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HarbingermotorsAbout 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 Founda
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Job Overview
The Process Engineer Battery is responsible for supporting daily production operations while driving continuous improvement across safety, quality, delivery, and cost. This role serves as the primary engineering resource for resolving manufacturing issues, optimizing manufacturing processes, implementing engineering changes, and ensuring products are built to specification. The Process Engineer works closely with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Product Engineering to improve production performance and manufacturing capability.
What You’ll Do:
• Daily Operations and Escalation protocol: Resolve manufacturing, safety, quality, and production issues. Escalate critical production tasks and drive timely resolution minimizing impact to production.
• Documentation: Develop and maintain standard work instructions, process flows, PFMEAs, and control plans.
• Training: Train and coach technicians on updated manufacturing procedures.
• Root Cause Analysis: Lead investigations (5 Why, Fishbone, DOE, Pareto) and implement corrective actions. Support containment and recovery activities related to quality, supplier and production issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive throughput, cycle time, OEE, yield, and cost improvements via Lean/Six Sigma.
• Engineering & Systems Support: Support engineering change orders (ECOs), new product introductions, part revisions, process changes and enhancements to MES and traceability systems.
• Process Optimization: Manage line balancing, capacity planning, ergonomics, and workflow.
Who You Are:
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 3+ years of experience with battery manufacturing processes (cell to module and module to pack integration); experience in high-volume battery, automotive, EV, aerospace, or industrial production preferred.
• Safety Compliance: Knowledge and adherence to safety protocols for hazardous materials and toxic chemicals used in HV battery manufacturing.
• Methodologies & Tools: Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and RCCA.
• Systems Knowledge: Experience with MES, ERP, quality systems and manufacturing data analysis (JIRA/Confluence).
• Soft Skills: Strong communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
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.
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.
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