Cable Harness Specialist (Subsea)

Location: Seattle, WA, United States; on-site

Salary: $100,000–$160,000 per year plus equity

Company

hirify.global is a pre-revenue startup developing modular subsea geothermal power plants that convert ocean thermal resources into baseload power.

What you will do

• Partner with the Harness Engineer to design and manufacture high-reliability submarine wiring harnesses for subsea deployment and test systems.
• Perform precision cutting, stripping, crimping, splicing, soldering, and overmolding.
• Select connectors, wire types, shielding, and routing for subsea and harsh environments, applying grounding, EMI mitigation, and signal integrity practices.
• Set up assembly and test workspaces, design tooling, build harnesses, and perform pressure-proof and hipot testing.
• Record traceable test results in the MES system and document builds, issues, and fixes for engineering and QA.
• Write work instructions and build-and-test standards, train team members, maintain inventory, and troubleshoot electrical faults.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and troubleshooting complex wiring harnesses as an electronics or electrical technician, or in a similar role.
• Strong practical knowledge of connectors, crimping, splicing, shielding, grounding, cable management, and overmolding.
• Strong soldering skills, including fine-pitch and board-level work.
• Ability to read schematics, wiring diagrams, and dimensional layout drawings.
• Experience with hipot testing, digital multimeters, milli-ohm meters, and insulation testers.
• Ability to create work instructions, train others, work independently in a rapidly changing prototype environment, and lift 50 lbs.

Nice to have

• Experience building harnesses for marine, subsea, or aerospace systems.
• Experience pressure-proofing or pressure-testing subsea assemblies.
• IPC standards knowledge or certification, such as IPC/WHMA-A-620 or IPC J-STD.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employees receive equity as a meaningful part of compensation.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, flexible PTO, and 12 paid company holidays.
• Opportunities for global fieldwork, sea trials, and deployment operations with oceanographic institutions.
• Hands-on work spanning high-power electronics, marine systems, and clean energy.
• Company-sponsored recreational dive certification, access to the company boat, free meals, and snacks.