{"id":824414,"url":"https://alion.io/job/salientmotion-wire-harness-design-engineer","title":"Wire Harness Design Engineer","company":{"id":686367,"name":"Salient Motion","domain":"salientmotion.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/salientmotion","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":7,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"middle","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":90000,"max":110000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":110000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-06-25T01:03:42Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-25","last_verified_at":"2026-09-28T03:40:39Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":95,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":95},"description":"**Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) to meet customer and regulatory requirements**\n\nWho We Are\nWe are pioneering modular motion technologies to power the next generation of innovation for Industrial, Aerospace and Defense. If you're excited about disrupting legacy industries, and passionate about building the financial infrastructure behind cutting-edge hardware, let's chat!\nWe are at the forefront of innovation, crafting exclusive motion control components that propel the industrial, aerospace, and defense sectors into the future.\nA couple other things:\nWe offer a lot of autonomy\nWe like to run lean for impact\nWe have great benefits\nWe are well funded, and already generating revenue\nWe're currently in Torrance, CA, but will be moving into a new facility in Hawthorne, CA in the summer!\nWhat you'll do:\nThis engineer will own electrical interconnect design across our actuation product lines, with primary focus on our production aerospace power electronics and actuation systems. This role bridges design, qualification, and production. You will perform harness design on complex programs end-to-end, author functional test procedures, support qualification testing, and work with suppliers to drive integration and first article inspection.\nThis is a hands-on role for an engineer who wants to work on full-stack hardware in a fast-moving environment with potential customer-facing opportunities. You will work closely with our electrical hardware engineering, motor control, and mechanical engineering teams, and will interface directly with seat OEM customers during ITCM and with DERs during qualification and certification.\nPerform wire harness design for aerospace actuation systems on complex programs, from schematic through manufacturing release.\nDevelop and maintain harness documentation including schematics, wire lists, drawings, and bills of material.\nAuthor functional test procedures for harness assemblies and integrated systems.\nSupport qualification testing, including DO-160 environmental, MIL-STD-461 EMI/EMC, and program-specific qualification plans.\nWork with suppliers to oversee initial build, first article inspection (AS9102), and production readiness.\nOwn supplier technical qualification and ongoing supplier engineering support for harness assemblies.\nCollaborate with DERs during qualification and certification activities.\nPartner with motor control, firmware, and mechanical engineering teams to ensure harness design integrates cleanly with the broader system.\nDrive design for manufacturability, cost, and reliability across the harness portfolio.\nUp to 35% travel (domestic/international customer and supplier sites).\nWhat you need:\nBachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or related engineering field. Equivalent professional experience considered in lieu of degree.\nMinimum 3 years of professional experience in commercial aerospace wire harness design.\nExperience authoring functional test procedures and supporting qualification testing.\nU.S. Person status as defined under ITAR/EAR.\nNice to have:\nAircraft seat program experience (major plus, potential difference-maker).\nExperience designing harnesses with Rapid Harness, or equivalent electrical CAD tools such as Mentor Capital, Zuken E3, or Creo Schematics.\nExperience supporting AS9102 first article inspection for suppliers and/or customers.\nDirect experience with Boeing D6 series wiring standards and the Airbus equivalent (such as ABD0100 or A350 wiring standards).\nFamiliarity with CAN bus and matrix communication architectures.\nExperience working with DERs through certification.\nPrior experience in a startup or fast-moving product development environment.\nWhat we have to offer:\nWe are not just building components. 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