Job Title:

Electrical & Wire Harness Designer

Type of Position:

This position will begin as a 6 month contract, with strong potential for long-term employment. While the contract is initially set for 6 months, there is no fixed end date, and extensions beyond the initial term are possible. Conversion to a direct hire role may occur as early as 3 months, depending on individual performance and business needs. Although direct hire is not guaranteed, it is a common outcome for high-performing team members, and most contractors in this role do transition to permanent positions over time.

Candidate Requirements:

This role is working for a major defense contractor. Candidates must be either US Citizens or Permanent Residents (Green Card Holders) to be eligible for this role. Candidates on CPT, OPT, H1B or TN visas are also not eligible for this role. This company is NOT open to corp2corp (c2c) or corp2hire (c2h). Offer may be contingent upon passing a background check and a drug screen (drug screen would include Cannabis).

Job Location:

Sterling Heights, MI (hybrid role).

Compensation:

$59.57/hr to start. Overtime paid at 1.5x over 40 hours.

Benefits:

• Available (health insurance, dental, vision, 401k, etc) – benefit eligibility begins the 1st of the month after 30 days of employment.
• This role will have 7 paid holidays and 10 days PTO (PTO accrues over time). In going direct hire, there will be significantly more PTO.

Overview:

HRU Technical Resources is partnering with a leading defense contractor to hire an Electrical & Wire Harness Designer in Sterling Heights, MI (hybrid role). This position will be supporting next-generation military ground vehicles. It will offer the chance to work on complex, mission-critical systems in a collaborative, fast-paced engineering environment. You’ll be involved throughout the full design lifecycle – using advanced tools to develop innovative wiring harnesses and electrical systems that meet the rigorous demands of modern defense technology.

Responsibilities:

• Perform design and drafting for both electrical and mechanical aspects of electrical/electronic equipment.
• Design wiring harnesses; create layout drawings and check schematic diagrams as supplied in rough form by electrical engineering.
• Prepare wiring diagrams from schematic diagrams, and vice versa.
• Manage overall line replaceable unit (LRU) chassis and housing design/drafting, including system packaging.
• Select LRU/wiring harness components such as electrical connectors, electrical accessories, wire, shielding, shield terminators, terminal lugs, and similar items.
• Produce schematic diagrams and/or CAD drawings for submission to customers, internal teams, or outside vendors to manufacture specified LRUs, wiring harnesses, and cable assemblies.
• Ensure drawings and outputs are ready for direct input into data management configuration control systems.

Skills, Education, Experience – Required:

• We are seeking candidates who have a relevant Bachelor’s Degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience. Candidates with a relevant Associate Degree will also be considered with at least 9 years of relevant experience. Candidates without any degree (but with a High School Diploma / GED) may be considered with significant relevant experience (but a degree of some type is highly preferred).
• 5 years of Creo Design experience.
• Experience working with electrical/electronic systems of military ground vehicles.
• Ability to complete designs from concept development, review, detailed design, and documentation, to verification and validation of simple sub-systems.
• Proficiency with advanced modeling and analysis tools for developing product specifications, models, simulations, technical data packages, and integration/verification procedures.
• Expert knowledge of CAD drafting/modeling and design techniques.
• Proven experience designing wiring harnesses/cable assemblies, including their routing and creation of detailed assembly drawings.
• Competence in drawing generation utilizing Creo Pro-Cable (minimum 2 years of experience).
• Understanding of MIL-STD-100, ANSI Y14.5/14.41, and Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Ability to perform wire routing using Logical Data from Siemens Capital Harness.
• Working knowledge of military electrical connector and electrical cabling specifications.
• Capability to create wiring harness schematics with Visio Technical.
• Strong cooperative teamworking skills, and effective oral and written communication skills, as this position operates in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment.

Skills, Education, Experience – Preferred:

• Working knowledge of electrical engineering and electro-mechanical engineering tools is highly desired.

Work Environment:

• This is a 1st (day) shift role working on a 9/80 schedule. Typical hours are 8:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday (every other Friday off).
• This will be a hybrid role (3 days on site, 2 days from home).
• There may be occasional overtime in this role. Any OT will be paid at 1.5x.
• Offer may be contingent upon a drug screen (which would include cannabis) and a background check.
• EOE (including Disability/Veterans)