Quality Engineer, Battery

Harbinger Motors; Garden Grove (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Stock Options

401k

PTO & Parental Leave

Annual Bonus

Wellness Benefits

Cell Phone Stipend

Meals & Kitchen

Job summary

Harbinger Motors seeks a Battery Quality Engineer to ensure quality across battery components and assemblies throughout their life cycle. You will collaborate with suppliers, design, and production teams to define standards, troubleshoot issues, and drive continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes data‑driven metrics, corrective actions, and supporting design reviews to mitigate risks in EV battery systems. Travel up to 30% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years in manufacturing quality or supplier quality engineering for batteries or related products.
• ASQ certifications (CQE, CQE, CQA) preferred.
• Familiarity with ISO-9001:2018 or IATF 16949 is highly desirable.
• Know-how of QMS, supplier/internal audits, APQP, SPC, PPAP, FMEA.

Responsibilities

• Monitor battery quality performance metrics and identify high‑impact issues.
• Lead root cause analyses and drive cross‑functional corrective actions.
• Implement continuous improvement and track action effectiveness.
• Develop data‑driven quality standards and inspection plans.
• Support design reviews to mitigate battery manufacturing risks.
• Lead MRB meetings and participate in ECR/ECN processes.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Data-driven

Quality engineering

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

APQP

SPC

PPAP

FMEA

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‑of‑the‑best 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 for Harbinger’s batteries. You will be responsible for ensuring the quality of energy components and assemblies throughout their life cycle. This role involves collaborating with suppliers, product designers, and production teams to establish and maintain quality standards, troubleshoot issues, and drive continuous improvement. The battery QE will act as a liaison between the company cross‑functional teams, our suppliers, and our customers. Responsibilities include defining quality standards, performing root cause analysis, defining inspection standards, equipment controls, quality gates, supplier selection, APQP, and determining corrective actions. A successful Battery Quality Engineer should have excellent analytic and troubleshooting skills and be able to ensure that processes and products are consistently improved.

What You’ll Do

• Monitor battery quality performance metrics, proactively identify and elevate emerging high‑impact issues using process 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.
• Implement continuous improvement by driving lessons learned into relevant processes.
• Develop and track data‑driven metrics for issue monitoring and corrective action effectiveness.
• Create innovative tools and processes to enhance efficiency and scalability.
• Continuously develop battery quality standards, quality control systems, and manufacturing and supplier quality protocols for Harbinger’s batteries.
• Thorough inspection and testing of materials, equipment, processes, and products to ensure meticulous compliance with quality specifications.
• Support the assembly team with battery packs, battery modules, and equipment buy‑off by conducting technical and statistical investigations concerning quality issues, methods, and equipment, culminating in actionable recommendations.
• Formulate effective corrective actions, solutions, and enhancements for supplier, production, and product‑related challenges specific to electric vehicle batteries.
• Participate in design reviews alongside design engineering and manufacturing teams to mitigate manufacturing and assembly risks linked to electric vehicle batteries.
• Lead and instruct interdisciplinary efforts to conduct root cause analysis for both internal and external electric vehicle battery products, ensuring timely responses and validation of corrective actions to prevent non‑conformances.
• Lead MRB meetings and act as a quality representative within the engineering change control board for electric vehicle battery systems.

Who You Are

• You are a hands‑on engineer that loves to solve problems.
• You have a bias for action and continuous improvement.
• You are energetic, passionate about quality and delivering best‑in‑class products.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing) or a related technical field.
• Three to five years of pertinent experience in manufacturing quality or supplier quality engineering involving batteries or equivalent products.
• ASQ Certifications such as Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Manager, 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, PPAP, FMEA.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are essential.
• Excellent project management skills, capable of managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Solid understanding of electric vehicle battery technology, general assembly, and thermal systems is advantageous.
• 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

$100,000 - $150,000 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.

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) record‑keeping; (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.

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