Engineering Manager, Platform

📋 Job Overview

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.

🏢 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.

🎯 The Role

As Engineering Manager, you will lead our multidisciplinary Platform team (Frontend, Backend, and DevOps) in Garden Grove, CA. You will drive the development of critical initiatives, including the Fleet dashboard, payment integration systems, and vehicle configuration tools, while acting as a strategic bridge between firmware and software engineering. In this role, you will resolve cross-functional conflicts, manage prioritization, and foster a culture of technical excellence and delivery. Automotive not required.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Platform team across Frontend, Backend, and DevOps.
• Manage high-impact web and app products, including our Fleet management dashboard SaaS product, OTA and release management platform, vehicle configuration management, and Harbinger phone app.
• Lead on architecture, technology, and hiring roadmap for the platform team.
• Build complex visual dashboards
• Provide guidance and mentorship on architectural and technical decision making, in setting up the products for scalability and alignment with the product roadmap.
• Foster a collaborative team culture focused on end-to-end delivery and technical excellence.
• Manage internal technical teams and external design teams towards delivery targets.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Domain agility: Automotive experience is not a requirement; we value the ability to transfer expertise from other domains (e.g., mapping, IoT, consumer applications).
• Deep technical expertise with solid architectural understanding and hands-on experience in React and/or GoLang.
• Proven track record of cross-functional leadership and end-to-end delivery.
• Experience with telemetry, real-time data visualization, and geospatial dashboards.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with IoT, telemetry, and real-time distributed systems.
• Familiarity with workflow management tools such as Jira, Git.
• Background in vehicle or asset tracking 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

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

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.