Quality Engineer, Battery

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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…