Senior Controls Engineer, EV Body and Access Systems

Lucid Motors • Phoenix, AZ

23d • Onsite

About The Position

Lucid is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer for its Body Controls team, which develops and supports software for customer-facing vehicle features across multiple ECUs and vehicle platforms. The team’s scope includes access and security, closures, windows, mirrors, lighting, seating, power management, and diagnostics, and spans embedded software development, vehicle integration, supplier management, hardware bring-up, and production support. This role focuses on vehicle access control and localization systems, with end-to-end ownership from requirements and modeling through integration, vehicle testing, calibration, and production-quality delivery. The role is onsite at Lucid Phoenix Hub.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, automotive systems, or a related technical field.
• At least 4 years of experience with automotive control systems and knowledge of advanced control algorithms.
• Expert knowledge of model-based design using Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow.
• Expert understanding of automatic control systems and a firm grasp of classical control theory tools, including compensator design, Kalman filtering, and PID tuning.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and integration into embedded ECUs.
• Experience with industry-standard development tools such as JAMA, JIRA, Git, and Confluence.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Creativity in design, hands-on ability, and strong communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with vehicle access, ingress, or egress control features and RF/BLE/UWB technologies.
• Experience with RF/BLE/UWB.
• Experience with Kalman filters, machine learning, and clustering techniques.
• Common understanding of ISO 26262 and Autosar.
• Experience designing controllers for electric vehicle systems.
• Experience with CAN analysis tools such as CANalyzer and CANape.
• Experience with Embedded Coder in Matlab/Simulink.
• Master's degree or higher in computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, automotive systems, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Develop control systems for vehicle access control, including lock/unlock, access-device authentication, and device localization using algorithms such as Kalman filters and bi- or trilateration.
• Develop requirements and related test cases for access control and other assigned features modeled in Matlab/Simulink.
• Collaborate with simulation engineers to improve or develop simulation models and platforms for analyzing, optimizing, and troubleshooting access control and localization algorithms.
• Assist in integrating features into the controller code base.
• Test developed software on vehicles and assist with feature calibration.
• Support Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for features to comply with ISO 26262 standards.
• Develop diagnostic, communication, and other interfaces across controllers and ECUs.
• Work with cross-functional teams to solve controls problems.
• Participate in designing engineering solutions to advance the refinement of electric vehicles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior