Senior Electrical Harness Engineer

Zoox is hiring a Senior Electrical Harness Engineer in Foster City, United States. It pays $185k-$222k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Zoox.

Level's read on this job

Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions Catia, Capital Harness and electrical engineering among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
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Design and integrate low voltage wire harnesses for autonomous vehicles from concept to production.

CatiaCapital Harness

electrical-engineeringwire-harness-designautomotivehardware

As a Senior Electrical Low Voltage Design Engineer at Zoox, you will own the design and integration of wire harnesses that connect the controllers, sensors, and subsystems of our autonomous vehicles. Working within the Electrical Systems Team, you will take harnesses from concept through prototype builds and production launch, defining routing and 3D packaging, releasing 2D manufacturing drawings, and working directly with suppliers and the assembly plant. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who owns outcomes, works independently with suppliers, troubleshoots on the shop floor and inside prototype vehicles, and drives continuous improvement in how our harness team works.

In this role, you will:

Own assigned harness families end to end, from concept through drawing release, prototype builds, and production launch.
Define and own harness routing and 3D packaging in CATIA V5/V6, optimizing for mass, cost, packaging space, serviceability, and assembly.
Create and release 2D harness manufacturing drawings and wire lists in Capital Harness (Siemens); read and understand electrical schematics and provide feedback to the electrical architecture team.
Select clips, connectors, terminals, seals, and wire; size circuits for power consumption, voltage drop, and fuse protection; define electrical interfaces and endpoints with connected devices.
Resolve technical issues including EMI, thermal protection, chafe/abrasion, mechanical strain, and environmental sealing; define protection, retention, and clipping strategies.
Lead packaging and design reviews, develop and execute Design Verification, DFM, and contribute to DFMEA.
Work directly and independently with harness suppliers from prototype development through design reviews, production readiness, and change implementation.
Support early prototype and pilot builds at the assembly plant, troubleshooting build and vehicle issues and driving manufacturing integration fixes.
Collaborate with electrical architecture, mechanical/packaging, manufacturing, and quality teams to align harness design with vehicle requirements.
Develop and improve engineering processes for device transmittals, schematics, and 3D harness routing, along with design guidelines, best practices, and component libraries.

Qualifications

Masters’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or Electromechanical Engineering,
8+ years of wire harness / EDS design experience, preferably in the automotive industry (aerospace, heavy truck, or similar also considered), with a demonstrable work history
Proficiency in 3D CAD for harness routing and packaging, preferably CATIA V5 or V6 (3DEXPERIENCE)
Experience with 2D harness design software, preferably Siemens Capital Harness
Ability to translate electrical schematics into 2D manufacturing drawings and 3D harness routing, including connector and terminal selection, wire sizing, power consumption, and electrical interfaces
Experience with selection and validation of the harness components (clips, wires, terminals, seal, etc.)
Working knowledge of automotive EE communication (CAN, LIN) and low-voltage power distribution architectures
Hands-on experience supporting vehicle development and industrialization, from prototype through production launch
Experience working directly with harness suppliers on design reviews and production readiness

Bonus Qualifications

Experience launching a mass-production vehicle program through Start of Production
Familiarity with LV and HV connection systems, seals, and terminal retention mechanisms for electric vehicles
Design of harness brackets, clips, and protection hardware in plastic and sheet metal, with DFM knowledge (injection molding, stamping)
Experience with DFMEA, and cost/reliability trade-off analysis
Understanding of signal integrity (SI), EMC/EMI, grounding, and shielding principles
Experience with high-speed automotive communication harnesses (Automotive Ethernet, GMSL, A2B, CAN)
Experience with Capital/Mentor Graphics Topology and HarnessXC bridging
Hands-on use of harness test equipment (continuity testers, multimeters, oscilloscopes) and prototype vehicle instrumentation
Familiarity with Jira and Confluence in an iterative development environment

How we rate this

Senior Electrical Harness Engineer at Zoox rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Senior Electrical Harness Engineer is an open job at Zoox.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $185k-$222k a year.
The role is based in Foster City, CA.
The job was posted on November 6, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Zoox. Apply on Zoox

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