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Founded by two former U.S. Navy electrical engineers with deep experience in robotics and software, ACS brings together AI, computer vision, precision motion, and advanced hardware to solve complex defense challenges across land, air, and maritime environments.\nOur flagship product, Bullfrog, is an autonomous precision weapon system that transforms existing weapons into highly accurate counter-drone systems - giving warfighters a scalable, cost-effective response to one of the fastest-growing threats on the modern battlefield. Bullfrog is deployed with U.S. forces, and ACS works with organizations throughout the U.S. military and national security community.\nFollowing a $200 million Series B at a $2.2 billion valuation, ACS is rapidly expanding manufacturing, accelerating Bullfrog deployments, and developing the next generation of autonomous battlefield systems. 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The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced prototyping environment and be comfortable owning electrical integration from early design through testing and deployment.\nWhat You'll Do:\nDesign and Develop Wire Harness Systems: Create detailed wiring architectures, harness designs, and cable assemblies that support complex robotic and electromechanical systems.\n\nElectrical Integration: Support system-level integration across sensors, computing systems, actuators, and power electronics to ensure reliable communication and power delivery throughout the platform.\n\nHarness Documentation and Schematics: Develop wiring diagrams, pinout documentation, harness drawings, and electrical schematics to support both prototype and production systems.\n\nConnector and Cable Selection: Define appropriate connectors, shielding strategies, grounding methods, and cable routing solutions to meet performance and environmental requirements.\n\nElectromechanical Collaboration: Work closely with mechanical engineers to optimize harness routing, packaging, strain relief, and mechanical protection within compact system architectures.\n\nPrototype Bring-Up and Debugging: Assist with hardware bring-up, troubleshooting wiring issues, and diagnosing electrical problems during system integration and testing.\n\nManufacturing Support: Work with technicians and manufacturing teams to support harness builds, documentation, and quality verification of cable assemblies.\n\nTesting and Validation: Perform testing and validation of electrical harnesses and integrated systems to ensure reliability in field and lab environments.\n\nWhat You'll Need:\nExperience: 2-5+ years of experience in electrical engineering with hands-on experience designing wire harnesses, cable assemblies, or electrical interconnect systems.\n\nEducational Background: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in electrical engineering or a related field.\n\nWire Harness Design: Strong experience designing wiring harnesses for complex electromechanical or robotic systems.\n\nElectrical Schematics and Documentation: Experience producing electrical drawings, harness documentation, wiring diagrams, and system-level electrical documentation.\n\nConnector and Interconnect Knowledge: Familiarity with connector types, shielding strategies, grounding practices, and cable management techniques.\n\nElectrical Integration Experience: Proven experience integrating sensors, computer hardware, power systems, and actuators in complex systems.\n\nTesting and Troubleshooting: Hands-on experience diagnosing electrical integration issues using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.\n\nElectromechanical Systems Experience: Experience working with robotic, aerospace, automotive, or defense-related hardware systems.\n\nHigh-Reliability Design Practices: Experience working with MIL-STD practices or other high-reliability manufacturing standards for wiring, harnessing, or electrical integration.\n\nYou'll Stand Out:\nHarness Design Tools: Experience using harness and electrical design tools such as Zuken E3, Mentor Graphics/Capital Harness, RapidHarness, Altium, SolidWorks Electrical, or similar electrical CAD tools.\n\nRobotics or Autonomous Systems Experience: Experience working on robotic platforms, autonomous systems, or defense hardware.\n\nHigh-Reliability Systems: Familiarity with ruggedized systems designed for harsh operating environments.\n\nSignal Integrity and Power Distribution: Knowledge of best practices for managing noise, grounding, shielding, and power distribution in complex systems.\n\nRapid Prototyping Environment: Experience working in fast-paced environments where hardware moves quickly from concept to field testing.\n\nWhat We Offer:\nCompetitive salary\n\nACS Equity Package\n\nHealth, Dental, Vision Insurance\n\nPaid Time Off\n\nAllen Control Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer, providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. 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