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About the Role
Allen Control Systems (ACS) is seeking a skilled Electrical Engineer to design and implement robust wiring solutions for autonomous defense platforms. This role involves creating wire harness designs, ensuring reliable signal and power distribution, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced prototyping environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop wire harness systems, including detailed wiring architectures and harness designs.
- Support system-level electrical integration across sensors, computing systems, actuators, and power electronics.
- Develop wiring diagrams, pinout documentation, harness drawings, and electrical schematics.
- Define appropriate connectors, shielding strategies, grounding methods, and cable routing solutions.
- Collaborate with mechanical engineers to optimize harness routing, packaging, and protection.
- Assist with hardware bring-up, troubleshooting wiring issues, and diagnosing electrical problems.
- Support harness builds, documentation, and quality verification with manufacturing teams.
- Perform testing and validation of electrical harnesses and integrated systems.
Requirements
- 2–5+ years of experience in electrical engineering with hands-on experience designing wire harnesses, cable assemblies, or electrical interconnect systems.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in electrical engineering or a related field.
- Strong experience designing wiring harnesses for complex electromechanical or robotic systems.
- Experience producing electrical drawings, harness documentation, wiring diagrams, and system-level electrical documentation.
- Familiarity with connector types, shielding strategies, grounding practices, and cable management techniques.
- Proven experience integrating sensors, computer hardware, power systems, and actuators in complex systems.
- Hands-on experience diagnosing electrical integration issues using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.
- Experience working with robotic, aerospace, automotive, or defense-related hardware systems.
- Experience working with MIL-STD practices or other high-reliability manufacturing standards for wiring, harnessing, or electrical integration.
Skills
- Wire harness design
- Electrical integration
- System-level wiring architecture
- Electrical schematics
- Harness documentation
- Connector and cable selection
- Electromechanical collaboration
- Prototype bring-up and debugging
- Manufacturing support
- Testing and validation
- Zuken E3
- Mentor Graphics/Capital Harness
- RapidHarness
- Altium
- SolidWorks Electrical
- Robotics
- Autonomous systems
- Defense hardware
- Ruggedized systems
- Signal integrity
- Power distribution
- Rapid prototyping
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- ACS Equity Package
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
About the Company
- Allen Control Systems (ACS) is a cutting-edge defense startup founded by two former Navy electrical engineers with a proven track record in robotics and software.
- We are developing an autonomous gun turret using advanced computer vision and control systems.
- With an engineering-first culture, ACS values technical excellence and innovation.
- Backed by our founders' successful exits from two previous ventures acquired for a combined $180M in 2022, we are committed to ensuring that the groundbreaking technologies we develop will have a real-world impact.
Equal Opportunity
- Allen Control Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer, providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.
- Allen Control Systems prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation