Senior Flight Harness Design Engineer

Why Castelion Why Now

Castelion is moving incredibly fast to develop and deliver advanced defense systems at a time when execution matters more than ever. We believe focus ownership and excellence are decisive advantages - and were building a world-class team to turn bold ideas into real capability.

This is a rare opportunity to join at an early stage where youll have significant ownership collaborate with exceptional teammates and make a direct measurable impact on our mission and the future of the company - regardless of your function.

Senior Flight Harness Design Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Flight Harness Design Engineer to lead the design development and integration of electrical harnessing across our missile and vehicle systems. This engineer will play a critical role in ensuring robust manufacturable and high-reliability electrical connectivity throughout the system. You will partner closely with avionics power structures and propulsion teams to deliver mission-critical hardware in a fast-paced hardware-rich environment. You will additionally support avionics and harness integration at the system and vehicle levels.

Responsibilities

• Design route and document electrical harnesses to support missile and vehicle system integration
• Generate wiring diagrams schematics and harness assembly drawings in accordance with aerospace standards
• Select appropriate wires connectors backshells shielding and protection materials to meet environmental and system requirements
• Collaborate with avionics power and structural engineering teams to ensure proper integration of harnesses into overall vehicle design
• Develop and maintain harness BOMs (bill of materials) and ensure manufacturability at scale
• Support harness build installation and troubleshooting during integration and testing
• Ensure designs meet electrical mechanical and thermal requirements for high-reliability aerospace applications
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency manufacturability and quality

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering or related field
• 5 years of experience in cable harness design for aerospace defense or high-reliability hardware systems
• Experience with CAD/ECAD tools for harness design (e.g. CATIA Creo SolidWorks Electrical Capital RapidHarness AutoCAD or equivalent)
• Strong knowledge of aerospace wiring standards (e.g. IPC/WHMA-A-620 NASA-STD-8739 or MIL-SPEC requirements)
• Experience with harnessing in environments with high thermal and small volume requirements
• Hands-on experience supporting harness manufacturing assembly and testing
• Ability to work cross-functionally with avionics power propulsion and integration teams
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in test and integration environments

Castelion offers a generous benefits package. Please refer to the bottom of our Careers page for more details.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Additional Eligibility Requirements

This position may require access to classified information or restricted U.S. Government sites systems or information as determined by the Company and/or applicable U.S. Government requirements. If the position is so designated your employment in the role may be contingent upon your ability to obtain and maintain the required U.S. Government security clearance or other government authorization and to satisfy any citizenship or other eligibility requirements imposed by applicable law regulation executive order or government contract requirements. You will be notified if and when such requirements apply.

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement

Castelion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.

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Castelion is committed to fostering a workplace where employment decisions are based on qualifications business needs and the ability to perform the essential functions of the role with or without reasonable accommodation.

EAR/ITAR Requirements

This position requires access to export-controlled information and as such employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidates ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

Required Experience:

Senior IC