Staff Engineer, Optomechanical Devices

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 successful candidate will be responsible for engineering, mechanical design, development, prototype, release and launch for optomechanical components and systems. Candidates should be excellent engineers and organizers that have demonstrated the ability to learn quickly and work effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. Our ideal candidate exhibits a passion for innovation, a can-do attitude and approaches his or her work with vigor and determination. Candidate must be capable to work with cross-functional teams, align with other departments and understand their requirements to guarantee successful product integration.

Role

• Participate in early concept development with advanced engineering team for vehicle product definition and feasibility.
• Collaborate with innovative ideas to realize design intend ideas, focus on function, form, and cost constraints. 
• Collaborate with cross functional team to find best balance for optomechanical devices integration when it comes to assembly, appearance, fit and finish. 
• Create engineering concept feasibility for Lucid internal in-house projects. 
• Develop 3D models in catia V5, catia V6 to support in-house development project, and RFQ predevelopment.
• Mentor design engineers on how to optimize optomechanical components integration.
• Coordinate and lead design reviews with design engineers throughout program milestones 
• Validate and sign off lighting optomechanical components and products prior to design release. 
• Collaborate with design engineers in Engineering Statement of Work, DFMEA and other technical documents creation.
• Collaborate with Design Engineers during DVP&R creation. 
• Lead and manage product development with key suppliers.
• Support design engineers with DFM, Moldflow, tooling reviews 
• Participate in vehicle packaging and lay out strategy.
• Participate in the iterative process with Lucid design/studio team to deliver optimal balance for craftsmanship, function, fit, shape, and cost. 
• Perform benchmark studies to find alternative solutions to industrialize, integrate optomechanical products. 
• Implement best practices where possible following Lucid innovative and flexible mindset, provide training to colleagues when required. 
• Create system requirements and specifications to achieve best in class optomechanical systems.
• Perform evaluation on optomechanical devices to guarantee legal compliance for different markets. 
• Root-cause analysis, investigate and resolve issues encountered in current series production, and new products.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, trends, and regulatory changes in optomechanical, lighting, sensing, vision related domains. 
• Be subject matter expert for optomechanical systems, meaning you’ll be responsible for making decision on how to executive part integration, define best technology to be used in given devices and approve interfaces with other systems.
• Responsible for the mechanical design of optomechanical component
• Mechanical design and integration of lens systems and mounts
• Manage parts from initial design to prototype phase, and serial production.
• Create & responsible for engineering documentation such as TES’s (Tech. Spec’s), DFMEA’s (Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) and DVP’s (Design Verification Plan)
• Define and coordinate testing and validation activities at system and vehicle level
• 3D Design of complex optomechanical CAD models
• Review of 2D drawings for optomechanical components and systems
• Verify and approve final component and product design prior to release.
• Development of Engineering Statement of Work
• Development assembly strategy including guiding, locating, and mounting to vehicle to meet build objectives.
• Interpret CAE simulations and im