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Harness Manufacturing Engineer

Planet · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Planet

Discover how Planet's daily satellite imagery and insights empower global decisions and actions with a multidimensional view of our changing planet. Backed by Felicis and Lux.

About the role

We are standing up an in-house harness production line, and we are looking for a Harness Manufacturing Engineer to own the manufacturing side of it. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 4+ years of manufacturing development experience, including direct experience with wire harness or cable assembly manufacturing
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
  • Hands-on knowledge of harness fabrication, including wire preparation, crimping, solder cup termination, shield termination, backshell installation, and potting
  • Working knowledge of IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class 3 workmanship requirements
  • Experience reading and creating harness drawings, wiring diagrams, and pinout tables
  • Experience with harness design and routing CAD such as RapidHarness or SolidWorks Electrical
More about this role

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

We are standing up an in-house harness production line, and we are...

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