three times as long as anyone planned, the second one comes out different, and nobody can say exactly why. This role exists so that doesn't happen here.
As a Senior Process Engineer for cable and harness, you own the process from the first prototype bundle to a supplier building at rate. You'll develop and prove the process in-house during NPI — wire prep, crimp, termination, shield termination, backshells, overmold — then package it and stand it up at a harness supplier without losing the detail in the handoff. RF assemblies are supplier-built; you own the process and the technical oversight, and you review test criteria with engineering rather than building those yourself.
This is a bench job as much as a planning job. You'll be at the formboard during first builds finding out where your process was wrong, and you'll be at a supplier's facility making sure the way they run it matches the way you wrote it. You'll also own the test side: continuity, hipot, and insulation resistance for non-RF assemblies, including the fixtures and...
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