Sr. Manager, Vehicle Integration Programs

Lucid Motors • Newark, NJ

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About The Position

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. 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

Requirements

• A strong understanding and experience with automotive vehicle testing and systems
• A strong understanding of vehicle testing standards
• Experience making schedules for large programs / projects
• A strong knowledge of the automotive testing process for production vehicles
• Excellent communication skills and team-oriented attitude
• Detail oriented and organized mindset
• Comfortable with initiating and taking ownership of projects
• Track record of establishing strong processes and work procedures
• Bachelor of Science minimum in a relevant science or engineering field or extensive years doing relevant work in the automotive industry
• 10+ years of experience in the automotive or relevant industry

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering field
• MBA or professional certification for Project/Program Management
• Experience testing fully electric vehicles
• Experience building testing processes / information systems

Responsibilities

• 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 Build & Workshop Management AZ Engineering Operations Fleet Management & Material Planning Machine Shop & Prototyping Operations EU Vehicle Development KSA Vehicle Development Lucid Technology Development
• Coordinating testing across the organization including securing test facilities and coordinating testing logistics for significant off-site tests: e.g. CET, HET, Alaska, New Zealand etc All Engineering Verticals: Vehicle, Digital, Powertrain & ADAS Program Management & Manufacturing
• Ensure All Vehicles in the Lucid fleet are fully Utilized, shared and tracked
• Leverage Grafana data and relationships with Fleet health & Data teams to understand utilization and team usage
• Support the fleet team with systems to track vehicles including all HW reworks and SW updates
• Permanently, Grafana data for the Gravity fleet, maximizing uptime and testing on every vehicle every day
• Predict, Forecast, track and recruit required headcount to match scope
• Buck planning: support creation of process with Vehicle Architecture team in order to support full vehicle and system Buck builds and testing instead of vehicles
• Find opportunities to automate and increase efficiency in all our systems and processes

Benefits

• Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k.
• The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees