Staff, Harness Engineering Manager

We're seeking a Lead Harness Engineer/Manager to lead harness architecture and strategy for our autonomous vehicle platform. This is a hands on role who owns the technical direction for harness design across the full vehicle system — high speed, low voltage, and high power — and sets the standards, processes, and supplier relationships that the harness engineering function runs on. You'll drive cross-functional alignment with electrical, mechanical, integration, and manufacturing teams, and mentor engineers building toward those standards.

In this role, you will:

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for wire harness and subassembly design across the vehicle platform, balancing high speed, low voltage, and high power requirements
• Set and enforce design standards, review processes, and DFM/DFA practices for harness schematics, diagrams, and system interconnect diagrams
• Drive make/buy and supplier strategy for harness manufacturing; own key external manufacturing partner relationships and scale-up readiness
• Lead trade studies on harness architecture (topology, routing, connector strategy, EMI/signal integrity tradeoffs) with system-level cost, weight, and reliability impact
• Own full program lifecycle governance: technical reviews, DVP&R, outsourced cable manufacturing, qualification testing, and release
• Lead or oversee root cause analysis on complex/escalated electrical system issues; drive corrective and preventive action across teams
• Define and champion automated harness validation tooling and test strategy
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to harness and electrical engineers and directly manage a harness engineering team
• Represent harness engineering in cross-functional and executive-level design reviews with Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Systems, and external suppliers
• BS or MS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of hardware development experience, including automotive, aerospace, or related safety-critical industries, with a track record of technical leadership
• Deep expertise in electrical harness design, architecture, and manufacturing at the system level
• Proven experience setting design/quality standards and mentoring or leading engineers or teams
• Strong troubleshooting skillset with hands-on root cause analysis experience
• Expert familiarity with IPC quality standards (IPC/WHMA-A-620, etc.) and their application to program-level quality processes
• Experience with implementation and on-vehicle debugging of low-level hardware buses (CAN, Ethernet, LIN)
• Demonstrated ability to lead supplier negotiations and manage external manufacturing partnerships
• Hands-on. Comfortable in the shop debugging a subsystem and in the room driving architecture decisions
• Excellent communicator — experience writing and reviewing clear, concise technical documentation and presenting to leadership
• Passion for autonomous vehicles and their potential impact
• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
• Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
• Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
• Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
• Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
• Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
• Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)

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