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Harness Design Intern (Summer 2027)

Muon Space · San Jose, CA

Posted Oct 1, 2026

Est. total comp~$17/hr

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About the role

Muon seeks a Harness Design Intern to join our electrical engineering team. The ideal candidate is someone who has gained familiarity with harnessing through student clubs or internships and has some programming background. The goal is to advance your harness design skills during the internship and then use those skills to build really cool tools. Is there a way we can build an AI agent to review our harness drawings and make sure we don’t make basic errors? Is there a way we can create a harnessing agent to interact with the API of our programs and design harnesses? These are the types of questions we want you to answer during your internship!

Responsibilities

Work on new tooling and improve the workflows associated with harness design

Experiment with AI to update and modify drawings

Create harness drawings, BOMs and maintain system diagrams

Specify connector and crimp part numbers in accordance with system design

Gather feedback from AIT, EE and Mechanical for initial designs and improvements

Work with electrical engineering to ensure compliance with signal integrity, grounding, and shielding requirements

Release documentation into PLM with ECO/DCO

Define electrical test criteria (e.g., continuity, insulation resistance, hipot) for flight and test harnesses. Support or oversee test execution and documentation

Qualifications

Attention to detail, strong reading comprehension and a desire for ownership …

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Skills and tools: Python, Linux, Git, Torque

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Skills and tools: RF

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Technical documentation
Operations planning and scheduling
Field test and integration
Reading drawings and procedures
Safety and hazard analysis

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