Harbinger Motors
Systems Engineer, Electrical
$140K–$160K
Garden Grove, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 11, 2026
- Location
- Garden Grove, CA
Garden Grove, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years; automotive field or similar.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or other relevant educational credential.
About the job
Defines, develops, and verifies high- and low-voltage electrical system requirements and architectures for Harbinger’s electric vehicle platform, including charging, power management, safety, and compliance.
What you'll do
- Develop HV/LV system architectures, specifications, and power budgets; document them in Flow Engineering.
- Write subsystem requirements, fault-management strategies, and test plans, and support hands-on vehicle and system testing.
- Coordinate across engineering teams on power targets, thermal limits, regulatory compliance, power modes, and charging safety and protocols.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or other relevant educational credential.
- 5+ years of systems engineering experience in automotive or a similar field, with emphasis on BEV architectures and HV/LV systems.
- Broad understanding of BEV systems, including energy management, BMS, electric drives, vehicle state machines, thermal loops, and charging systems.
- Experience with automotive requirements and testing, communication protocols, diagnostics, software-hardware integration, hands-on testing, and ISO 26262 Functional Safety.
Nice to have
- Experience with IEC 61508 or MIL-STD-882E.
Pay
$140,000 — $160,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Flow Engineering, BMS, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, MIL-STD-882E
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