Electrical Harness Lead & Designer - The Toro Company

📍 Job Overview

Job Title: Electrical Harness Lead & Designer

Company: The Toro Company

Location: Bloomington, MN, United States (with potential for travel to Beatrice, NE)

Job Type: Full time

Category: Engineering - Electrical / Manufacturing Operations

Date Posted: August 6, 2026

Experience Level: 10+ years

Remote Status: On-site Only

🚀 Role Summary

• Serve as the technical lead and manager for the electrical harness design group within The Toro Company's Landscapes and Contractor (L&C) Division.

• Drive the end-to-end design, development, prototyping, and release of electrical harnesses for a diverse range of products, from residential equipment to large commercial mowers.

• Lead and mentor a geographically dispersed team across multiple locations (Bloomington, MN; Beatrice, NE; and India Technology Center), fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams and external suppliers to define requirements, estimate resources, and resolve technical challenges related to electrical systems.

• Champion best practices in harness design, ensuring robust, manufacturable, and serviceable solutions that meet stringent performance, cost, quality, and regulatory standards.

📝 Enhancement Note: This role is specifically for an Electrical Harness Lead & Designer, focusing on the physical design and integration of electrical systems within machinery. While the input data mentions "Revenue Operations" and "Sales Operations" as general categories, this specific role falls under a more specialized engineering and manufacturing operations umbrella. The "Operations" aspect is derived from the management of design processes, team workflows, and product lifecycle management within a manufacturing context, rather than traditional GTM operations.

📈 Primary Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop the harness design team, including resource planning, performance management, and talent development for team members located in Bloomington, Beatrice, and India.

• Oversee the complete lifecycle of electrical harness design, from initial concept and architecture design through schematic entry, component selection, routing, assembly, testing, verification, and final documentation release.

• Collaborate closely with product development teams, cross-functional groups (engineering, operations, quality, supply chain), and stakeholders to define harness requirements, scope projects, and estimate schedules, budgets, and resource needs for new product introductions and ongoing improvements.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the harness design group by establishing and maintaining best practices, identifying opportunities for process enhancements, and evaluating new development tools and methodologies.

• Act as the primary technical authority for electrical harness design, ensuring that all designs are robust, manufacturable, serviceable, and meet performance, cost, quality, and regulatory requirements.

• Manage and resolve electrical harness supplier issues, including cost reduction initiatives, lead-line improvements, and quality concerns, by working closely with the supply chain and manufacturing teams.

• Participate actively in design reviews, risk