Senior Harness Engineer, Omen

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. ABOUT THE TEAM Anduril is seeking a Senior Harness Engineer to join the Omen team at our Costa Mesa HQ. Omen is Anduril’s hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicle (AAV) that packs the endurance, payload, and mission flexibility of much larger airplanes into a novel runway-independent Group 3 platform. Omen can operate from ship decks, beaches, or remote island clearings, providing true runway independence and freedom of maneuver across defense and civilian domains. Omen is the first tail-sitter aircraft with a mass-production contract, with an order of 50 systems representing a decisive investment that anchors production and accelerates the development of future systems. You will work on new aircraft development in a lean, high-ownership culture where you directly shape the product and operate at a velocity to fly new designs within months, not years. What You’ll Do Provide the engineering expertise to design, fabricate and integrate harnesses systems and represent the harness discipline on projects Investigate, plan, design and develop harnesses to meet various technical requirements Research, select, and procure appropriate connectors, back-shells, contacts, wire, shielding, and cable construction for the product to meet appropriate environmental requirements Work closely with fellow electrical & mechanical engineers to develop and generate harness system block diagrams and wire diagrams to release for production Participate in design reviews and provide input to identify issues and drive design choices Prepare harness assembly instructions and test procedures, incorporating your knowledge of industry standards and best practices Provide guidance to the electrical team in identifying electrical system requirements given input from internal and external stakeholders including engineering (mechanical, electrical, software), product management, quality and compliance Ensure the design meets system-level electrical requirements for voltage, current, bandwidth, redundancy, EMI/EMC Perform electrical trade studies for wire gauge, shielding, connector selection, and topology Analyze and mitigate electrical risks such as voltage drop, crosstalk, EMI susceptibility, and thermal effects Work in a fast-paced environment supporting new developments, active deployments, and customer operated hardware Required Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent 5+ years hands-on experience designing electrical harnessing for rugged commercial, industrial, aerospace, or military applications Experience working directly with harness manufacturers to deliver high quality, high reliability products Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, RS422, RS232, 1553) Familiar with existing applicable harness standards as well as MIL-STD requirements Able to apply knowledge of SWaP for power, network and communications systems and designs Experience reading wire block interconnect diagrams and wire diagrams Organization and communication skills (both written and oral) Preferred Qualifications Experience with or proficient in 3D CAD wire harness routing, such as (NX, Siemens Capital, CATIA, CREO) Able to read and generate formboard drawings in 2D CAD for production Experience