Sr. Manager, Vehicle Integration Programs

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.

We are currently seeking a Senior Manager for our Vehicle Integration department. This position requires an automotive professional with 10+ years relevant experience planning and organizing tests for design and production validation. Our ideal candidate exhibits a strong drive, an organized mindset, and has had prior experience bringing electric vehicles to production. We need a driven and meticulous individual to take responsibility of the “Product Development Cycle” for the whole vehicle and drive all testing across Lucid to completion.  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.

Overall Goals:

Key Projects on Time:

• Future Vehicle Program planning
• Early Development of Vehicle Programs
• Maintain Programs in production
• Tool & Processes to support the Company (JIRA, Budget, Program Management, OKRs etc)

Global Brand Awareness:

• Media Campaign support
• Internal team Brand promotion

Customer Experience & Customer Experience

• Link with Field Service Team to collaborate and support issue resolution

Retain and Reinforce Tech Leadership in Electric Powertrain and Vehicle Engineering

• Advise on all technology partnerships
• Support Integration, planning, build, development and Sign Off for Tech programs

Build a Differentiated Midsize Platform

• Support planning, alignment, communication and collaboration in planning and early testing
• Build CDVP for Midsize program collating all teams testing

Accelerate Strategic & Financial Return:

• Capitalize on growth opportunities while rigorously engaging in cost down and cost control activities

People Processes Tools and Product

• Lectures & candidate referral, internship, Graduate programs
• Internal and External team meetings and alignments
• Attending/Presenting conferences
• Career Development plans
• Stakeholder maps

The Role:         

Plan, Manage, Track and Execute Lucid’s vehicle testing schedule

Centralized Design Validation Plan (Requirements – DFMEA – Design Validation Plan)

• Creating system to track and report metrics: tests complete, glidepath, tests failed,
• Individual asset (Vehicle & Buck) plans for all programs and variants
• Engage with all groups to support issue tracking across engineering fleet by tracking and escalating issues
• Attend & Support Issue resolution meetings
• Development Fleet Communications: SW, HW and Upfit Campaigns
• Liaising with all teams to engage in their alignment and support
• Engage with Digital Org to ensure alignment, links, and timing is coordinated with SW & HW development
• Support “Lucid Way” with Chief Engineering team and Program to co-author & implement PDP
• Ensure vehicle testing design validation plans (DVPs) are submitted by attribute leads, Simultaneous Engineering Team Leads for all Virtual, component, system and vehicle testing and are completed on time.
• Enhance and maintain our vehicle testing program processes for tracking and visually reporting Program health through every test and the critical path to Production
• Manage the Vehicle Integration Project Management team increasing communication, collaboration and alignment (Be the central nervous system for the department):
  • Vehicle Attribute Optimization, Requirements & Vehicle Systems Engineering
  • Vehicle Development, Validation & Instrumentation
  • Vehicle Test Operations
  • Prototype Buil