Wire Harness Technician

Responsibilities

• Cut, strip, crimp, solder, and terminate wire and cable per engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, and work instructions.
• Build wire harness and electro-mechanical assemblies to IPC/WHMA-A-620 workmanship standards.
• Read and interpret cable harness drawings, layout drawings, mechanical drawings, schematics, and GD&T.
• Install connectors, terminals, heat-shrink tubing, cable ties, labels, and protective sleeves.
• Perform continuity, insulation resistance, and functional electrical checkouts using digital multimeters and custom test setups.
• Inspect completed harnesses for correct pinout, mechanical durability, and workmanship; flag and document non-conformances.
• Perform basic rework and repair — de-pin/re-pin terminals, splice corrections — on returned or in-process assemblies.
• Collaborate with production and manufacturing engineers to document and improve build processes.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safety-focused work area; follow all safety procedures and PPE requirements.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1-5 years of experience using mechanical and/or electronic hand tools.
• Ability to read and follow wiring diagrams, schematics, and assembly drawings.

Preferred

• Experience fabricating or inspecting wire harness and cable assemblies.
• Familiarity with IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards (certification a plus).
• Experience in aerospace, defense, heavy equipment, automotive or another high-reliability manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Altium.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, low-volume/high-mix production environment with shifting priorities.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work at a bench or on a vehicle for extended periods.
• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs as needed.
• Good vision and hand-eye coordination for detailed wiring work

Hard skills

• Crimping, soldering, and connector termination to a recognized workmanship standard (IPC/WHMA-A-620 or equivalent).
• Reading and working directly from wiring diagrams, schematics, and mechanical/GD&T drawings without hand-holding.
• Using a digital multimeter and basic test setups to verify continuity, resistance, and functional pass/fail.
• Diagnosing and correcting a wiring defect (not just reporting it) — re-termination, splice repair, de-pin/re-pin.
• AIM-specific attributes

Comfort with ambiguity

— AIM's build documentation and BOMs change often as harnesses go through revisions; the technician has to build correctly today and adapt tomorrow without a finished, static work instruction.

Safety-first mindset

— works around live electrical systems and heavy equipment; stops and flags rather than pushing through an unsafe condition to hit a deadline.

Ownership of outcomes

— treats a harness with their name on it as their responsibility through inspection and test, not just through assembly.

Low-volume/high-mix tolerance

— comfortable switching between harness types and revisions within a shift rather than expecting long, repetitive runs.

Compensation

$40,000-$75,000 base salary