Harness Manufacturing Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States; full-time in-office, 5 days per week

Salary: $114,200–$142,700 USD annual base salary

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates imaging satellites and delivers satellite data through a cloud-based platform for commercial, environmental, and humanitarian applications.

What you will do

• Own manufacturing engineering and production operations for the in-house wire harness cell across satellite programs.
• Develop harness assembly procedures, process flows, work instructions, and cleanroom and ESD protocols.
• Design and deploy tooling, fixtures, workstations, and verification programs including continuity, HiPot, and pull tests.
• Partner with Electrical Engineering on DFM/DFA feedback and support subsystem integration and build troubleshooting.
• Manage the transition from outsourced to in-house production, including vendor qualification and production phasing.
• Hire and train production technicians, monitor production metrics, and recommend capacity improvements.

Requirements

• 4+ years of manufacturing development experience, including direct wire harness or cable assembly manufacturing.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Hands-on experience with wire preparation, crimping, solder cup termination, shield termination, backshell installation, and potting.
• Working knowledge of IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class 3 workmanship requirements.
• Experience reading and creating harness drawings, wiring diagrams, and pinout tables.
• Experience with RapidHarness or SolidWorks Electrical, SolidWorks tooling and fixturing, and hardware assembly, integration, and test.

Nice to have

• Experience standing up manufacturing cells or bringing outsourced assembly processes in-house.
• Knowledge of spaceflight interconnect standards, NASA workmanship standards, or NASA Level 2 screening.
• Experience with CAMI or Cirris automated test systems and DMC or Schleuniger crimp tooling.
• IPC/WHMA-A-620 certification, Certified IPC Trainer status, or experience with MES/PLM software and cleanroom continuous improvement.

Culture & Benefits

• People-centric culture focused on belonging, collaboration, and company growth.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans with HSA contributions.
• Paid time off, holidays, company-wide days off, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Wellness and employee assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and LinkedIn Learning access.
• Equity, home office and phone/internet reimbursements, and commuter benefits for employees local to an office.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and the posting may close early.
• Select interviews may be recorded with candidate consent for transcription and summarization; opting out does not affect candidacy.