Senior Electrical Engineer - Harness

Reports To: Manager, Electrical Engineering

GILLIG is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer – ITS to support the design, development, integration, testing, and industrialization of electrical systems for heavy-duty transit buses.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), infotainment, CAD/AVL/AVM, surveillance, cybersecurity, vehicle harnessing, CANbus, antenna systems, and voice/data radio systems
. The engineer will work closely with customers, suppliers, manufacturing, testing, controls, mechanical engineering, and field service teams to develop reliable, manufacturable, and serviceable electrical solutions.

• Develop and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs), including modular BOM structures and component applications.
• Analyze supplier components, existing designs, and new technologies to optimize electrical system concepts.
• Perform electrical design analysis covering power distribution, grounding, circuit protection, EMC/EMI, signal integrity, and thermal management
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• Develop robust, manufacturable, serviceable, and cost-effective electrical designs.
• Create, review, and release electrical schematics, vehicle components, harness assemblies, and formboard drawings using ECAD tools.
• Support vehicle harness design, component integration, discrete signals, CANbus, antenna systems, and voice/data radio systems
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• Support integration of infotainment, CAD/AVL/AVM, passenger information, surveillance, security, and vehicle monitoring systems
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• Work directly with major component and technology suppliers to engineer and document ITS systems.
• Support Engineering Change Control, Production Change Orders (PCOs), Design REI releases, and configuration management
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• Support electrical designs throughout the complete product lifecycle, including development, production launch, vehicle variants, customer customization, and field support.
• Collaborate with test engineers to develop DVP&R, execute test plans, and review test results and validation reports.
• Troubleshoot electrical system issues using multimeters, power supplies, CANalyzer, oscilloscopes
  , and other diagnostic equipment.
• Support prototyping, product assembly, testing, validation, and production problem resolution.
• Provide technical input for engineering documentation and technical publications.
• Collaborate with mechanical, controls, manufacturing, production, field service, and other engineering teams
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• Provide technical recommendations and solutions to senior engineering staff and management.
• Ensure released designs meet customer requirements, performance objectives, manufacturing requirements, serviceability, cost targets, and applicable industry standards
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• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related Engineering discipline
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• Minimum 5 years of progressive engineering experience
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• Experience with automotive, commercial, or heavy-duty vehicle electrical systems
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• Strong experience with BOM management, engineering documentation, revision control, and configuration management
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• Experience with harness design and formboard drawings
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• Proficiency with ECAD/CAD tools such as Zuken E3, Capital, or AutoCAD
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• Hands-on experience with:
• Vehicle harnessing
• CANbus
• Voice and data radio systems
• Strong electrical troubleshooting and diagnostic experience using multimeters, power supplies, CANalyzer, oscilloscopes
  , and similar tools.
• Experience with electrical component design,
  DFM, DFS, and value engineering
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• Experience working with component suppliers, engineering service providers, testing suppliers, and product validation teams.
• Strong understanding of electrical documentation and the ability to communicate technical requirements to manufacturing and field service teams.
• Strong…