Electrical Technician

This is the opportunity of a lifetime. Auriga Space is revolutionizing propulsion by developing electromagnetic launch systems that offer significant advantages in launch cost, reliability, frequency, and responsiveness compared to rockets.

Auriga is seeking an experienced Electrical Technician to build, wire, debug, and test the electrical systems behind our electromagnetic launch hardware. This is a hands‑on role centered on harness fabrication, electrical integration, and troubleshooting across both low-voltage control and signal systems and high-voltage power systems. You will work from schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering drawings, but also from verbal direction and early-stage documentation, partnering closely with engineers to turn designs into working hardware and to flag issues before they reach the build.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands‑on electrical experience, takes pride in clean, precise, well‑documented work, holds a safety-first mindset around high voltage, and thrives in a fast‑paced start‑up environment.

• Drawings & system understanding: Read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, pinouts, interconnect drawings, and engineering drawings, and translate them into finished hardware.
• Build feasibility feedback: Review designs before and during the build and give engineers practical feedback on build feasibility, manufacturability, and potential issues such as connector access, wire gauge, routing constraints, or pinout errors.
• Harness fabrication: Build, modify, and repair electrical harnesses and cable assemblies, including wire preparation, stripping, crimping, soldering, connector and terminal installation, routing, labeling, lacing, and proper strain relief, to IPC/WHMA-A-620 and IPC J-STD-001 standards.
• Electrical integration: Install and integrate harnesses, panels, and electrical subassemblies into higher‑level assemblies, test stands, and complete systems from drawings, work instructions, and travelers.
• High- & low-voltage work: Work safely on low‑voltage control and signal circuits as well as high-voltage and high‑energy systems, applying lockout/tagout, isolation, grounding, and verification of absence of voltage before any work begins.
• Electrical debugging: Troubleshoot electrical faults using multimeters, insulation resistance (megohm) testers, hipot testers, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and other diagnostic equipment, working systematically to isolate root causes.
• Independent problem solving: Work independently from verbal direction, redlines, incomplete instructions, or partially developed documentation, making sound decisions and escalating questions when they matter.
• Test & verification: Perform continuity, isolation, and functional checks on harnesses and assemblies; set up test equipment; support functional and acceptance testing; and record results on data sheets or in an electronic collection system.
• Workmanship & documentation: Maintain close attention to connector pinning, wire identification, routing, workmanship, and system configuration, and keep as‑built records, redlines, and travelers accurate and current.
• Engineering communication: Communicate clearly with engineers about issues, findings, and recommended changes, and help drive root-cause and corrective actions.
• Safety: Use proper personal protective equipment (PPE), arc‑flash protection, and electrostatic discharge (ESD) practices, and follow all safety procedures.
• Shop & team support: Maintain and calibrate tools and equipment, keep the shop and lab clean, organized, and safe, and provide guidance to junior technicians while helping improve processes, quality, and throughput.

• Working knowledge of wiring harness…