Engineering Test Technician

Number of employees

50

Garden Grove, CA, United States

Posted on: 2025-08-01

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Harbinger is a 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 support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs. Leveraging a foundation of proprietary, in-house developed vehicle technologies designed specifically for commercial vehicles, Harbinger is bringing a first-of-its-kind EV platform to market, priced for zero acquisition premium.
Harbinger: familiar form, revolutionary foundation.



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.

As a member of the Battery Test Team, you will play an active role in the characterization and validation of the high voltage battery packs. You will support test engineers with various projects that thermally, mechanically, and electrically stress components. This might include building test harnesses, running/monitoring an active setup, making thermocouples, or occasionally assisting offsite. Each week will be different. This is a startup and things move quickly. You will learn and develop many valuable, hands-on engineering lab skills along the way.

Responsibilities

  • Build fixtures and test stands
  • Operate test equipment
  • Assist with battery safety testing 
  • Instrument Devices Under Test (DUTs) with sensors for data collection
  • Troubleshoot wiring issues as they come up
  • Assist test engineer with test execution and monitoring
  • Maintain equipment and keep a neat and organized lab

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • High school diploma or GED
  • 2+ years of experience in an aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, or lab environment in a technician role or similar
  • Demonstrated fabrication and assembly skills
  • Must be able to lift up to 30lbs
  • Competency in Microsoft Excel
  • Past work with or around electric vehicle batteries and high voltage is a preferred but not required

Additional Requirements

  • We are looking for a responsible team player that thrives in a fast-paced environment. This person should be a self-starter and able to work with minimal oversight. 
  • We need someone who takes pride in their work. Not everything needs to be done fast, but eventually everything will need to be done right.
  • This is a full-time onsite position with hours between 8am and 5pm. 
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
$80,000$100,000 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.

 

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