Responsibilities
- Develop and manage supplier relationships to ensure they meet or exceed manufacturing, testing, inspection, quality, performance, and reliability requirements
- Develop design for excellence (DFx) processes, and conduct reviews to evaluate designs for cost, producibility, inspectability, consistency, adequacy, accuracy, and conformance to requirements
- Develop supplier qualification processes and conduct regular reviews
- Develop quality control plans and inspection infrastructure, including functional testing
- Develop and execute technical work instructions for harness fabrication, testing, and vehicle-level installation
- Read and interpret controlled documentation, and processes such as layouts, assembly procedures/work instructions, schematics, engineering drawings, and master parts lists.
- Collaborate with quality and engineering teams to identify and resolve non-conformances related to wire harness assemblies
- Improve our manufacturing capabilities by upgrading equipment, validating new test setups, and turning those processes into clear documentation and training
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or systems engineering
- 7+ years of professional experience fabricating wire harnesses
- 4+ years of hands-on experience reviewing technical designs and working from drawings, schematics, layouts, assembly/procedures, master parts lists, and other controlled documentation
- Proficiency in interpreting electrical schematics and harness drawings
- Experience in building complex and highly reliable wire harness assemblies with a strong background in IPC-A-620, NASA-STD-8739.4, or other forms of wire harness quality standards
- Experience working in high-reliability manufacturing environments (aerospace, aviation, defense, medical)
Nice to Have
- Experience with harness design software (Capital or Zuken)
- Experience with 3D CAD software (Solidworks, NX, or similar)
- Experience in automated test equipment for continuity, HI-POT, and other functional validation
Additional Information
- This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls.
- An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.
- All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person).
- Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.
- If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to work@reliable.co
