Cable Harness Design Engineering Manager

Amphenol and its Affiliated Companies•Allen, TX

83d•$130,000 - $170,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Design Engineering Manager leads a team of engineers and drafters responsible for designing and developing complex cable assemblies, wire harnesses, and fiber optic interconnect systems. The role emphasizes harness architecture, detailed interconnect design, routing, breakout configuration, labeling, and build documentation. The manager provides technical support for existing products throughout their lifecycle and partners with product management, operations, sales, and other functions to ensure design accuracy, manufacturability, and successful program execution. The position manages a team of 5–10 design engineers and drafters, overseeing hiring, performance management, career development, and workload and resource planning across concurrent programs. It establishes design standards and review and mentoring practices, directs engineering deliverables to program schedules, reviews and approves designs and change orders, and leads investigations and corrective actions for design-related quality escapes. The role also supports proposals, customer design coordination, engineering audits, and process improvements, including standardization of SolidWorks CAD/PDM workflows and drawing templates.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
At least 5 years of engineering leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Experience leading new product development from concept through production.
Working knowledge of MIL-DTL and MIL-PRF specifications, GD&T, and military specification drawing standards.
Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and assembly documentation.
Strong knowledge of AS9100, PLM systems, configuration management, and engineering change processes.
Excellent leadership, communication, project management, and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent programs and competing priorities in a manufacturing environment.
Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to satisfy ITAR requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with CAD software such as SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor, or equivalent; these are listed as preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage 5–10 design engineers and drafters, including hiring, performance management, career development, and workload and resource planning across concurrent programs.
Establish design standards, review cadences, and mentoring structures for engineers at different experience levels.
Partner with HR on compensation planning, promotion cases, and succession planning for the design team.
Direct the design and development of cable and wire harness assemblies and fiber optic interconnect systems, ensuring compliance with MIL-DTL, MIL-PRF, and customer-specific specifications.
Own engineering deliverables against program schedules, including drawings, GD&T packages, bills of materials, interface control documents, and qualification test plans.
Review and approve engineering designs, drawing packages, and engineering change orders and engineering change notices from the team.
Lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions for design-related quality escapes.
Serve as the engineering interface to Program Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Sales on active and proposed programs.
Support new business proposals with technical scoping, feasibility assessment, and rough-order-of-magnitude engineering estimates.
Coordinate with customer engineering teams on interface control, design reviews, and qualification requirements.
Standardize design practices, CAD/PDM workflows using SolidWorks, and drawing templates across the group.
Identify and implement process improvements to reduce design cycle time and first-pass yield issues.
Support internal and customer audits related to engineering design controls.