--- title: 'Quality Engineer, Electrical at Harbinger Motors Inc.' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/quality-engineer-electrical-harbinger-motors-inc-garden-grove-6av4ybxk685m' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-19' --- # Quality Engineer, Electrical at Harbinger Motors Inc. - **Company:** Harbinger Motors Inc. - **Location:** Garden Grove, CA - **Compensation:** $120k–$180k - **Posted:** 2026-10-13 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/harbingermotors/jobs/5257583007 ## Job description ## About Harbinger Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger’s best-in-class team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form, Revolutionary Foundation. Job Overview: We are looking for a Quality Engineer (Electrical) with broad responsibilities across electrical and electronic assemblies. You will be responsible for ensuring the quality of electrical architecture, control systems, and electronic components throughout their life cycle. This role involves collaborating with suppliers, product designers, and production teams to establish and maintain quality standards, troubleshoot complex electrical issues, and drive continuous improvement. The Electrical Quality Engineer will act as a liaison between the company's cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams. Responsibilities include defining electrical quality standards, performing root cause analysis on electrical and electronic failures, defining inspection standards, end-of-line test controls, quality gates, and determining corrective actions. A successful Electrical Quality Engineer should have excellent analytical and electrical troubleshooting skills and be able to ensure that processes and products are consistently improved. What You’ll Do: - Monitor electrical and electronic quality performance metrics, proactively identifying and escalating emerging high-impact issues using process, end-of-line test, and warranty data for early resolution. - Drive timely root cause analysis and resolution by engaging and holding cross-functional teams accountable with a data-driven approach to ensure root cause is identified and resolved (e.g., electrical noise, signal integrity loss, component failure, assembly defects). - Implement continuous improvement by driving lessons learned into relevant electrical design and manufacturing processes. - Develop and track data-driven metrics for issue monitoring, electrical yields, and corrective action effectiveness. - Create innovative tools and processes to enhance efficiency, electrical test coverage, and scalability across production. - Continuously develop electrical quality standards, quality control systems, and manufacturing and supplier quality protocols for Harbinger’s electrical harnesses, power distribution units, controllers, and PCBAs. - Perform thorough inspection and testing of materials, equipment, processes, and products (including Hi-Pot testing, continuity, resistance, and functional electrical testing) to ensure meticulous compliance with specifications. - Support the assembly team with electrical distribution units, high/low-voltage wiring harnesses, controllers, and electrical test equipment buyoff, conducting technical and statistical investigations concerning quality issues, test methods, and equipment. - Formulate effective corrective actions, solutions, and enhancements for supplier, production, and product-related challenges specific to vehicle electrical systems. - Participate in design reviews (DFMEA/PFMEA) alongside design engineering and manufacturing teams to mitigate manufacturing, wiring routing, grounding, and assembly risks linked to electrical components. - Lead and instruct interdisciplinary efforts to conduct Root Cause analysis (8D, 5-Why) for both internal and external electrical and electronic products, ensuring timely responses and validation of corrective actions to prevent non-conformances. - Lead MRB (Material Review Board) meetings and act as a quality representative within the engineering change control board for vehicle electrical systems and electronic sub-assemblies. Who You Are: - You are a hands-on engineer that loves to solve complex technical problems. You have a bias for action and continuous improvement. - You are energetic, passionate about electrical quality, and committed to delivering best-in-class products. - Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical field. - 3 to 5 years of pertinent experience in manufacturing quality or supplier quality engineering involving automotive/EV electrical systems, wiring harnesses, PCBAs, power electronics, or equivalent products. - ASQ Certifications such as Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Certified Quality Manager (CQM), Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, or higher, are preferred. - Proficiency in ISO 9001:2018 or IATF 16949 standards is highly desired. - Familiarity with fundamental quality core tools including Quality Management Systems, Supplier and Internal Audits, APQP, SPC, GR&R, PPAP, FMEA (DFMEA/PFMEA), and Control Plans. - Strong analytical, electrical troubleshooting, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are essential. - Excellent project management skills, capable of managing multiple projects concurrently. - Solid understanding of vehicle electrical architecture (CAN/LIN bus communication, high and low voltage distribution, grounding strategies, PCBAs, and wire harness fabrication) is required. - Ability to travel up to 30% of the time. Key Benefits & Perks: - Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision (HDV) – 100% employee covered - Early-stage Stock Options - Robust Retirement Savings (401k, HSA, FSA) - Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Parental Leave - Annual Vacation Bonus - Wellness & Fertility Benefits - Cell Phone Stipend - Complimentary Meals & Stocked Kitchens California Pay Range $120,000—$180,000 USD ## Equal Opportunity Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. Harbinger is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at info@harbingermotors.com. Candidate Data Privacy Harbinger may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law. Harbinger may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our HR, legal, and finance teams, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Harbinger affiliates; and (iii) Harbinger’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services. Harbinger may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions. Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services. Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted in response to our job posting shall be considered the property of Harbinger and are not subject to payment of referral or placement fees if any such candidate is later hired by Harbinger unless you have a signed written agreement in place with us which covers the applicable job posting. ## About Harbinger Motors Inc. ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Harbinger Motors designs and manufactures purpose-built electric and plug-in hybrid stripped chassis for the medium-duty commercial vehicle market, targeting step vans, delivery trucks, RVs, and other vocational applications. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C - II) - **Headquarters**: Garden Grove, California, United States - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: John Harris (CEO & Co-Founder), Phillip Weicker (CTO & Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Electric Vehicle (EV) Manufacturing, Commercial Automotive, Clean Technology - **Target customers**: B2B — commercial fleets, delivery companies, RV manufacturers, and upfitters operating medium-duty vehicles (Class 4-6). - **Mission or purpose statement**: To modernize the medium-duty vehicle industry by delivering an EV platform with best-in-class performance and durability at a zero cost acquisition premium, enabling cleaner transportation and improved performance at a viable price point. ## Products & Services For each major offering: - **[Electric Stripped Chassis]**: A purpose-built, ground-up electric platform (including batteries, drive unit, junction box, thermal unit, suspension, and steering) designed for integration with medium-duty body types like step vans, trolleys, and RVs. Engineered for a 450,000-mile service life. - **[Plug-In Hybrid Chassis]**: A hybrid variant of the stripped chassis, offering range flexibility for fleets transitioning to electrification. - **[Proprietary Battery Packs]**: Scalable battery solutions available in 35 kWh increments, allowing fleets to purchase only the energy they need. - **[Auxiliary Power System]**: An integrated platform for powering auxiliary systems on commercial vehicles. - **[Sevna Cab Chassis & HC Series Cab]**: Additional cab and chassis variants for specific commercial applications. - **[Harbinger Step Van]**: A fully integrated electric step van, engineered for maximum uptime and lower total cost of ownership (TCO). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Raised a total of **$333M** in funding (latest round: Series C - II). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not fully detailed in search results, but the company has raised significant venture capital. Key leadership includes veterans from major automotive and tech firms. - **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2021 and has rapidly progressed to Series C funding. Product is being proven in real-world conditions. Active hiring across engineering, manufacturing, and software. Award-winning workplace recognized in the industry. 23 patents filed, covering battery electric vehicle technologies, automotive suspension, and pickup truck innovations. ## Competitive Advantages - **Purpose-built platform**: Unlike retrofits or converted platforms, Harbinger’s chassis is engineered from the ground up for commercial electric use, targeting a 450,000-mile service life. - **Zero cost acquisition premium**: The company claims its EV platform is priced to eliminate the upfront cost premium typically associated with EVs vs. diesel/gas, lowering barriers for fleets. - **Modular battery system**: Proprietary 35 kWh battery increments allow fleets to right-size their energy needs, optimizing cost. - **End-to-end design & manufacturing**: Vehicles are designed, engineered, and made in America (Garden Grove, CA), giving Harbinger control over quality and supply chain. - **Plug-in hybrid option**: Provides a unique alternative in the market for fleets not yet ready for full electrification, offering flexibility. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling production**: Growing manufacturing capabilities and team in Garden Grove to meet fleet demand. - **Product expansion**: Developing and releasing new chassis variants (Sevna Cab, HC Series) and the fully integrated Step Van. - **Technology development**: Continued investment in proprietary battery, powertrain, and software (including ADAS and firmware) to improve performance and TCO. - **Market penetration**: Targeting the large and underserved medium-duty commercial vehicle market with a compelling value proposition for fleets. ## Why Work Here - **Impact**: Employees work on vehicles that are seen on roads every day, with a mission to decarbonize a critical segment of transportation. Every role is described as having real impact. - **Culture**: Values-driven culture emphasizing ownership mindset, accountability, speed, and craftsmanship. The company states it values honesty, boldness, and leading by doing. - **Work Environment**: Described as a "place where you're valued" with flexibility as a key principle. The culture supports learning from mistakes and adapting quickly. An "award-winning workplace" recognized in the industry. - **Growth Opportunities**: A high-growth company actively hiring for roles across software (Firmware, ADAS, Computer Vision, Embedded), electrical (Power Electronics, Design Release), manufacturing (Production Supervisor, Equipment Engineer), and more. - **Location & Policy**: Based in Garden Grove, CA (Orange County). Some roles are designated for specific locations (e.g., Mountain View, CA for Computer Vision), indicating a hybrid or office-based expectation for many engineering positions. - **Perks**: Not explicitly detailed, but the culture emphasizes that performance is recognized and supported, and individual contributions matter. ## Sources 1. [harbingermotors.com](https://harbingermotors.com/) 2. [harbingermotors.com/our-company](https://harbingermotors.com/our-company/) 3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/harbingermotors](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/harbingermotors) 4. 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