Harbinger Motors
Chassis Engineer, Suspension
$120K–$140K
Garden Grove, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Apr 6, 2026
- Location
- Garden Grove, CA
Garden Grove, California, United States - Experience
- At least 5 years of relevant experience with a master's degree, or 7 years with a bachelor's degree; at least 5 years in automotive suspension engineering.
- Education
- Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field, or a bachelor’s degree.
About the job
Maintains and improves production suspension systems for medium-duty electric vehicles, focusing on cost, quality, manufacturing support, and lifecycle reliability.
What you'll do
- Lead VAVE initiatives and 8D investigations into suspension costs, failures, warranty claims, and manufacturing defects.
- Manage engineering changes and update 3D models, 2D drawings, BOMs, specifications, and DFMEAs.
- Support assembly plants and suppliers, and define validation plans for design revisions and supplier changes.
What they ask for
- At least 5 years in automotive suspension engineering focused on current production, sustaining engineering, or quality resolution for commercial applications/pickup trucks.
- Series-production experience managing suspension systems for electric or hybrid vehicles, including EV-specific load paths and battery packaging constraints.
- Expert-level proficiency in CATIA v5 and/or v6; strong understanding of forging, casting, stamping, suspension load paths, and static/dynamic loads.
- Willingness to travel up to 20% domestically.
Nice to have
- Experience with series-production engineering, warranty reduction, and VAVE cost-saving campaigns.
- Familiarity with medium-duty delivery and logistics vehicle durability, payload requirements, and failure modes.
Pay
$120,000 — $140,000 USD base salary
Tools
CATIA v5, CATIA v6, 3D models, 2D drawings, Bill of Materials (BOM), PPAP, Design Validation Plans (DVPs), DFMEAs
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