Harness Design Engineer
Posted 10 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Harness Design Engineer II”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Level
- II
- Expected experience
- 2+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- On-Site
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyAerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
Field of studyAerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (or related)
Study levelMaster's or higher
ABOUT ROCKET LAB
Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.
SPACE SYSTEMS
At Rocket Lab, we’re not just launching rockets — we're building the future of space. Our Space Systems team builds everything from complete spacecraft, precision payloads to the components and subsystems that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, radios, and more.
Our Space Systems team has enabled more than 1,700 missions, ranging from interplanetary exploration, in-space manufacturing to national security and defense initiatives. The team has built spacecraft, payloads, and components for missions to the Moon and Mars, working with partners including NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force. Whether it’s a single high-performance spacecraft, constellation, or the vertically integrated components that help them get to space — our world class Space Systems team is empowering some of the boldest and most ambitious space missions.
HARNESS DESIGN ENGINEER II
Based out of Rocket Lab's global headquarters in Long Beach, CA, the Harness Design Engineer II will primarily work on design of electrical harnesses for our spacecraft, including organizing interfaces, selecting components, specifying split locations and lengths, and generating design documentation to pass to our spacecraft engineering team to allow accurate CAD models to be made. Since this role will have heavy involvement in electronics, you will also get to assist in the execution of electrical engineering activities for our spacecraft and space systems components. This includes assisting our avionics designers with circuit design, analysis, prototyping and testing.
WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO:
- Harnessing responsibilities:
- Perform or support design tasks such as harness layout, connector and back shell selection, wire selection, and shielding for our spacecraft.
- Generate pinout tables for harness connectors at both ends of the assembly based on spacecraft interconnect diagrams
- Responsible for creating and maintaining BOMs for harnessing in our product lifecycle management (PLM) tool
- Assist in creating documentation for electrical system schematics and harness designs
- Avionics responsibilities: