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  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.