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Systems Engineer, Teleoperations & Remote Drive

Harbinger Motors

Job Location:

Garden Grove, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 140000 - 180000

Posted: 6 August 2026 (17 days ago)

Application Deadline: 19 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Harbinger

Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbingers 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.

Job Overview

The Systems Engineering team is seeking a versatile Systems Engineer to own the end-to-end definition integration and architecture of ADAS features teleoperation systems for remotely operated military/tactical vehicles and core Electric Vehicle (EV) platform architectures.

In this role you will bridge the gap between autonomous perception remote command teleoperation and high-voltage EV powertrains. You will lead the systems engineering lifecycle from defining customer use cases and sensor/communication architectures to managing Functional Safety (ISO 26262) cybersecurity and vehicle-level validation across all Harbinger platforms.

What you will do:

Architect Teleoperation & Control Pipelines: Design low-latency teleoperation pipelines video streaming architectures and Operator Control Unit (OCU) interfaces for remotely operated and dual-use vehicles.
Design Safe Fallback Modes: Define fail-safe and fail-operational fallback behaviors during signal degradation electronic countermeasures or high-latency events embedding core Functional Safety and cybersecurity controls.
Decompose Vehicle Requirements: Translate vehicle-level use cases and ADAS feature goals into clear system component and interface requirements using our requirement management platform (Flow Engineering).
Lead Validation & Track Testing: Define the DVP&R and oversee validation across SIL HIL and proving ground track testing to optimize system stability link reliability and feature calibration.

Who you are:

5 years of systems engineering experience in autonomous vehicles (AVs) robotics Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) or EV/automotive vehicle platforms.
Hands-on background architecting or integrating low-latency teleoperation pipelines real-time video/telemetry streaming or Operator Control Unit (OCU) interfaces.
Knowledge of vehicle safety standards (e.g. ISO 26262 MIL-STD-882 or UL 4600) and experience designing safe fallback modes for degraded RF cellular or high-latency links.
Experience with control logic modeling (MATLAB/Simulink C or ROS/ROS2) vehicle network protocols (CAN/Ethernet) and requirement management platforms.
Bachelors degree in Systems Robotics Electrical Mechanical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).

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

$140000 - $180000 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.

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