Electrical Harness Engineer

Who we are Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards.   As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously.   We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers.  We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications.   The role As an Electrical Harness Engineer, you will own the full electrical harness design lifecycle across Helsing's drone platforms and their supporting ground systems from the airframe through to the catapult launcher and Ground Control Station. You will translate system interface requirements into manufacturable harness designs, govern routing decisions across mechanically and electromagnetically challenging environments, and own the data packages released to suppliers. Your work is the physical backbone connecting every subsystem on the platform, ensuring mission-critical reliability and performance across operations. The day-to-day Design harnesses end-to-end across three platform domains airframe, catapult launch system, and Ground Control Station producing 2D schematics, 3D routed models, and 2D formboard manufacturing drawings complete with branch geometry, bundle diameters, breakout locations and all supplier call-outs Define routing architectures that account for domain-specific constraints: vibration and flex on the airframe, high-G shock and environmental exposure on the catapult, and density, thermal management and serviceability on the GCS Select wire types, shielding constructions and connector solutions appropriate to each environment making deliberate trade-offs between weight, EMC performance, temperature rating and manufacturability Apply EMC-aware design practices throughout: cable segregation, shield termination strategy, backshell bonding, and minimum separation between high-noise and sensitive circuits Build and validate prototypes hands-on in the lab verifying routing, connector mating, shield continuity and workmanship before any supplier release Own the supplier data package end-to-end: define it, check it for completeness and zero-ambiguity, release it, and hold suppliers accountable to the output Work closely with avionics, power electronics, RF/EMC and mechanical teams to align on interface requirements, resolve integration conflicts and ensure design-for-manufacture decisions early Manage harness data within the PLM system: creating, maintaining and releasing harness datasets, ensuring configuration control and traceability across all design revisions and platform variants You should apply if you Have designed harnesses in both 2D and 3D environments and produced 2D formboard drawings that a supplier can build from without interpretation Are proficient in SOLIDWORKS Electrical and/or Siemens Capital, and have experience managing harness data within a PLM environment to maintain traceability across design, manufacturing and supplier outputs Have comprehensive connector and interconnect knowledge contacts, backshells, shield terminations, wire types and can specify the right solution for a given mechanical and electrical environment Understand EMC at the harness level, including how routing decisions, shield termination choices and cable segregation translate directly into platform-level emissions performance Have worked in aerospace or defence, with familiarity of standards such as AS50881, EN3197 or MIL-W-22759; strong automotive harness candidates from a structured engineering environment will also be considered Have owned supplier data release: you know what a complete package looks like, you verify it before it goes out, and you ensure successful outcomes Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically   under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points. Nice to Have Experience with additional harness tools such as Zuken E3.series or CATIA Electrical Familiarity with harness routing in carbon fibre composite airframes, where grounding continuity and shielding behaviour differ from metallic structures Exposure to high-G shock environments such as pneumatic or catapult launch systems Experience with configuration management and change control in a regulated hardware development programme Join Helsing and wor