Quality Engineer, Battery

The role

You will ensure the quality of energy components and assemblies throughout their life cycle. This role involves collaborating with suppliers, product designers, and production teams to maintain quality standards and drive continuous improvement for HV batteries.

What you will do

• Monitor battery quality performance metrics and escalate emerging issues.
• Drive root cause analysis and resolution with cross-functional teams.
• Implement continuous improvement by driving lessons learned into processes.
• Develop and track data-driven metrics for issue monitoring and corrective action.
• Create tools and processes to enhance efficiency and scalability.
• Develop battery quality standards, control systems, and manufacturing protocols.
• Perform inspection and testing of materials, equipment, processes, and products.
• Support the assembly team with battery packs, modules, and equipment buyoff.
• Formulate corrective actions for supplier, production, and product challenges.
• Participate in design reviews to mitigate manufacturing and assembly risks.

Required qualifications

• 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.
• Familiarity with fundamental quality core tools including Quality Management Systems, Supplier and Internal Audits, APQP, SPC, GR&R, PPAP, FMEA, CP.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time

Nice to have

• ASQ Certifications such as Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Manager, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, or higher
• Proficiency in ISO-9001:2018 or IATF 16949 standards
• Solid understanding of electric vehicle battery technology, general assembly, and thermal systems

Benefits

• 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

About the company

Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company. They have a team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts working to bring an EV platform to support medium-duty EVs and Hybrids.