What are the responsibilities and job description for the Harness Design Engineer position at Storm4?
⚡ Job Title: Electrical Systems & Harness Design Engineer
💼 Industry: SpaceTech
🌎 Location: Greater Denver, CO
💰 Salary: Competitive DOE
⚡ Company Overview:
Mission-driven space engineering company focused on developing technologies to access and use space resources. Cross-functional teams value ownership, diversity of thought, and high technical standards. The organisation blends systems, software and hardware engineering to deliver flight-ready spacecraft for commercial asteroid resource missions.
⚡ Position Summary:
Own the electrical architecture and end-to-end design of flight and test harnessing for a space vehicle program. This is a hands-on, high-impact role embedded within Assembly, Integration & Test, requiring deep knowledge of aerospace harnessing standards and cross-functional coordination.
⚡ Key Responsibilities:
- Lead system-level electrical architecture & grounding strategy
- Design and document all flight harnesses (pin mapping, drawings, routing)
- Select connectors, RF cables, materials, shielding & terminations
- Support in-house harness build & verification (ring-out, hi-pot, bake-out)
- Design non-flight/test/EGSE harnesses (FlatSat, HIL, TVAC, bench)
- Ensure compliance with industry & rideshare safety requirements
- Collaborate with CAD, avionics & AI&T teams to optimize routing, mass & EMI performance
- Manage harness-related vendors
⚡ Required Qualifications:
- Direct experience designing flight harnesses for spacecraft
- Familiarity with aerospace standards (e.g., NASA-STD-8739.4 or similar)
- Experience routing in CAD using harness design tools (e.g., Visio, Siemens, Zuken)
- Knowledge of high-power and high-frequency/RF harness design
- Strong systems-level thinking & documentation skills
- Startup / fast-paced environment experience
- BS in Electrical, Aerospace, or related field
⚡ Compensation and Benefits:
- Competitive base salary equity
- Full benefits package (health, dental, vision, 401k)
- High-impact role on flight hardware
- Opportunity to work on deep-space missions