Lead end-to-end systems engineering for ADAS, teleoperation, and EV platform architectures for military/dual-use vehicles. Define requirements, design logical/physical architectures, develop low-latency teleoperation pipelines, manage functional safety (ISO 26262) and cybersecurity work products, decompose requirements in Flow Engineering, define DVP&R, and oversee testing from SIL/HIL to proving ground with data-driven calibration.
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
The Systems Engineering team is seeking a versatile Systems Engineer to own the end-to-end definition, integration, and architecture of ADAS features, teleoperation systems for remotely operated military/tactical vehicles, and core Electric Vehicle (EV) platform architectures.
In this role, you will bridge the gap between autonomous perception, remote command teleoperation, and high-voltage EV powertrains. You will lead the systems engineering lifecycle from defining customer use cases and sensor/communication architectures to managing Functional Safety (ISO 26262), cybersecurity, and vehicle-level validation across all Harbinger platforms.
What you will do:
- Architect Teleoperation & Control Pipelines: Design low-latency teleoperation pipelines, video streaming architectures, and Operator Control Unit (OCU) interfaces for remotely operated and dual-use vehicles.
- Design Safe Fallback Modes: Define fail-safe and fail-operational fallback behaviors during signal degradation, electronic countermeasures, or high-latency events, embedding core Functional Safety and cybersecurity controls.
- Decompose Vehicle Requirements: Translate vehicle-level use cases and ADAS feature goals into clear system, component, and interface requirements using our requirement management platform (Flow Engineering).
- Lead Validation & Track Testing: Define the DVP&R and oversee validation across SIL, HIL, and proving ground track testing to optimize system stability, link reliability, and feature calibration.
Who you are:
- 5+ years of systems engineering experience in autonomous vehicles (AVs), robotics, Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), or EV/automotive vehicle platforms.
- Hands-on background architecting or integrating low-latency teleoperation pipelines, real-time video/telemetry streaming, or Operator Control Unit (OCU) interfaces.
- Knowledge of vehicle safety standards (e.g., ISO 26262, MIL-STD-882, or UL 4600) and experience designing safe fallback modes for degraded RF, cellular, or high-latency links.
- Experience with control logic modeling (MATLAB/Simulink, C++, or ROS/ROS2), vehicle network protocols (CAN/Ethernet), and requirement management platforms.
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Robotics, Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
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
$140,000—$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 [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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