Sr. Engineer, Interiors, Instrument Panel

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility

At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.

We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design - where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.

Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we're providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

Lucid's mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating the most captivating luxury electric vehicles, centered around the human experience. We constantly seek talented, motivated individuals possessing a proven track record of excellence to join our team. Become part of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform the automotive and mobility industry.

We are currently seeking a Sr. Design Release Engineer, Interior, Instrument Panel. This position requires an experienced professional with the ability to work with one of the most passionate engineers of a global team. Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches his or her work with vigor and determination. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate excellence in their respective fields, to possess the ability to learn quickly and to strive for perfection within a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and design interior Instrument Panel systems and components on premium Lucid vehicles

• Lead the full design phase from the first sketch to the final component release and into production validation on vehicles

• Interface with studio, vehicle packaging, advanced engineering, manufacturing, and supplier teams to develop optimal design solutions

• Ensure all geometric, technical, and validation requirements for each milestone delivery are analyzed and met, creating and updating requirements as applicable for changing markets

• Utilize CAD methodologies to create study files, work on slab models, and apply knowledge-based engineering in Catia V6

• Support the global purchasing group from the supplier nomination phase through into value analysis during production to apply financial decision making to ensure the most reasonable costs apply for every component of the Instrument Panel

• Track build issues and improve upon designs to ensure technical expertise in the market

• Maintain bill of materials and indication of cost down potentials and manufacturing improvements

• Utilize global travel to diverse Lucid and commodity supplier locations to root-cause issues and educate on production topics

Qualifications:

• 8 years of demonstrated experience as a detail-oriented Interior Components and Systems development lead for Instrument Panels

• Knowledge and understanding of automotive Interior Components and Systems industry benchmark, trends and supplier competencies

• Experience creating/improving/establishing technical product specifications and timelines to achieve an accelerated development cycle towards SOP

• Vehicle and product launch experience

• Experience creating complex CAD models in CATIA V6 quickly and efficiently while holding CAD part, tree, links & publications to an excellent standard

• Proven experience in interior process, such as wrapping, injection molding, painting, compression molding and other state of the art manufacturing processes

• Proven experience in common structural part manufacturing processes such as stamping, extrusion and casting

• Proven experience in geometrical dimensioning and tolerance in detail through applying tolerance targets into component locators, attachment methods and overall gap and flushness requirements

• Strong in engineering fundamentals to create solutions that are not yet state of the art

• Experienced in modal analysis, finite element method analysis and computer fluid dynamics

Advantageous:

• Ability to lead a cross-functional team of different cultures and nationalities

• A second language of Spanish or German

• Work ethic that results in overall best solutions even when required in continuous changing and high-pressure situations

• One full program cycle experience from concept to production launch in automotive instrument panels

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering, or other equivalent Engineering Degree (preferred degree)

• Fluent English including technical engineering terminology

At Lucid, we don't just welcome diversity - we celebrate it! Lucid Motors is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, and any other characteristic protected under applicable State or Federal laws and regulations.

Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.

Additional Compensation and Benefits: Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid's equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)

Base Pay Range (Annual)

$114,400-$143,000 USD

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