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Wire, Cable, and Harness Assemblies Oper
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A Rigger hoists heavy objects using a system of ropes, pulleys, bolts, and winches, often at a lumberyard, shipyard, construction site, or manufacturing facility.
$54,071 / year median in Massachusetts
+13% projected growth
Job Description
Jobs › Attleboro Falls, MA › Wire, Cable, and Harness Assemblie…
Star Engineering Wire, Cable, and Harness Assemblies Oper Attleboro Falls, MA Apply Wire, Cable, and Harness Assemblies Operator/Technician Summary:
Build, terminate, test, and inspect wire, cable, and harness assemblies to engineering drawings, work instructions, and quality standards (e.g., IPC/WHMA-A-620).Key Responsibilities:
- Read and interpret drawings, BOMs, schematics, and work orders.
- Cut, strip, crimp, solder, and terminate wires/cables; apply heat shrink and labeling.
- Perform continuity, insulation resistance, and hipot testing; document results.
- Use microscopes/magnifiers to inspect crimps, solder joints, and terminations.
- Maintain lot traceability, travelers, and shop-floor data in MES/ERP.
- Support first-article builds and engineering changes (ECOs).
Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent; technical/vocational training preferred.
- 1 to 3 years in wire/cable/harness assembly or related electronics/mechanical assembly.
- Ability to read schematics, pinouts, and wiring diagrams; use color codes and gauge charts.
- Proficient with hand tools and basic soldering; familiarity with
IPC/WHMA-A-620.
- Basic computer skills for work instructions, travelers, and test data entry.
Standard Tools and Machines:
- Wire cutters, precision strippers (manual/programmable), cable jacket strippers
- Crimp tools (manual, pneumatic, hydraulic), applicators, crimp height gauges, pull testers
- Soldering stations, preheaters, hot-air tools, thermal strippers
- Heat guns, heat-shrink ovens/tunnels, braid and shielding tools
- Pin insertion/extraction tools, ferrule and terminal crimpers
- Continuity testers, multimeters, hipot testers, insulation resistance testers
- Label printers, heat-shrink markers, laser wire markers (as applicable)
Common Processes:
- Wire prep: cut-to-length, strip, tinning
Termination:
open/closed barrel crimp, solder cup, IDC, ferrules, coax/RF connectors- Harness build: routing, looming, lacing, tie-wrapping, heat-shrink, strain relief
- Shield termination: pigtail, 360-degree band clamp, backshell assembly
- Electrical test: continuity, shorts, IR, hipot; functional testing per procedure