Harness CAE Designer

Business Title: Harness CAE Designer

Location: Marysville, OH 43040

Job Type: Direct hire

Work Setting: Onsite

Mandatory:

• Capital Integrator (new name- Capital Platform Designer) experience is very much needed
• Experience with Platform architect and integrator plane within the Capital SW?
• Experience in managing option complexities in product plan.

Role Summary:

• We are seeking a skilled Harness CAE Designer to support end-to-end automotive harness development activities for client’s vehicle development programs.
• The engineer will work onsite and use Siemens Capital CAE tools to develop logical and physical harness designs, generate manufacturing outputs, validate design data, and support comparison, workflow, and change-management activities.
• The role requires strong knowledge of automotive electrical systems, harness architecture, connectivity, and design documentation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform end-to-end automotive harness development using Siemens Capital CAE tools.
• Develop logical wiring architecture models, including power distribution, ground distribution, and signal/communication networks.
• Create physical harness designs including topology, bundle structure, routing, splices, branches, breakouts, and connector/terminal assignments.
• Reference or import harness data from CATIA V5/V6 to extract 3D routing information and design intent.
• Reference or import logical network data from EAZ to extract connectivity and electrical characteristic information.
• Generate manufacturing-ready deliverables such as 2D harness drawings, BOMs, wire lists, connectivity reports, splice/joint tables, and shielding/grounding reports.
• Execute design validation activities including electrical rule checks, design consistency checks, and analysis support for circuit protection and voltage-drop readiness where applicable.
• Support comparison and benchmarking of Siemens Capital outputs against legacy CATIA/EAZ outputs and prepare gap/delta analysis reports.
• Maintain revision-controlled harness datasets and ensure traceability between logical, physical, and released design data.
• Prepare technical documentation, workflow/process documentation, issue logs, and design review presentation materials.
• Collaborate with THE CLIENT and supplier stakeholders to support delivery, issue resolution, and continuous improvement of harness design workflows.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience in automotive wiring harness design and development.
• Strong proficiency in Siemens Capital / Capital CAE tools for harness design.
• Experience with CATIA V5/V6 in relation to harness routing, packaging, or data extraction.
• Working knowledge of automotive electrical architecture, schematics, connectivity, and harness documentation.
• Ability to interpret and develop logical and physical harness designs with strong attention to engineering quality and release readiness.
• Experience generating harness manufacturing deliverables such as BOMs, drawings, wire lists, and reports.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently onsite and coordinate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with EAZ network data and legacy harness toolchains.
• Exposure to harness analysis, simulation support data preparation, or downstream integration with tools such as SPICE or Ansys TwinBuilder.
• Knowledge of change/configuration management, release processes, and traceability in vehicle electrical development.
• Python knowledge for automation, integration, or data-processing activities.
• Experience supporting design reviews, benchmarking studies, and process improvement initiatives.