Support daily production and drive continuous improvement across safety, quality, delivery, and cost. Resolve manufacturing issues, create/maintain work instructions, PFMEAs, control plans, and lead root-cause analysis, Lean/Six Sigma projects, ECO implementation, tooling/equipment validation, capacity and line-balancing, and manufacturing readiness for new products.
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.
The Manufacturing Engineer 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 Manufacturing Engineer works closely with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Product Engineering to improve production performance and manufacturing capability.
Key Responsibilities- Serve as the primary engineering resource for manufacturing issues impacting safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
- Develop and maintain work instructions, standard work, process flows, PFMEAs, control plans, and manufacturing documentation.
- Develop, implement, and validate corrective and preventive actions.
- Support containment and recovery activities related to quality, supplier, and production issues.
- Escalate critical production risks and drive timely resolution.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on throughput, labor efficiency, cycle time, OEE, first-pass yield, and cost reduction.
- Analyze manufacturing data and KPIs to identify opportunities and prioritize improvement activities.
- Lead Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and waste reduction initiatives.
- Support implementation of engineering change orders (ECOs), product revisions, and process changes.
- Design and improve manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, and automation solutions.
- Support MES, traceability, process controls, and manufacturing system improvements.
- Validate new equipment, tooling, suppliers, processes, and product changes.
- Lead capacity, line balancing, workflow, and ergonomic improvement projects.
- Support new product introductions and manufacturing readiness activities.
- Lead root cause investigations using structured problem-solving methodologies including 5 Why, Fishbone,DOE, and Pareto analysis.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years of manufacturing engineering experience.
- Experience in high-volume manufacturing, automotive, EV, aerospace, or industrial production environments preferred.
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and root cause analysis methodologies.
- Experience with MES, ERP, quality systems, and manufacturing data analysis.
- 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
$85,000—$115,000 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 [email protected].
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.
Harbinger Garden Grove, California, USA Office
12821 Knott St, Garden Grove, CA, United States, 92841
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