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About the role
As a Harness Design Engineer, you’ll help design the electrical harnesses that connect spacecraft systems, avionics, payloads, and test equipment. You’ll work across electrical systems, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and integration & test to turn electrical interfaces into reliable, production-ready hardware.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field
- Strong foundation in electrical engineering, circuits, electronics, and electrical interfaces
- Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, pinouts, and interface documentation
- Strong attention to detail and interest in precise, hands-on engineering work
- Ability to learn new engineering tools and collaborate across electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills
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Wanna join the adventure?
Loft Orbital is redefining how satellites are built and deployed. We provide a fast, simple, and reliable path to orbit by combining standardized space vehicles, mission-specific payload integration, and end-to-end mission execution.
As a Harness Design Engineer, you’ll help design the electrical harnesses that connect spacecraft systems, avionics, payloads, and test equipment. You’ll work across electrical systems, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and integration & test to turn electrical interfaces into reliable, production-ready hardware.
This is a great opportunity for an earlier career candidate with a strong electrical engineering foundation and an interest in developing expertise in spacecraft harness design.
- Design electrical harnesses for spacecraft, payloads, and test systems.
- Translate schematics, ICDs, pinouts, and electrical interfaces into harness designs.
- Create harness schematics and 3D harness assemblies using Creo.
- Develop manufacturing drawings, bills of material, and harness documentation.
- Support harness fabrication, inspection, integration, testing, and troubleshooting.
- Contribute to harness libraries, design...
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