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Automotive, Electric Vehicles, Manufacturing, Technology

EE Lab Manager

Garden Grove, CAOnsiteFull TimeManager / Head$110,000–$120,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • EE Lab
  • Lab Manager
  • infrastructure development
  • equipment
  • testing capabilities
  • inventory management
  • technicians
  • power electronics
  • HiL
  • maintenance schedules

Nice to have

  • automotive
  • aerospace

Role summary

The EE Lab Manager will oversee the daily operations and infrastructure development of the EE Lab, focusing on equipment, testing capabilities, and inventory. This role involves managing a team of technicians, assigning work, and ensuring high safety standards. The manager will also be responsible for lab development, maintenance schedules, calibration, and tracking expenditures against budgets. Experience in power electronics or electrical labs within automotive or aerospace is preferred, along with proficiency in tools like Jira and Coupa.

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.

What You’ll Do:

  • Manage the day-to-day operations of the EE Lab.
  • Own the infrastructure development of the EE Lab with regards to equipment, testing capabilities, and inventory management.
  • Manage a team of wiring harness technicians and their work assignments.
  • Develop the EE Lab per current and future testing needs - Power Electronics & HiL
  • Keep track of maintenance schedules and calibration of equipment
  • Review incoming work requests and manage work assignments for the technicians.
  • Enforce very high safety standards
  • Track lab expenditures against departmental budgets
  • Who You Are:

  • 2+ years of experience as a Lab Manager; preferably managing a power electronics or electrical lab within the automotive or aerospace industry
  • Experience with managing technicians
  • Experience with tools like Jira and Coupa
  • Strong communication skills - both verbal and written
  • Understanding of 2D drawing layout
  • Motivation to learn on the job and take ownership
  • 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$110,000—$120,000 USDEqual 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 info@harbingermotors.com. 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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