Sr. Automation Engineer, Powertrain

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.

The Sr. Automation Engineer, Powertrain will be responsible of insuring new and existing control systems meet throughput, safety and quality requirements for production, as well as designing and developing continuous improvement projects according to the company's needs. 

 

You Will: 

Have familiarity with equipment control systems, equipment I/Os and basic machine coding logic   

Work with layout engineering to prepare and optimize General Assembly line layouts  

Experience working with the following equipment: robotics, end of arm tooling, pick and place automation, position sensors, material handling, fluid dispensing, deflection analysis, vision systems, conveyor and laser cleaning/ metrology 

 

• Develop company level, factory level, and line/machine level controls standards and specification for application by internal equipment development team and external partners  

• Create through to full deployment to production factory and line level controls architecture  

• Create data management and tracking communications network architecture and interface with cross-functional teams for product, processes and quality traceability control implementation 

• Architect, write and debug PLC ladder logic with an emphasis on generating code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable and reusable. PLC code will interact with subsystems such as conveyors, robots, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), LabView, machine vision, and 3rd party equipment  

• Implement (ANSI/RIA15.06/OSHA compliant) control reliable safety systems for safeguarding robots, gantries, conveyors, and other high volume manufacturing equipment  

• Generate aesthetically simple HMI screens for complex machinery while providing sufficient feedback for troubleshooting 

• Enforce application of Lucid Motors standards, Manage external integrators during specification, design review, design approval  

• Establish test plans and control test plan execution at Vendor and at Lucid Motors facility during installation and buy-off 

• Train Maintenance and Production teams to support automated equipment after deployment into production  

• Create machine interactions with plant-wide Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to communicate product acceptability, machine status, and process variables  
• Debug and optimize automated processes to maximize cycle time, improve availability and yield  

 

You Bring: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or equivalent work experience

• +5 years of experience as a hands-on engineer on automated systems 

• Proficiency with process integration and electromechanical / mechatronic systems 

• In-depth knowledge of Safety standards (ANSI/RIA15.06, OSHA). 

• Advanced proficiency programming industrial equipment:  

• Ladder logic PLCs (Allen Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix and RSLog