# Staff Engineer, Harness Design - Ranger (R6528)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Seattle, Washington
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD 171,000-256,998 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Harness Design Engineer with deep expertise in harness design to support the development of its next-generation autonomous UAV platform.

In this high-ownership role, you will lead the architecture, design, and development of precision wire harnesses and cable assemblies that are critical to mission success.

## Responsibilities

- Lead design of wire harnesses and cable assemblies for autonomous UAVs

- Own harness design process: concept, 3D CAD routing, analysis, and drawing release

- Perform electrical and environmental analysis for harness reliability

- Prototype and test harnesses in dynamic, mission-critical environments

- Collaborate with avionics, systems, and manufacturing teams for integration

- Mentor engineers and drive harness design best practices

## Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering

- 8+ years in wire harness design for aerospace or robotics

- Strong CAD skills (NX or CATIA preferred) for 3D harness modeling

- Experience using EWIS design software (Zuken, Capital, etc)

- Expertise in GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, and IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards

- Experience with electrical schematics and connector selection

- Hands-on experience with harness fabrication or testing

- Ability to work independently and lead in fast-paced, cross-functional teams

- A demonstrated record of working hard, being trustworthy, holding yourself to high standards, and being kind to others

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience designing harnesses for UAVs, aircraft, or spacecraft

- Familiarity with EWIS compliance and RTCA DO-160 testing

- Proficiency in failure mode analysis (FMEA) and root cause investigations

- Knowledge of Teamcenter or similar PLM systems

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## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- CAD design
- EWIS design software
- GD&T
- tolerance stack-ups
- IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards
- electrical schematics
- connector selection
- harness fabrication
- testing

### Nice to have
- UAVs
- aircraft
- spacecraft
- EWIS compliance
- RTCA DO-160 testing
- failure mode analysis
- FMEA
- root cause investigations
- Teamcenter
- PLM systems

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